most passes by a nfl wr in a game

Ed Rutkowski has the most passing attempts by a wide receiver in a game, with 38 attempts against the Broncos on November 24, 1968.

Interpreted as:
most passes by a NFL wr in a regular-season game
NAMEATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ed Rutkowski
E. Rutkowski
38
11/24/1968
BUF BUF
@
DEN DEN
17
44.7
161
4.2
0
2
35.1
0.0
5.3
2Ed Rutkowski
E. Rutkowski
25
11/28/1968
BUF BUF
@
OAK OAK
10
40.0
160
6.4
0
2
28.8
0.0
8.0
3Guido Merkens
G. Merkens
24
12/26/1982
NO NO
vs
WAS WAS
9
37.5
104
4.3
0
1
34.0
0.0
4.2
5
27
4Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
21
12/22/1996
PIT PIT
@
CAR CAR
8
38.1
77
3.7
0
2
9.5
0.0
9.5
2
10
5Ed Rutkowski
E. Rutkowski
18
12/7/1968
BUF BUF
@
HOU HOU
7
38.9
24
1.3
0
0
47.0
0.0
0.0
6Ed Rutkowski
E. Rutkowski
15
11/17/1968
BUF BUF
vs
SD SD
7
46.7
35
2.3
0
1
25.7
0.0
6.7
7Guido Merkens
G. Merkens
14
12/12/1982
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
4
28.6
13
0.9
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
2
15
8Guido Merkens
G. Merkens
10
12/19/1982
NO NO
@
DAL DAL
4
40.0
54
5.4
0
1
18.3
0.0
10.0
1
7
9Kendall Hinton
K. Hinton
9
11/29/2020
DEN DEN
vs
NO NO
1
11.1
13
1.4
0
2
0.0
0.0
22.2
1
1
10Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
9
12/17/1978
SF SF
@
DET DET
5
55.6
85
9.4
0
1
48.1
0.0
11.1
11Terrelle Pryor
T. Pryor
5
9/25/2016
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
3
60.0
35
7.0
0
0
81.3
0.0
0.0
1
1
12Ed Rutkowski
E. Rutkowski
4
10/27/1968
BUF BUF
vs
HOU HOU
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
13Terrelle Pryor
T. Pryor
3
10/9/2016
CLE CLE
vs
NE NE
1
33.3
5
1.7
0
0
42.4
0.0
0.0
0
0
14Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
3
12/10/2000
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
1
33.3
23
7.7
0
1
22.2
0.0
33.3
0
0
15Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
3
12/16/1995
PIT PIT
vs
NE NE
2
66.7
41
13.7
0
0
109.7
0.0
0.0
0
0
16Jerry Reichow
J. Reichow
3
11/5/1961
MIN MIN
@
LA LA
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
33.3
17Jakobi Meyers
J. Meyers
2
12/14/2023
LV LV
vs
LAC LAC
2
100.0
12
6.0
1
0
131.3
50.0
0.0
0
0
18Jakobi Meyers
J. Meyers
2
10/3/2021
NE NE
vs
TB TB
2
100.0
45
22.5
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
19Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
2
10/18/2020
NE NE
vs
DEN DEN
2
100.0
38
19.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
20Albert Wilson
A. Wilson
2
12/29/2019
MIA MIA
@
NE NE
1
50.0
20
10.0
0
0
85.4
0.0
0.0
0
0
21Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2
11/24/2013
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
1
50.0
13
6.5
0
0
70.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
22Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2
10/18/2009
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
50.0
0
0
23Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2
12/28/2008
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1
50.0
8
4.0
0
0
60.4
0.0
0.0
0
0
24Sidney Rice
S. Rice
2
11/18/2007
MIN MIN
vs
OAK OAK
2
100.0
94
47.0
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
25Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
2
11/20/2005
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
2
100.0
16
8.0
0
0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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