most receptions through five games of a season

Zay Jones has made the most receptions with 5+ games played in a season, with 158 receptions in 2016.

Interpreted as:

most receptions by a player through five or more games of a season

	NAME	REC	GP	SEASON	TM	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Zay Jones Z. Jones	158	12	2016	ECU	222	1,746	11.1	145.5	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
2	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	155	13	2009	BGSU		1,770	11.4	136.2	19	78	25	3.1	6.0	2
3	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	150	14	2021	WKU	194	1,902	12.7	135.9	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
4	Manny Hazard M. Hazard	142	11	1989	HOU		1,689	11.9	153.5	22
5	Jordan White J. White	140	13	2011	WMU		1,911	13.7	147.0	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
6	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	140	12	1998	LT		1,996	14.3	166.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
7	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	138	12	2002	NEV		1,629	11.8	135.8	12	115	22	5.2	9.6	1
8	Trent Taylor T. Taylor	136	14	2016	LT	176	1,803	13.3	128.8	12
9	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	134	13	2007	TTU		1,962	14.6	150.9	22
10	Trevor Insley T. Insley	134	11	1999	NEV		2,060	15.4	187.3	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
11	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	134	10	1965	TLSA		1,779	13.3	177.9	16
12	Davante Adams D. Adams	131	13	2013	FRES	118	1,719	13.1	132.2	24	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ryan Broyles R. Broyles	131	14	2010	OKLA		1,622	12.4	115.9	14
14	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	129	11	1995	NEV		1,854	14.4	168.5	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
15	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	128	13	2013	ORST	167	1,730	13.5	133.1	16	217	32	6.8	16.7	2
16	J.R. Tolver	128	13	2002	SDSU		1,785	13.9	137.3	13	40	6	6.7	3.1	1
17	Eric Page E. Page	125	13	2011	TOL		1,182	9.5	90.9	10	10	3	3.3	0.8	0
18	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	124	14	2014	ALA	177	1,727	13.9	123.4	16	23	5	4.6	1.6	0
19	Charlie Jones C. Jones	123	14	2022	PUR	175	1,523	12.4	108.8	12	6	4	1.5	0.4	0
20	Jordy Nelson J. Nelson	122	12	2007	KSU		1,606	13.2	133.8	11	-7	3	-2.3	-0.6	0
21	Justin Hardy J. Hardy	121	13	2014	ECU	169	1,494	12.3	114.9	10	7	1	7.0	0.5	1
22	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	121	13	2011	OKST		1,522	12.6	117.1	18	59	5	11.8	4.5	0
23	Greg Salas G. Salas	119	14	2010	HAW		1,889	15.9	134.9	14
24	Marqise Lee M. Lee	118	13	2012	USC		1,721	14.6	132.4	14	106	13	8.2	8.2	0
25	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	117	13	2024	BGSU	156	1,554	13.3	119.5	10	65	9	7.2	5.0	1