most receptions by a 31 year old in a season

Wes Welker has the most receptions by a 31-year-old player in a season, with 118 catches in 2012.

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Data note: Receptions: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Wes Welker W. Welker	118	31	2012	NE	16	175	1,354	11.5	84.6	6	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
2	Rod Smith R. Smith	113	31	2001	DEN	15	171	1,343	11.9	89.5	11	27	3	9.0	1.8	0
3	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	112	31	2012	HOU	16	163	1,598	14.3	99.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
4	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	109	31	2015	NYJ	16	173	1,502	13.8	93.9	14	0	0		0.0	0
5	Keenan Allen K. Allen	108	31	2023	LAC	13	150	1,243	11.5	95.6	7	6	2	3.0	0.5	0
6	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	105	31	2020	KC	15	145	1,416	13.5	94.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
7	Tim Brown T. Brown	104	31	1997	OAK	16		1,408	13.5	88.0	5	19	5	3.8	1.2	0
8	Davante Adams D. Adams	103	31	2023	LV	17	175	1,144	11.1	67.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
9	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	100	31	2009	IND	16	149	1,264	12.6	79.0	10	0	0		0.0	0
10	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	99	31	2007	KC	16	154	1,172	11.8	73.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jerry Rice J. Rice	98	31	1993	SF	16		1,503	15.3	93.9	15	69	3	23.0	4.3	1
12	Jordy Nelson J. Nelson	97	31	2016	GB	16	152	1,257	13.0	78.6	14	0	0		0.0	0
13	Troy Brown T. Brown	97	31	2002	NE	14	141	890	9.2	63.6	3	14	3	4.7	1.0	0
14	Cris Carter C. Carter	96	31	1996	MIN	16		1,163	12.1	72.7	10	0	0		0.0	0
15	Delanie Walker D. Walker	94	31	2015	TEN	15	133	1,088	11.6	72.5	6	36	1	36.0	2.4	0
16	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	94	31	2003	IND	15	142	1,272	13.5	84.8	10	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
17	Brett Perriman B. Perriman	94	31	1996	DET	16		1,021	10.9	63.8	5	13	1	13.0	0.8	0
18	Santana Moss S. Moss	93	31	2010	WAS	16	145	1,115	12.0	69.7	6	-6	5	-1.2	-0.4	0
19	Torry Holt T. Holt	93	31	2007	STL	16	149	1,189	12.8	74.3	7	0	0		0.0	0
20	Muhsin Muhammad M. Muhammad	93	31	2004	CAR	16	160	1,405	15.1	87.8	16	15	3	5.0	0.9	0
21	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	93	31	2001	JAX	16	145	1,110	11.9	69.4	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Roddy White R. White	92	31	2012	ATL	16	143	1,351	14.7	84.4	7	0	0		0.0	0
23	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	92	31	2008	CIN	15	137	904	9.8	60.3	4	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
24	Donald Driver D. Driver	92	31	2006	GB	16	172	1,295	14.1	80.9	8	16	7	2.3	1.0	0
25	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	91	31	2000	JAX	15	145	1,213	13.3	80.9	8	0	0		0.0	0

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