Jim Zorn (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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If you noticed my item on the winningest coaches in NFL history based on the alphabet (#1), you noticed that Jim Zorn, who coached the Washington Redskins for two seasons (2008-09), was the head coach who had the most wins by a coach whose last name started with the letter Z. Well, Zorn makes another alphabet list: Most TDs by a player whose last name starts with the letter Z. Zorn had 17 NFL TDs in his professional career that ran from 1976-87.

Here’s a look at the players who scored the most TDs in NFL history… by the alphabet. In addition, I’ve listed in parenthesis the active (active during the 2012 season) player who has the most career TDs within each letter. For those letters where the leader is an active player, I listed the active player with the second most TDs.

A: Marcus Allen, 145 (Miles Austin, 35)
B: Jim Brown, 126 (Plaxico Burress, 64)
C: Cris Carter, 131 (Marques Colston, 58)
D: Eric Dickerson, 96 (Donald Driver, 62)
E: Henry Ellard, 69 (Braylon Edwards, 40)
F: Marshall Faulk, 136 (Larry Fitzgerald, 77)
G: Tony Gonzalez (active), 103 (Frank Gore, 62)
H: Marvin Harrison, 128 (Todd Heap, 42)
I: Michael Irvin, 65 (Mark Ingram, 10)
J: Edgerrin James, 91 (Maurice Jones-Drew, 76)
K: Leroy Kelly, 90 (John Kuhn, 19)
L: Steve Largent, 101 (Marshawn Lynch, 49)
M: Randy Moss (active), 157 (Willis McGahee, 68)
N: Ozzie Newsome, 49 (Jordy Nelson, 28)
O: Terrell Owens, 156 (Greg Olsen, 30)
P: Walter Payton, 125 (Adrian Peterson, 80)
Q: Mike Quick, 61 (Brian Quick, 2)
R: Jerry Rice, 208 (Ray Rice, 39)
S: Emmitt Smith, 175 (Steve Smith, 71)
T: LaDainian Tomlinson, 162 (Michael Turner, 67)
U: Rick Upchurch, 35 (Brian Urlacher, 4)
V: Steve Van Buren, 777 (Michael Vick, 34)
W: Ricky Watters, 91 (Reggie Wayne, 78)
X: none
Y: Buddy Young, 44 (Tits Young, 10)
Z: Jim Zorn, 17 (none)

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