most receptions by a 31 year old in a season

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

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player by a 31 year old in a season
NAMERECAgeSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Wes Welker
W. Welker
118
31
2012
16
175
1,354
11.5
84.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
2Rod Smith
R. Smith
113
31
2001
15
171
1,343
11.9
89.5
11
27
3
9.0
1.8
0
3Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
112
31
2012
16
163
1,598
14.3
99.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
4Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
109
31
2015
16
173
1,502
13.8
93.9
14
0
0
0.0
0
5Keenan Allen
K. Allen
108
31
2023
13
150
1,243
11.5
95.6
7
6
2
3.0
0.5
0
6Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
105
31
2020
15
145
1,416
13.5
94.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
7Tim Brown
T. Brown
104
31
1997
16
1,408
13.5
88.0
5
19
5
3.8
1.2
0
8Davante Adams
D. Adams
103
31
2023
17
175
1,144
11.1
67.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
100
31
2009
16
149
1,264
12.6
79.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
10Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
99
31
2007
16
154
1,172
11.8
73.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
11Jerry Rice
J. Rice
98
31
1993
16
1,503
15.3
93.9
15
69
3
23.0
4.3
1
12Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
97
31
2016
16
152
1,257
13.0
78.6
14
0
0
0.0
0
13Troy Brown
T. Brown
97
31
2002
14
141
890
9.2
63.6
3
14
3
4.7
1.0
0
14Cris Carter
C. Carter
96
31
1996
16
1,163
12.1
72.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
15Delanie Walker
D. Walker
94
31
2015
15
133
1,088
11.6
72.5
6
36
1
36.0
2.4
0
16Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
94
31
2003
15
142
1,272
13.5
84.8
10
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
17Brett Perriman
B. Perriman
94
31
1996
16
1,021
10.9
63.8
5
13
1
13.0
0.8
0
18Santana Moss
S. Moss
93
31
2010
16
145
1,115
12.0
69.7
6
-6
5
-1.2
-0.4
0
19Torry Holt
T. Holt
93
31
2007
16
149
1,189
12.8
74.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
20Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
93
31
2004
16
160
1,405
15.1
87.8
16
15
3
5.0
0.9
0
21Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
93
31
2001
16
145
1,110
11.9
69.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
22Roddy White
R. White
92
31
2012
16
143
1,351
14.7
84.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
23T.J. Houshmandzadeh
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
92
31
2008
15
137
904
9.8
60.3
4
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
24Donald Driver
D. Driver
92
31
2006
16
172
1,295
14.1
80.9
8
16
7
2.3
1.0
0
25Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
91
31
2000
15
145
1,213
13.3
80.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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