most receptions by a nfl db in a game

Deion Sanders has made the most receptions by a defensive back in a game, with 9 receptions against the Bears on September 2, 1996.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a NFL db in a regular-season game
NAME REC DATE TM OPP TRG REC YDS AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
9
9/2/1996
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
87
9.7
0
0
0
0
2 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
7
11/7/1965
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
90
12.9
0
0
0
0
3 Mark Bailey
M. Bailey
6
10/16/1977
KC KC
vs
BAL BAL
86
14.3
0
20
9
2.2
0
4 Carl Taseff
C. Taseff
6
12/11/1954
BAL BAL
@
SF SF
74
12.3
0
18
9
2.0
0
5 Don Paul
D. Paul
6
10/21/1951
CHC CHC
@
WAS WAS
66
11.0
0
22
7
3.1
0
6 Devin Hester
D. Hester
5
12/6/2007
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8
67
13.4
0
0
0
0
7 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
5
10/27/1996
DAL DAL
@
MIA MIA
60
12.0
0
-4
1
-4.0
0
8 Roy Green
R. Green
5
10/4/1981
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
89
17.8
1
0
0
0
9 Bobby Smith
B. Smith
5
12/12/1965
BUF BUF
vs
KC KC
37
7.4
0
27
9
3.0
1
10 Dick James
D. James
5
12/16/1962
WAS WAS
vs
PIT PIT
140
28.0
2
4
1
4.0
0
11 Dick James
D. James
5
11/25/1962
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
117
23.4
2
0
0
0
12 Dick James
D. James
5
11/4/1962
WAS WAS
vs
DLC DLC
72
14.4
0
0
0
0
13 Dave Ames
D. Ames
5
11/12/1961
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
17
3.4
0
62
10
6.2
0
14 Terry Barr
T. Barr
5
12/13/1959
DET DET
@
CHB CHB
55
11.0
0
15 Don Paul
D. Paul
5
12/6/1953
CHC CHC
vs
PIT PIT
27
5.4
1
1
1
1.0
0
16 Devin Hester
D. Hester
4
12/17/2007
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
6
28
7.0
0
-1
1
-1.0
0
17 Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
4
9/14/1997
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
33
8.3
0
0
0
0
18 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
4
10/13/1996
DAL DAL
vs
ARI ARI
42
10.5
0
0
0
0
19 Roy Green
R. Green
4
9/20/1981
STL STL
vs
WAS WAS
115
28.8
1
0
0
0
20 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
4
10/31/1965
PIT PIT
vs
DAL DAL
66
16.5
0
0
0
0
21 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
4
10/9/1965
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
51
12.8
0
0
0
0
22 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
4
10/3/1965
PIT PIT
vs
NYG NYG
47
11.8
0
0
0
0
23 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
4
11/29/1964
PIT PIT
vs
STL STL
113
28.3
0
0
0
0
24 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
4
11/8/1964
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
61
15.3
0
0
0
0
25 Charley Mitchell
C. Mitchell
4
10/26/1963
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
30
7.5
0
41
13
3.2
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions going back to the 1960 season.

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1:00 PM
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@
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7
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9
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2
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10/12
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