[1] The term triple crown has been used to describe the feat at least as far back as 1990, when it was achieved by Jerry Rice.
[2] Since the NFL began keeping statistics in 1932, the triple crown has been won seventeen times by thirteen different players.
This includes one player (Lance Alworth) who did so in the American Football League (AFL), the NFL having adopted AFL records when the two leagues merged in 1970.
[3] Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers is the only man to win more than one triple crown, having done so five times (1936, 1941–44).
[4] The most recent triple crown winner was Ja'Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals, in 2024.