Ranking every Odell Beckham Jr. touchdown celebration ever
Odell Beckham Jr. has scored plenty of touchdowns during his short career. Here’s where all 37 of his TD celebrations rank.
What can you say about Odell Beckham Jr. that hasn’t already been said thousands of times? In fact, talking about Odell Beckham Jr. at all feels redundant at this point.
I now deem it appropriate to take the time to rank every single OBJ touchdown celebration. I mean, the dude’s scored 37 in his career, and almost every one has been followed with a cool little dance.
Of course, ranking Beckham’s celebrations will be like ranking episodes of “The Office.” There will be some bad ones, but for the most part, they’re all great.
I honestly expected there to be at least one dud in Beckham’s batch of celebrations. Nope, that’s not the case with Beckham being insanely creative. I’m happy I got to rank all of these, because now I can finally use all of the gifs I have saved in the folder labeled “Odell” on my desktop for good.
And since OBJ is bound to score more touchdowns in his already-rich career, I’ll be updating this list as the dances and gyrations come in.
#37 Nothing
Against the Dolphins last year, Beckham scored a touchdown after toe-dragging in the end zone. However, the officials originally ruled it an incomplete pass. Because of that, OBJ didn’t really have a celebration to speak of. It was a bummer, like getting a turtleneck for your birthday.
#36 The Out of Ideas
To be fair, this celebration occurred after Beckham’s third touchdown of the game. Because of that, Beckham probably ran out of creative end-zone celebrations.
#35 The Backward Walk
I think by default this one has to be one of the worst celebration Beckham’s done. All he does is walk backward and then hurl the ball at the play clock. Very unoriginal in comparison to his other celebrations. In Beckham’s defense, he got pissed off this game after he thought he was interfered with. So he probably wished he was throwing the ball at Malcolm Jenkins’ dome piece instead of the play clock.
#34 The Handicap Bathroom
Just so everyone knows, this is the way I walk out of a handicap bathroom stall. Arms out in the air, acting like I own the fucking place.
A big part of me thinks Beckham would’ve had a great celebration, but he was honestly surprised he made that fucking amazing catch. So instead of something elaborate, OBJ simply held his arms out as if to ask the capacity MetLife crowd “are you not entertained?”
#33 The Whip
Just a whip here. Nothing more, nothing less. This is so sad watching Beckham, who is as creative as Meghan Trainor is irritating, surrender to a simple whip. This would’ve been so much better if Beckham opted to do the whip on the star in the middle of the helmet. A big missed opportunity here.
#32 The Cristiano Ronaldo
For Giants fans who either A) weren’t aware of Cristiano Ronaldo or B) weren’t aware of Miami’s Jarvis Landry, this celebration probably seemed a lot cooler. But for the rest of us, this was unimaginative. Yes, it was a cool ode to both Ronaldo and Beckham’s BFF Landry, but Beckham’s better than this.
To be honest, I was fucking terrified OBJ would pull a Lamarr Houston and blow out his ACL during this leaping celebration. If that were to happen, the internet would probably shut down because of an influx of memes and crying Jordan faces.
#31 The Debut of The Whip
This celebration holds significance because, well, it was Beckham’s first. To be completely honest, I had no idea what this dance was once I saw it. I certainly didn’t think it would stick, but that obviously wasn’t the case.
#30 The “Nothing”
The reason this celebration’s name warrants quotation marks is because OBJ did the smart move by doing nothing. On his previous touchdown, the officials flagged Beckham for an excessive celebration. So by doing nothing — shaking his head ‘no’ in the process — Beckham actually crafted a clever celebration.
#29 The Whirly Whip
Really nothing special here. If you’ve seen one Beckham whip, you’ve seen ’em all. He does a little whirlybird action before hitting the whip though. Larry Donnell also comes to celebrate. I wonder what he said to Beckham…
“Yeah, cool TD and everything, but next time try to do a front flip for no fucking reason. Trust me.”
#28 The Full Bladder
This was Beckham’s first touchdown against the Saints. Of course, he went on to score two more that game. I’m sure he knew he would find the end zone at least once more, so he didn’t do his best dance. It looks like he has to take a piss, but the line is too long and people are spending way too much time in the bathroom.
