Randy Moss was a major component on New England's near perfect season, recording 23 touchdown receptions, beating Jerry Rice's mark by 1. Rice had held the NFL single season receiving touchdown record for 20 years. Jerry Rice caught more the 14 TD's in a season 6 times, 4 times each for Randy Moss and Terrell Owens.

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Total Passing Yards Leaders	Passing Yards Leaders
Touchdown Passes Leaders	Touchdown Passes Leaders
Rushing Yards Leaders	Rushing Yards Leaders
Receiving Yards Leaders	Rushing Touchdowns Leaders
Touchdowns (RB and WR) Leaders	Receiving Yards Leaders
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Single Season NFL Receiving Touchdown Leaders
Rk	Player	Team	TD's	Year
1	Randy Moss	New England Patriots	23	2007
2	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	22	1987
T3	Sterling Sharpe	Green Bay Packers	18	1994
	Mark Clayton	Miami Dolphins	18	1984
T5	Don Hutson	Green Bay Packers	17	1942
	Elroy Hirsch	Los Angeles Rams	17	1951
	Bill Groman	Houston Oilers	17	1961
	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	17	1989
	Carl Pickens	Cincinnati Bengals	17	1995
	Cris Carter	Minnesota Vikings	17	1995
	Randy Moss	Minnesota Vikings	17	1998
	Randy Moss	Minnesota Vikings	17	2003
	Rob Gronkowski	New England Patriots	17	2011
T14	Art Powell	Oakland Raiders	16	1963
	Terrell Owens	San Francisco 49ers	16	2001
	Muhsin Muhammad	Carolina Panthers	16	2004
	Braylon Edwards	Cleveland Browns	16	2007
	Calvin Johnson	Detroit Lions	16	2011
T19	Cloyce Box	Detroit Lions	15	1952
	Sonny Randle	St. Louis Cardinals	15	1960
	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	15	1986
	Andre Rison	Atlanta Falcons	15	1993
	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	15	1993
	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	15	1995
	Randy Moss	Minnesota Vikings	15	2000
	Marvin Harrison	Indianapolis Colts	15	2001
	Marvin Harrison	Indianapolis Colts	15	2004
	Terrell Owens	Dallas Cowboys	15	2007
	Dwayne Bowe	Kansas City Chiefs	15	2010
	Jordy Nelson	Green Bay Packers	15	2011
T31	Warren Wells	Oakland Raiders	14	1969
	Lance Alworth	San Diego Chargers	14	1965
	Don Maynard	New York Jets	14	1965
	Frank Clarke	Dallas Cowboys	14	1962
	Art Powell	New York Titans	14	1960
	Raymond Berry	Baltimore Colts	14	1959
	Alyn Beals	San Francisco 49ers	14	1948
	Mal Kutner	Chicago Cardinals	14	1948
	Roy Green	St. Louis Cardinals	14	1983
	Mark Clayton	Miami Dolphins	14	1988
	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	14	1991
	Terrell Owens	Philadelphia Eagles	14	2004
	Marvin Harrison	Indianapolis Colts	14	2000
	Antonio Freeman	Green Bay Packers	14	1998
	Terrell Owens	San Francisco 49ers	14	1998
	Michael Jackson	Baltimore Ravens	14	1996
	Tony Martin	San Diego Chargers	14	1996
	Anthony Miller	Denver Broncos	14	1995
	Herman Moore	Detroit Lions	14	1995

** Updated Jan. 3rd, 2012

Sources:
pro-football-reference.com
databasefootball.com
wikipedia.org
espn.com