most receptions in a season before 1996

Before 1996, Herman Moore had the most receptions in a season, with 123 catches in 1995.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player in a season before 1996
NAMERECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Herman Moore
H. Moore
123
1995
16
1,686
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
2Cris Carter
C. Carter
122
1995
16
1,371
11.2
85.7
17
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
3Jerry Rice
J. Rice
122
1995
16
1,848
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
122
1994
16
1,256
10.3
78.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
5Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
119
1995
16
1,781
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
6Jerry Rice
J. Rice
112
1994
16
1,499
13.4
93.7
13
93
7
13.3
5.8
2
7Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
112
1993
16
1,274
11.4
79.6
11
8
4
2.0
0.5
0
8Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
111
1995
16
1,603
14.4
100.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
9Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
111
1994
16
1,342
12.1
83.9
11
0
0
0.0
0
10Brett Perriman
B. Perriman
108
1995
16
1,488
13.8
93.0
9
48
5
9.6
3.0
0
11Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
108
1992
16
1,461
13.5
91.3
13
8
4
2.0
0.5
0
12Art Monk
A. Monk
106
1984
16
1,372
12.9
85.8
7
18
2
9.0
1.1
0
13Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
104
1995
16
1,189
11.4
74.3
8
133
28
4.8
8.3
1
14Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
102
1995
16
1,497
14.7
93.6
13
21
4
5.3
1.3
0
15Larry Centers
L. Centers
101
1995
16
962
9.5
60.1
2
254
78
3.3
15.9
2
16Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
101
1964
14
1,546
15.3
110.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Haywood Jeffires
H. Jeffires
100
1991
16
1,181
11.8
73.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
18Jerry Rice
J. Rice
100
1990
16
1,502
15.0
93.9
13
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
19Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
100
1961
14
1,176
11.8
84.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
99
1995
16
1,234
12.5
77.1
17
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
21Jerry Rice
J. Rice
98
1993
16
1,503
15.3
93.9
15
69
3
23.0
4.3
1
22Ben Coates
B. Coates
96
1994
16
1,174
12.2
73.4
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
23Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
95
1986
16
1,153
12.1
72.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
24Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
94
1994
16
1,119
11.9
69.9
18
15
3
5.0
0.9
0
25Andre Rison
A. Rison
93
1992
15
1,119
12.0
74.6
11
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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