most receptions by a 38 year old in a season

Jerry Rice has made the most catches by a 38-year-old player in a season, with 75 receptions in 2000.

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most receptions by a player by a 38 year old in a season
NAMERECAgeSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
75
38
2000
16
122
805
10.7
50.3
7
-2
1
-2.0
-0.1
0
2Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
59
38
1985
16
932
15.8
58.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
3Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
41
38
2000
14
76
548
13.4
39.1
5
16
2
8.0
1.1
0
4Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
35
38
2018
16
46
400
11.4
25.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
5Antonio Gates
A. Gates
28
38
2018
16
45
333
11.9
20.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
6Tim Brown
T. Brown
24
38
2004
15
31
200
8.3
13.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Jason Witten
J. Witten
13
38
2020
16
17
69
5.3
4.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
8Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
7
38
2009
3
20
67
9.6
22.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
7
38
2008
16
15
35
5.0
2.2
0
25
12
2.1
1.6
0
10Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
6
38
2022
17
7
66
11.0
3.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
11Art Monk
A. Monk
6
38
1995
3
114
19.0
38.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
3
38
2009
16
5
10
3.3
0.6
0
48
7
6.9
3.0
0
13Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
3
38
2006
2
4
30
10.0
15.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
1
38
2021
16
1
-4
-4.0
-0.3
0
101
33
3.1
6.3
3
15Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
1
38
2020
9
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
151
30
5.0
16.8
2
16Tom Brady
T. Brady
1
38
2015
16
1
36
36.0
2.3
0
53
34
1.6
3.3
3
17John Elway
J. Elway
1
38
1998
13
14
14.0
1.1
0
94
37
2.5
7.2
1
18Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1
38
1996
13
5
5.0
0.4
0
12
16
0.8
0.9
1
19Jim Turner
J. Turner
1
38
1979
16
6
6.0
0.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Don Maynard
D. Maynard
1
38
1973
2
18
18.0
9.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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