what is the most catches by an nfl player in a season since 1984 but before 2021

Between the 1984 and 2020 seasons, Michael Thomas had the most receptions in a season, with 149 catches in 2019.

NAME REC SEASON TM GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
149
2019
NO NO
16
185
1,725
11.6
107.8
9
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
2 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
143
2002
IND IND
16
205
1,722
12.0
107.6
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
3 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
136
2015
PIT PIT
16
193
1,834
13.5
114.6
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
4 Julio Jones
J. Jones
136
2015
ATL ATL
16
203
1,871
13.8
116.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
5 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
129
2014
PIT PIT
16
181
1,698
13.2
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
6 Stefon Diggs
S. Diggs
127
2020
BUF BUF
16
166
1,535
12.1
95.9
8
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
7 Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
125
2018
NO NO
16
147
1,405
11.2
87.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
8 Wes Welker
W. Welker
123
2009
NE NE
14
162
1,348
11.0
96.3
4
36
5
7.2
2.6
0
9 Herman Moore
H. Moore
123
1995
DET DET
16
1,686
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
10 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
122
2012
DET DET
16
204
1,964
16.1
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
11 Wes Welker
W. Welker
122
2011
NE NE
16
173
1,569
12.9
98.1
9
30
4
7.5
1.9
0
12 Cris Carter
C. Carter
122
1995
MIN MIN
16
1,371
11.2
85.7
17
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
13 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
122
1995
SF SF
16
1,848
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
14 Cris Carter
C. Carter
122
1994
MIN MIN
16
1,256
10.3
78.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
15 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
119
1995
STL STL
16
1,781
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
16 Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
118
2012
CHI CHI
16
194
1,508
12.8
94.3
11
-2
1
-2.0
-0.1
0
17 Wes Welker
W. Welker
118
2012
NE NE
16
175
1,354
11.5
84.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
18 Torry Holt
T. Holt
117
2003
STL STL
16
183
1,696
14.5
106.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
19 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
116
2019
CAR CAR
16
142
1,005
8.7
62.8
4
1,387
287
4.8
86.7
15
20 Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
116
2018
PHI PHI
16
156
1,163
10.0
72.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
21 Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
116
1999
JAX JAX
16
177
1,636
14.1
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
22 DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
115
2020
ARI ARI
16
160
1,407
12.2
87.9
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
23 Davante Adams
D. Adams
115
2020
GB GB
14
149
1,374
11.9
98.1
18
0
0
0.0
0
24 DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
115
2018
HOU HOU
16
163
1,572
13.7
98.3
11
-7
1
-7.0
-0.4
0
25 Roddy White
R. White
115
2010
ATL ATL
16
179
1,389
12.1
86.8
10
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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