most catches per game by a player in the 2018 nfl season

Michael Thomas had the most receptions per game played in 2018, with 7.81.

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	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	7.81	125	16	2018	NO	147	1,405	11.2	87.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Davante Adams D. Adams	7.4	111	15	2018	GB	169	1,386	12.5	92.4	13	0	0		0.0	0
3	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	7.25	116	16	2018	PHI	156	1,163	10.0	72.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
4	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	7.19	115	16	2018	HOU	163	1,572	13.7	98.3	11	-7	1	-7.0	-0.4	0
5	Julio Jones J. Jones	7.06	113	16	2018	ATL	170	1,677	14.8	104.8	8	12	2	6.0	0.8	0
6	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	7.06	113	16	2018	MIN	153	1,373	12.2	85.8	9	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
7	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	6.94	111	16	2018	PIT	166	1,426	12.8	89.1	7	13	1	13.0	0.8	0
8	Antonio Brown A. Brown	6.93	104	15	2018	PIT	168	1,297	12.5	86.5	15	0	0		0.0	0
9	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	6.8	102	15	2018	MIN	149	1,021	10.0	68.1	9	62	10	6.2	4.1	0
10	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	6.69	107	16	2018	CAR	124	867	8.1	54.2	6	1,098	219	5.0	68.6	7
11	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	6.44	103	16	2018	KC	150	1,336	13.0	83.5	10	0	0		0.0	0
12	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	6.42	77	12	2018	NYG	124	1,052	13.7	87.7	6	19	5	3.8	1.6	0
13	Julian Edelman J. Edelman	6.17	74	12	2018	NE	108	850	11.5	70.8	6	107	9	11.9	8.9	0
14	Keenan Allen K. Allen	6.06	97	16	2018	LAC	136	1,196	12.3	74.8	6	75	9	8.3	4.7	0
15	Emmanuel Sanders E. Sanders	5.92	71	12	2018	DEN	98	868	12.2	72.3	4	53	4	13.3	4.4	1
16	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	5.69	91	16	2018	NYG	121	721	7.9	45.1	4	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11
17	George Kittle G. Kittle	5.5	88	16	2018	SF	136	1,377	15.6	86.1	5	10	1	10.0	0.6	0
18	James White J. White	5.44	87	16	2018	NE	123	751	8.6	46.9	7	425	94	4.5	26.6	5
19	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	5.44	87	16	2018	KC	137	1,479	17.0	92.4	12	151	22	6.9	9.4	1
20	T.Y. Hilton	5.43	76	14	2018	IND	120	1,270	16.7	90.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
21	Tyler Boyd T. Boyd	5.43	76	14	2018	CIN	108	1,028	13.5	73.4	7	3	2	1.5	0.2	0
22	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	5.4	81	15	2018	NO	105	709	8.8	47.3	4	883	194	4.6	58.9	14
23	Robert Woods R. Woods	5.38	86	16	2018	LAR	130	1,219	14.2	76.2	6	157	19	8.3	9.8	1
24	Mike Evans M. Evans	5.38	86	16	2018	TB	138	1,524	17.7	95.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	5.13	77	15	2018	DAL	95	567	7.4	37.8	3	1,434	304	4.7	95.6	6

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PASS

917

Shough

RUSH

128

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REC

375

Olave

Team Rankings

PPG

27.0

11th

OPP PPG

27.7

26th

RUSH YDS/G

101.3

16th

PASS YDS/G

305.7

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Panthers	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NO	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/8	CLE	@	NO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Raiders

3 - 0

Final

Saints

1 - 2

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

939

Young

917

Shough

872

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

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6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

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Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.0

Anderson

4.0

Graham

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Johnson

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

Shrader

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	PIT	@	CLE	8:15 PM
Sun 10/4	IND	@	WAS	9:30 AM
Sun 10/4	ARI	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NE	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM

Michael Thomas had the most receptions per game played in 2018, with 7.81.

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