most receptions per game in a season by an nfl player since 1998

Since 1998, Michael Thomas has the most receptions per game played in a season, with 9.31 in 2019.

	NAME	REC/GP	REC	GP	SEASON	TM	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	9.31	149	16	2019	NO	185	1,725	11.6	107.8	9	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
2	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	8.94	143	16	2002	IND	205	1,722	12.0	107.6	11	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
3	Wes Welker W. Welker	8.79	123	14	2009	NE	162	1,348	11.0	96.3	4	36	5	7.2	2.6	0
4	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	8.53	145	17	2021	LAR	191	1,947	13.4	114.5	16	18	4	4.5	1.1	0
5	Antonio Brown A. Brown	8.5	136	16	2015	PIT	193	1,834	13.5	114.6	10	28	3	9.3	1.8	0
6	Julio Jones J. Jones	8.5	136	16	2015	ATL	203	1,871	13.8	116.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
7	Keenan Allen K. Allen	8.38	67	8	2015	SD	89	725	10.8	90.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	8.33	75	9	2022	LAR	98	812	10.8	90.2	6	52	9	5.8	5.8	1
9	Keenan Allen K. Allen	8.31	108	13	2023	LAC	150	1,243	11.5	95.6	7	6	2	3.0	0.5	0
10	Davante Adams D. Adams	8.21	115	14	2020	GB	149	1,374	11.9	98.1	18	0	0		0.0	0
11	Julio Jones J. Jones	8.2	41	5	2013	ATL	60	580	14.1	116.0	2	7	1	7.0	1.4	0
12	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	8.06	129	16	2025	LAR	166	1,715	13.3	107.2	10	105	10	10.5	6.6	1
13	Antonio Brown A. Brown	8.06	129	16	2014	PIT	181	1,698	13.2	106.1	13	13	4	3.3	0.8	0
14	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	7.94	135	17	2023	DAL	181	1,749	13.0	102.9	12	113	14	8.1	6.6	2
15	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	7.94	127	16	2020	BUF	166	1,535	12.1	95.9	8	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
16	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	7.81	125	16	2025	CIN	185	1,412	11.3	88.3	8	14	3	4.7	0.9	0
17	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	7.81	125	16	2018	NO	147	1,405	11.2	87.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
18	Davante Adams D. Adams	7.69	123	16	2021	GB	169	1,553	12.6	97.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
19	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	7.63	122	16	2012	DET	204	1,964	16.1	122.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
20	Wes Welker W. Welker	7.63	122	16	2011	NE	173	1,569	12.9	98.1	9	30	4	7.5	1.9	0
21	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	7.58	91	12	2014	NYG	130	1,305	14.3	108.8	12	35	7	5.0	2.9	0
22	Rod Smith R. Smith	7.53	113	15	2001	DEN	171	1,343	11.9	89.5	11	27	3	9.0	1.8	0
23	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	7.53	128	17	2022	MIN	184	1,809	14.1	106.4	8	24	4	6.0	1.4	1
24	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	7.47	127	17	2024	CIN	175	1,708	13.4	100.5	17	32	3	10.7	1.9	0
25	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	7.44	119	16	2023	MIA	171	1,799	15.1	112.4	13	15	6	2.5	0.9	0

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