most receptions per game by a player nfl history from 1920 to 2019

Between the 1920 and 2019 seasons, Michael Thomas had the most receptions per game played, with 7.46.

Interpreted as:
most receptions per game by a player by a player NFL history from 1920 to 2019
NAME REC/GP REC GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
7.46
470
63
602
5,512
11.7
87.5
32
-9
1
-9.0
-0.1
0
2 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
6.42
841
131
1,282
11,263
13.4
86.0
75
124
32
3.9
0.9
0
3 Julio Jones
J. Jones
6.33
797
126
1,254
12,125
15.2
96.2
57
118
19
6.2
0.9
0
4 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
6.31
303
48
379
2,523
8.3
52.6
15
2,920
623
4.7
60.8
24
5 Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
6.19
464
75
755
6,511
14.0
86.8
48
84
18
4.7
1.1
0
6 Keenan Allen
K. Allen
6.09
524
86
765
6,405
12.2
74.5
34
100
14
7.1
1.2
0
7 Jim Brim
J. Brim
6
18
3
282
15.7
94.0
2
36
2
18.0
12.0
1
8 Jarvis Landry
J. Landry
5.88
564
96
857
6,188
11.0
64.5
32
189
30
6.3
2.0
2
9 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
5.8
1,102
190
1,431
14,580
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
10 DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
5.75
632
110
1,048
8,602
13.6
78.2
54
11
3
3.7
0.1
0
11 Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
5.51
1,378
250
2,263
17,083
12.4
68.3
120
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
12 Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
5.5
1,062
193
1,743
14,185
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
13 A.J. Green
A.J. Green
5.42
602
111
1,025
8,907
14.8
80.2
63
93
11
8.5
0.8
0
14 Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
5.42
970
179
1,650
12,351
12.7
69.0
83
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
15 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
5.41
731
135
1,315
11,619
15.9
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
16 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
5.4
243
45
302
2,068
8.5
46.0
10
2,408
485
5.0
53.5
27
17 Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
5.33
1,076
202
1,739
13,779
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
18 Torry Holt
T. Holt
5.32
920
173
1,561
13,382
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
19 Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
5.31
595
112
8,134
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
20 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
5.28
507
96
715
6,465
12.8
67.3
37
6
4
1.5
0.1
1
21 Stefon Diggs
S. Diggs
5.21
365
70
534
4,623
12.7
66.0
30
159
29
5.5
2.3
0
22 Wes Welker
W. Welker
5.16
903
175
1,276
9,924
11.0
56.7
50
151
19
7.9
0.9
0
23 Mike Evans
M. Evans
5.13
462
90
836
7,260
15.7
80.7
48
0
0
0.0
0
24 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
5.11
1,549
303
709
22,895
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
25 Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
5.07
1,070
211
1,712
14,345
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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