most receptions in a game ever in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Brandon Marshall had the most receptions in a game, with 21 catches against the Colts on December 13, 2009.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player in a regular-season game ever in the 2000s
NAMERECDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
21
12/13/2009
@
28
200
9.5
2
0
0
0
2Terrell Owens
T. Owens
20
12/17/2000
vs
22
283
14.2
1
5
1
5.0
0
3Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
18
9/14/2008
vs
20
166
9.2
1
0
0
0
4Troy Brown
T. Brown
16
9/22/2002
vs
21
176
11.0
1
0
0
0
5Wes Welker
W. Welker
15
11/22/2009
vs
17
192
12.8
0
11
1
11.0
0
6Jason Witten
J. Witten
15
12/9/2007
@
18
138
9.2
1
0
0
0
7Chris Chambers
C. Chambers
15
12/4/2005
vs
26
238
15.9
1
0
0
0
8Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
15
9/10/2000
@
21
291
19.4
3
0
0
0
9Jabar Gaffney
J. Gaffney
14
1/3/2010
vs
19
213
15.2
0
0
0
0
10Jason Witten
J. Witten
14
12/6/2009
@
16
156
11.1
0
0
0
0
11Dallas Clark
D. Clark
14
11/8/2009
vs
16
119
8.5
0
4
1
4.0
0
12Bobby Engram
B. Engram
14
11/4/2007
@
21
139
9.9
1
0
0
0
13Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
14
11/4/2007
vs
18
90
6.4
0
65
16
4.1
1
14Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
14
9/23/2007
@
17
181
12.9
2
0
0
0
15Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14
11/20/2005
@
20
169
12.1
0
0
0
0
16Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
14
1/2/2005
@
21
144
10.3
0
5
1
5.0
0
17David Boston
D. Boston
14
10/5/2003
@
20
181
12.9
2
13
1
13.0
0
18Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14
11/17/2002
vs
18
138
9.9
2
0
0
0
19Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
14
9/8/2002
@
16
91
6.5
0
19
10
1.9
1
20Rod Smith
R. Smith
14
9/23/2001
@
16
162
11.6
2
0
0
0
21Wes Welker
W. Welker
13
12/27/2009
vs
13
138
10.6
0
0
0
0
22Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
13
10/18/2009
@
15
100
7.7
1
0
0
0
23Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13
11/16/2008
@
16
186
14.3
0
3
1
3.0
0
24Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13
12/23/2007
vs
14
162
12.5
2
0
0
0
25Wes Welker
W. Welker
13
11/25/2007
vs
17
149
11.5
0
0
0
0

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10
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4
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6
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8
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7
7
0
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5
9
0
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10
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