highest average number of receptions per game in a season by wide receiver

Michael Thomas has the most receptions per game played by a wide receiver in a season, with 9.31 in 2019.

	NAME	REC/GP	REC	GP	SEASON	TM	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	9.31	149	16	2019	NO	185	1,725	11.6	107.8	9	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
2	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	8.94	143	16	2002	IND	205	1,722	12.0	107.6	11	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
3	Wes Welker W. Welker	8.79	123	14	2009	NE	162	1,348	11.0	96.3	4	36	5	7.2	2.6	0
4	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	8.53	145	17	2021	LAR	191	1,947	13.4	114.5	16	18	4	4.5	1.1	0
5	Antonio Brown A. Brown	8.5	136	16	2015	PIT	193	1,834	13.5	114.6	10	28	3	9.3	1.8	0
6	Julio Jones J. Jones	8.5	136	16	2015	ATL	203	1,871	13.8	116.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
7	Keenan Allen K. Allen	8.38	67	8	2015	SD	89	725	10.8	90.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	8.33	75	9	2022	LAR	98	812	10.8	90.2	6	52	9	5.8	5.8	1
9	Keenan Allen K. Allen	8.31	108	13	2023	LAC	150	1,243	11.5	95.6	7	6	2	3.0	0.5	0
10	Davante Adams D. Adams	8.21	115	14	2020	GB	149	1,374	11.9	98.1	18	0	0		0.0	0
11	Julio Jones J. Jones	8.2	41	5	2013	ATL	60	580	14.1	116.0	2	7	1	7.0	1.4	0
12	Antonio Brown A. Brown	8.06	129	16	2014	PIT	181	1,698	13.2	106.1	13	13	4	3.3	0.8	0
13	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	7.94	135	17	2023	DAL	181	1,749	13.0	102.9	12	113	14	8.1	6.6	2
14	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	7.94	127	16	2020	BUF	166	1,535	12.1	95.9	8	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
15	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	7.85	102	13	2025	LAR	129	1,367	13.4	105.2	6	81	8	10.1	6.2	1
16	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	7.81	125	16	2018	NO	147	1,405	11.2	87.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
17	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	7.77	101	13	2025	CIN	155	1,147	11.4	88.2	5	14	3	4.7	1.1	0
18	Davante Adams D. Adams	7.69	123	16	2021	GB	169	1,553	12.6	97.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
19	Herman Moore H. Moore	7.69	123	16	1995	DET		1,686	13.7	105.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
20	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	7.67	92	12	1960	DEN		1,235	13.4	102.9	12	-6	2	-3.0	-0.5	0
21	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	7.63	122	16	2012	DET	204	1,964	16.1	122.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
22	Wes Welker W. Welker	7.63	122	16	2011	NE	173	1,569	12.9	98.1	9	30	4	7.5	1.9	0
23	Cris Carter C. Carter	7.63	122	16	1995	MIN		1,371	11.2	85.7	17	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
24	Jerry Rice J. Rice	7.63	122	16	1995	SF		1,848	15.1	115.5	15	36	5	7.2	2.3	1
25	Cris Carter C. Carter	7.63	122	16	1994	MIN		1,256	10.3	78.5	7	0	0		0.0	0

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