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High-scoring wide receiver tandems

Chase, Higgins combine for 27 touchdown catches for Bengals

Only seven wide receivers scored at least 10 touchdowns last year. The Bengals were the only team with two of them.

Ja’Marr Chase might be the best of all receivers right now. He won the receiving triple crown last year, leading the league in catches, yards and touchdowns.

But Tee Higgins is also a big-time pass catcher. He finished with 10 touchdowns despite missing five games. (He also missed five games in the previous season – that’s part of the risk with him).

Nonetheless, a pair of 10-touchdown wide receivers for the Bengals, and that doesn’t happen often. Only two other pairs have done it in the last nine years.

PAIRS OF WIDE RECEIVERS WITH 10-PLUS TOUCHDOWNS
YearPlayerGNoYardsAvgTD
1984Daryl Turner, Sea.163571520.410
1984Steve Largent, Sea.16741,16415.712
1986Mark Clayton, Mia.15601,15019.210
1986Mark Duper, Mia.16671,31319.611
1989Jerry Rice, S.F.16821,48318.117
1989John Taylor, S.F.15601,07718.010
1991Andre Rison, Atl.168197612.012
1991Michael Haynes, Atl.16501,12222.411
1992Andre Rison, Atl.15931,11912.011
1992Michael Haynes, Atl.144880816.810
1998Cris Carter, Min.16781,01113.012
1998Randy Moss, Min.16691,31319.017
1999Cris Carter, Min.16901,24113.813
1999Randy Moss, Min.16801,41317.711
2004Brandon Stokley, Ind.16681,07715.810
2004Marvin Harrison, Ind.16861,11312.915
2004Reggie Wayne, Ind.16771,21015.712
2008Anquan Boldin, Ari.12891,03811.711
2008Larry Fitzgerald, Ari.16961,43114.912
2012Demaryius Thomas, Den.16941,43415.310
2012Eric Decker, Den.16851,06412.513
2013A.J. Green, Cin.16981,42614.611
2013Marvin Jones, Cin.165171214.010
2013Demaryius Thomas, Den.16921,43015.514
2013Eric Decker, Den.16871,28814.811
2013Wes Welker, Den.137377810.710
2014Jordy Nelson, G.B.16981,51915.513
2014Randall Cobb, G.B.16911,28714.112
2015Allen Hurns, Jac.15641,03116.110
2015Allen Robinson, Jac.16801,40017.514
2015Brandon Marshall, NYJ161091,50213.814
2015Eric Decker, NYJ15801,02712.812
2016Davante Adams, G.B.167599713.312
2016Jordy Nelson, G.B.16971,25713.014
2020DK Metcalf, Sea.16831,30315.710
2020Tyler Lockett, Sea.161001,05410.510
2021Adam Thielen, Min.136772610.810
2021Justin Jefferson, Min.171081,61615.010
2024Ja'Marr Chase, Cin.171271,70813.417
2024Tee Higgins, Cin.127391112.510

This sort of thing, of course, is hard to repeat. Of those previous tandems, only three have been able to come back and do it again the next season. That includes just one pair in the last 25 years.

SAME WIDE RECEIVER TANDEMS (next season)
YearPlayerGNoYardsAvgTD
1985Daryl Turner, Sea.163467019.713
1985Steve Largent, Sea.16791,28716.36
1987Mark Clayton, Mia.124677616.97
1987Mark Duper, Mia.113359718.18
1990Jerry Rice, S.F.161001,50215.013
1990John Taylor, S.F.144974815.37
1992• Andre Rison, Atl.15931,11912.011
1992• Michael Haynes, Atl.144880816.810
1993Andre Rison, Atl.16861,24214.415
1993Michael Haynes, Atl.167277810.84
1999• Cris Carter, Min.16901,24113.813
1999• Randy Moss, Min.16801,41317.711
2000Cris Carter, Min.16961,27413.39
2000Randy Moss, Min.16771,43718.715
2005Brandon Stokley, Ind.154154313.21
2005Marvin Harrison, Ind.15821,14614.012
2005Reggie Wayne, Ind.16831,05512.75
2009Anquan Boldin, Ari.15841,02412.24
2009Larry Fitzgerald, Ari.16971,09211.313
2013• Demaryius Thomas, Den.16921,43015.514
2013• Eric Decker, Den.16871,28814.811
2014A.J. Green, Cin.13691,04115.16
2014Demaryius Thomas, Den.161111,61914.611
2014Wes Welker, Den.14494649.52
2014Eric Decker, NYJ157496213.05
2015Marvin Jones, Cin.166581612.64
2015Randall Cobb, G.B.167982910.56
2016Allen Hurns, Jac.113547713.63
2016Allen Robinson, Jac.167388312.16
2016Brandon Marshall, NYJ155978813.43
2016Eric Decker, NYJ3919421.62
2017Davante Adams, G.B.147488512.010
2017Jordy Nelson, G.B.15534829.16
2021DK Metcalf, Sea.177596712.912
2021Tyler Lockett, Sea.16731,17516.18
2022Adam Thielen, Min.177071610.26
2022Justin Jefferson, Min.171281,80914.18
2024Ja'Marr Chase, Cin.?????
2024Tee Higgins, Cin.?????

—Ian Allan

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