nfl chiefs player most rookie catches in a season

Rashee Rice has the most catches by a rookie for the Chiefs, with 79 receptions in 2023.

Regular season

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rashee Rice R. Rice	79	2023	KC	16	102	938	11.9	58.6	7	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
2	Dwayne Bowe D. Bowe	70	2007	KC	16	118	995	14.2	62.2	5	0	0		0.0	0
3	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	61	2016	KC	16	83	593	9.7	37.1	6	267	24	11.1	16.7	3
4	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	59	2024	KC	17	98	638	10.8	37.5	6	104	20	5.2	6.1	3
5	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	55	1960	DLT	14		576	10.5	41.1	3	875	156	5.6	62.5	9
6	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	53	2017	KC	16	63	455	8.6	28.4	3	1,327	272	4.9	82.9	8
7	Sylvester Morris S. Morris	48	2000	KC	15	105	678	14.1	45.2	3	0	0		0.0	0
8	Tony Moeaki T. Moeaki	47	2010	KC	15	73	556	11.8	37.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Chris Burford C. Burford	46	1960	DLT	14		789	17.2	56.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
10	Tim Barnett T. Barnett	41	1991	KC	16		564	13.8	35.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
11	Johnny Robinson J. Robinson	41	1960	DLT	14		611	14.9	43.6	4	458	98	4.7	32.7	4
12	Lake Dawson L. Dawson	37	1994	KC	12		537	14.5	44.8	2	24	3	8.0	2.0	0
13	Clyde Edwards-Helaire C. Edwards-Helaire	36	2020	KC	13	54	297	8.3	22.8	1	803	181	4.4	61.8	4
14	Todd McNair T. McNair	34	1989	KC	14		372	10.9	26.6	1	121	23	5.3	8.6	0
15	Snoop Minnis S. Minnis	33	2001	KC	13	67	511	15.5	39.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	33	1997	KC	16		368	11.2	23.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Stephone Paige S. Paige	30	1983	KC	16		528	17.6	33.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
18	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	29	1962	DLT	14		469	16.2	33.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
19	Curtis McClinton C. McClinton	29	1962	DLT	14		333	11.5	23.8	0	604	111	5.4	43.1	2
20	Ethan Horton E. Horton	28	1985	KC	16		185	6.6	11.6	1	146	48	3.0	9.1	3
21	Ken Thomas K. Thomas	28	1983	KC	14		236	8.4	16.9	1	55	15	3.7	3.9	0
22	Henry Marshall H. Marshall	28	1976	KC	14		443	15.8	31.6	2	101	5	20.2	7.2	1
23	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	27	2008	KC	16	40	272	10.1	17.0	1	357	67	5.3	22.3	0
24	Mecole Hardman Jr. M. Hardman Jr.	26	2019	KC	16	41	538	20.7	33.6	6	17	4	4.3	1.1	0
25	Woody Green W. Green	26	1974	KC	10		247	9.5	24.7	1	509	135	3.8	50.9	3

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PASS

184

Mahomes

RUSH

173

Walker

REC

71

Kelce

Team Rankings

PPG

31.0

8th

OPP PPG

10.0

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

220.0

2nd

PASS YDS/G

184.0

22nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	1.000
Broncos	0	1	.000
Chargers	0	1	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/20	IND	@	KC	8:20 PM
Sun 9/27	KC	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	KC	@	LV	4:25 PM
Sun 10/18	LAC	@	KC	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	KC	@	SEA	8:20 PM

Last Game

Broncos

0 - 1

Final

Chiefs

1 - 0

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

410

Shough

387

Love

361

Young

Rush Yards Leaders

173

Walker

156

Gibbs

144

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

182

Olave

150

Flowers

147

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

4

Lawrence

3

Shough

3

Dart

Rush TD Leaders

3

Swift

3

Henry

2

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

2

Jeanty

2

Watson

2

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

150.6

Lawrence

134.2

Dart

130.5

Allen

Sack Leaders

2.0

Hutchinson

2.0

Watt

2.0

Paye

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.0

41.0

39.0

37.0

36.0

34.0

Opp PPG Rankings

7.0

10.0

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

552.0

506.0

478.0

469.0

419.0

409.0

Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

220.0

202.0

174.0

165.0

Pass Yards Rankings

410.0

387.0

361.0

334.0

324.0

277.0

Sack Leaders

5.0

4.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

34.3

Henry

31.4

Swift

31.1

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

26.7

Watson

25.8

Coker

23.2

Jefferson

Fantasy TE Rankings

19.8

Likely

19.7

Goedert

15.5

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

19

McPherson

16

Ryland

15

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NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	DET	@	BUF	8:15 PM
Sun 9/20	PHI	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 9/20	PIT	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 9/20	MIN	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 9/20	CAR	@	ATL	1:00 PM

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