#27 The Dick Whip
What you have here is just a traditional Beckham whip. Except instead of doing his normal shtick, Beckham incorporates his wiener to add that extra “umph” factor.
#26 The Long Jump
This play ended the big-play drought Beckham endured during the first juncture of the 2016 season. However, the long jump celebration ins’t that special. Buffalo’s Marquise Goodwin did the same celebration earlier in the year. Despite that, Beckham deserves extra praise for dead-ass telling Eric Weddle “peace.”
#25 The Excessive Celebration
Pretty ballsy move for OBJ to spin the ball right in front of the defender who he beat for the touchdown. And then, as was commonplace during the 2014 season, Beckham broke out the whip. And for you curmudgeons who think Beckham gets flagged for every touchdown celebration, he’s only been flagged three times, this being one of them.
#24 The Camp Fire
This one is probably higher than it should be, but let me explain. I attended this game, and I made the bone-headed decision to only wear a sweatshirt under my jersey — a Jon Beason jersey, I may add. It was so fucking cold that day, so watching Beckham spin the ball and light a fire made me a little bit warmer, even all the way up from the nosebleeds.
#23 The Steel Whip
Another whip, another TD for OBJ. Except this time he throws the Antonio Brown gyration on top of it.
Extra points for J.D. Walton trying to join in on the whip, but realizing how painfully white he is. He looks like he’s fist-fighting a ghost or some shit.
#22 The White Shoes Whip
The whip? Meh. The tribute to Billy “White Shoes” Johnson? Pretty cool if you ask me. Johnson was one of the first dudes to come up with a signature celebration, and he was also one of the first true entertainers at the wide receiver position. Because of that, it was cool to see OBJ pay tribute, so to speak.
#21 The Silence of the Fans
People outside of New York generally hate Odell Beckham Jr., right? Nothing pisses off opposing more than a bleached-blonde mother fucker scoring touchdowns and making plays. So when OBJ scored against the Eagles, and silenced the crowd with one finger.
But of COURSE Ereck Flowers comes in, showing more hustle than he’s ever shown on an actual play, and blows up Beckham’s set.
#20 The Wiener Display
This was Beckham’s 32nd touchdown, and he punctuated his score by gyrating his reproductive organ to the Browns (this game was actually more filled with Giants fans) in the front row.
#19 The Fist
Amid the controversy surrounding our nation, Beckham opted for a simple display here. And if you think he was mocking Malcolm Jenkins, you’re just wrong.
#18 The Friends
“You get a celebration! You get a celebration! You all get a celebration!” — Odell, probably.
For those who call OBJ a “me-first” player, here’s him opting to forgo a single celebration and instead celebrate with his boys Sterling Shepard and Victor Cruz.
#17 The Hart-Attack
I really don’t know what this celebration is called. But I figure it’s written down somewhere that if you make a left-handed touchdown catch, you must follow it up with this karate-chop celebration.
This dance would be so much higher if Bobby Hart didn’t come in like an 18-wheeler and fuck everything up. Seriously, you can actually see OBJ locate Hart and realize he has to finish his dance before that big dummy ruins things.
#16 Just Beat It
SPOILER: This is not the last time you’ll see a Michael Jackson celebration on this list.
#15 The Net Hug
What a fucking genius. After weeks of being bashed by trolls on social media, Beckham turned the other cheek and hugged the net that once struck him. Of course, as soon as OBJ made it his joke and owned it, the rest of social media suddenly got sick of the net joke.
Also, this would’ve been remembered more fondly if the Giants won the game and didn’t look like chicken shit on offense.
#14 The Gronk Spike
If you made a list of things Beckham’s great at, throwing shade would be one of them. He infamously dabbed excessively against the Panthers in 2015. But weeks prior to that, he hit the Patriots with a taste of their own medicine, breaking out a “Gronk Spike,” of course made famous by the 69-loving New England tight end.
#13 Hit Dem Folks
I think everyone in attendance at MetLife Stadium expected to see the whip. Instead, Beckham broke out a new celebration, implementing the Hit Dem Folks.
