most wr targets nfl season

Wide receivers were targeted their most times in a season in 2016, with 10,913 targets.

POSITIONTRGSEASONGPRECREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1
Wide Receiver
10,913
2016
2,469
6,548
83,560
12.8
33.8
498
2,383
364
6.5
1.0
14
2
Wide Receiver
10,735
2021
2,728
6,770
84,543
12.5
31.0
519
2,726
431
6.3
1.0
22
3
Wide Receiver
10,683
2013
2,333
6,165
82,103
13.3
35.2
484
1,483
225
6.6
0.6
6
4
Wide Receiver
10,596
2014
2,403
6,342
82,846
13.1
34.5
485
1,952
301
6.5
0.8
10
5
Wide Receiver
10,585
2015
2,377
6,313
82,636
13.1
34.8
521
1,669
262
6.4
0.7
10
6
Wide Receiver
10,566
2012
2,344
6,088
81,179
13.3
34.6
492
1,592
258
6.2
0.7
2
7
Wide Receiver
10,442
2023
2,765
6,579
83,017
12.6
30.0
485
2,785
464
6.0
1.0
23
8
Wide Receiver
10,329
2020
2,545
6,755
85,123
12.6
33.4
534
2,392
442
5.4
0.9
16
9
Wide Receiver
10,296
2022
2,617
6,513
81,866
12.6
31.3
454
2,902
481
6.0
1.1
25
10
Wide Receiver
10,219
2024
2,669
6,497
81,305
12.5
30.5
537
2,162
426
5.1
0.8
14
11
Wide Receiver
10,178
2002
2,198
5,745
76,241
13.3
34.7
459
2,307
339
6.8
1.0
7
12
Wide Receiver
10,085
2018
2,457
6,350
81,504
12.8
33.2
532
2,613
408
6.4
1.1
12
13
Wide Receiver
10,053
2010
2,265
5,738
76,117
13.3
33.6
484
2,037
313
6.5
0.9
7
14
Wide Receiver
10,035
2007
2,245
5,816
75,808
13.0
33.8
477
890
193
4.6
0.4
4
15
Wide Receiver
10,015
2019
2,492
6,171
80,897
13.1
32.5
481
2,157
320
6.7
0.9
14
16
Wide Receiver
9,996
2011
2,345
5,644
78,186
13.9
33.3
472
1,774
282
6.3
0.8
6
17
Wide Receiver
9,975
1999
2,165
5,398
75,758
14.0
35.0
436
821
142
5.8
0.4
4
18
Wide Receiver
9,926
2017
2,464
5,831
75,116
12.9
30.5
437
1,753
354
5.0
0.7
5
19
Wide Receiver
9,888
2005
2,186
5,527
74,250
13.4
34.0
422
1,192
236
5.1
0.5
7
20
Wide Receiver
9,871
2009
2,218
5,651
74,616
13.2
33.6
432
2,032
299
6.8
0.9
7
21
Wide Receiver
9,708
2008
2,243
5,574
73,123
13.1
32.6
417
1,642
240
6.8
0.7
9
22
Wide Receiver
9,686
2001
2,118
5,396
73,242
13.6
34.6
396
1,534
226
6.8
0.7
5
23
Wide Receiver
9,684
2003
2,213
5,294
71,001
13.4
32.1
442
1,871
319
5.9
0.8
1
24
Wide Receiver
9,679
2004
2,226
5,428
76,580
14.1
34.4
466
1,343
258
5.2
0.6
1
25
Wide Receiver
9,622
2025
2,673
6,001
75,840
12.6
28.4
470
2,000
373
5.4
0.7
13
StatMuse has season-level data for targets going back to the 1999 season.

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Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176