Jerry Rice appeared in 238 games over his illustrious career with the San Francisco 49ers. During that time, the Hall of Fame wide receiver, the greatest to ever play the game, racked up a franchise record 187 touchdowns. The next closest player is Terrell Owens, who earned 83 touchdowns through 121 games.

To give you a better perspective of just how dominant Rice was in his time with the 49ers, Greg Harvey of Stats Platform and OptaStats shared the following evolving timeline of the team's leading scorers since the franchise joined the NFL in 1950 (h/t Pro Football Hall of Fame for the find).


You can watch the video below. It shows how quickly Rice leaped to the top of the list, where he comfortably remains today.


For some more perspective, here are the franchise touchdown leaders of the 49ers' active players.

Player Gms Rush Rec Tot
1. George Kittle, since 2017 82 0 31 31
2. Deebo Samuel, since 2019 51 14 12 26
3. Brandon Aiyuk, since 2020 46 2 18 20
4. Kyle Juszczyk, since 2017 91 4 9 13
5. Christian McCaffrey, since 2022 11 6 4 10


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