most receptions by an nfl player in their 1st 4 seasons

Jerry Rice has the most career catches when playing 1+ season, with 1,549 catches.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Receptions: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC	SEAS	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,549	20	303	709	22,895	14.8	75.6	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
2	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	1,432	17	263	2,335	17,492	12.2	66.5	121	68	20	3.4	0.3	0
3	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,325	17	270	1,862	15,127	11.4	56.0	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
4	Jason Witten J. Witten	1,228	17	271	1,723	13,046	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
5	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,109	14	199	1,550	13,412	12.1	67.4	84	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
6	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	1,102	13	190	1,431	14,580	13.2	76.7	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
7	Cris Carter C. Carter	1,101	16	234	442	13,899	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
8	Tim Brown T. Brown	1,094	17	255	670	14,934	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
9	Keenan Allen K. Allen	1,091	14	178	1,601	12,376	11.3	69.5	71	113	18	6.3	0.6	0
10	Terrell Owens T. Owens	1,078	15	219	1,604	15,934	14.8	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
11	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	1,076	14	202	1,739	13,779	12.8	68.2	82	229	42	5.5	1.1	1
12	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	1,070	14	211	1,712	14,345	13.4	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
13	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	1,062	14	193	1,743	14,185	13.4	73.5	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
14	Davante Adams D. Adams	1,047	13	184	1,671	13,113	12.5	71.3	121	-1	3	-0.3	0.0	0
15	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	1,031	16	219	1,745	14,731	14.3	67.3	81	387	57	6.8	1.8	2
16	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	1,024	16	223	1,210	15,208	14.9	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
17	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	1,006	13	195	1,624	13,295	13.2	68.2	85	21	6	3.5	0.1	0
18	Hines Ward H. Ward	1,000	14	217	1,524	12,083	12.1	55.7	85	428	57	7.5	2.0	1
19	Randy Moss R. Moss	982	14	218	1,616	15,292	15.6	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
20	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	970	13	179	1,650	12,351	12.7	69.0	83	118	20	5.9	0.7	0
21	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	969	12	167	1,388	11,756	12.1	70.4	79	170	35	4.9	1.0	1
22	Antonio Gates A. Gates	955	16	236	1,458	11,841	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0
23	Andre Reed A. Reed	951	16	234	111	13,198	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
24	Derrick Mason D. Mason	943	15	230	1,439	12,061	12.8	52.4	66	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
25	Art Monk A. Monk	940	16	224		12,721	13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0

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Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
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