#12 The Ray Lewis
I don’t know what’s better: The long touchdown or the tribute to Ray Lewis. This was, of course, when Lewis was still a member of the ESPN crew. I think my favorite part about this dance is the fact that he actually does it with more grace and swagger than Lewis did during his playing days.
#11 The Hart-Attack Part Two
Maybe Odell owes Bobby Hart money. Maybe he ate all of his Fruit by the Foots. Who knows why Hart loves decking OBJ during his touchdown dances? It’s the weirdest shit, like Hart’s almost envious that he doesn’t get to dance. I dunno what this dance is, but it’s really cool until Bobby the big goof interrupts.
#10 Who Let the Dogs Out?
Did you hear about this one? I can’t remember if I saw it in the news or anything …
#9 The ‘X’ Whip
Hindsight, maybe he shouldn’t have done it, because there was nothing worse than watching Dez do the whip during the game’s pivotal moments down the stretch.
#8 The Blend
I think this celebration encapsulates how creative and versatile Beckham can be when dancing in the end zone. He starts with some hand movements, but then he goes between his legs like Kyrie Irving, before finishing off with a little Victor Cruz salsa. I’m pretty sure he hurt his hamstring doing this one, but who cares?
#7 The LeBron
This celebration is higher than it should be because your boy called it a day in advance.
That’s right, your boy’s a modern-day Nostradamus. Beckham actually broke this celebration out on a punt-return TD that was nullified because of a holding call. What makes this crazy is the fact that OBJ, who is boys with LeBron James, definitely wanted to bring this celebration out, but he didn’t do it on his first score. That makes me think he can score at will, in order to satisfy his TD-celebration needs.
But for real, doing King James’ celebration in Cleveland? Cold-blooded, man.
#6 Hitting the hurdles
Beckham paid tribute to his hurdler mother with this celebration, which is awesome. I told my mom, who has her master’s degree in math, if I scored a touchdown in the NFL, I would pay tribute to her by pretending to do math problems. Basically as cool as OBJ’s celebration.
#5 ’Cause This is Thriller
This celebration has a special place in my heart. I was in a “do that dance” contest — don’t ask me why. Please — and “Thriller” came on. I knew I had seen someone do the dance recently, and then I remembered OBJ used it as a celebration. Needless to say, my team won that round.
Against the Bengals, OBJ whipped out the good ole’ “whirlybird” route, which led to his 31st career TD. After scoring six, OBJ brought out the “Thriller” dance, paying tribute to MJ. The best part of this celebration is Pacman Jones complaining literally right behind OBJ.
Child, please.
#4 Proposing to the net
Okay, I know what you’re thinking. Just taking your helmet off? That’s not a good celebration! And you’re right, it’s not. So when OBJ scored this go-ahead touchdown against the Ravens, I was a bit disappointed. I mean, this is a dude who has more creativity than Jabba the Hutt has lipids in his body after all.
But oh, man. Proposing to the net was fucking ingenious and I’m so glad I witnessed that. Hopefully that market the end of the net shtick, though.
#3 The Michael Jackson Moonwalk
To truly understand and appreciate this celebration, it’s imperative to comprehend just how fucking difficult it is to moonwalk in cleats. Like, that’s Dancing With the Stars level shit.
#2 The Michael Jackson
Odell definitely practices Michael Jackson dances in his spare time, right? Like, I think that’s a fair thing to say at this point.
*Text message*
Sterling Shepard: Yo, O. You wanna chill?
Odell Beckham Jr.: Nah, man. I’m too busy *turns on “Man in the Mirror”*
If not for the absolute boss-level of the next celebration, this would easily be the top on this list. You could make an argument that this is like, a top-five celebration of all the times. What a move by Beckham to pay homage to the late, great King of Pop.
#1 The A.I. Step-over
Best celebration of all-time. Period. End of discussion.
Nothing OBJ does will ever come close to topping this phenomenal celebration. Following the Beckham-Norman fight, there was no better celebration than the signature Allen Iverson step-over. When this happened, I was so fucking hyped. The balls of Beckham to step over Norman — as Norman complains to the ref — like a dead fish impresses me to this day.
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