what is the nfl record for most rec by a player in a game

Brandon Marshall has made the most catches in a game, with 21 catches against the Colts on December 13, 2009.

Interpreted as:
What is the NFL record for most rec by a player in a regular-season game?
NAMERECDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
21
12/13/2009
DEN DEN
@
IND IND
28
200
9.5
2
0
0
0
2Terrell Owens
T. Owens
20
12/17/2000
SF SF
vs
CHI CHI
22
283
14.2
1
5
1
5.0
0
3Keenan Allen
K. Allen
18
9/24/2023
LAC LAC
@
MIN MIN
20
215
11.9
0
0
0
0
4Jason Witten
J. Witten
18
10/28/2012
DAL DAL
vs
NYG NYG
23
167
9.3
0
0
0
0
5Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
18
9/14/2008
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
20
166
9.2
1
0
0
0
6Tom Fears
T. Fears
18
12/3/1950
LA LA
vs
GB GB
189
10.5
2
7Antonio Brown
A. Brown
17
11/8/2015
PIT PIT
vs
OAK OAK
23
284
16.7
0
22
2
11.0
0
8Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
17
9/21/1980
NYJ NYJ
vs
SF SF
160
9.4
0
20
5
4.0
0
9Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
16
10/16/2025
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
23
161
10.1
1
0
0
0
10Keenan Allen
K. Allen
16
11/22/2020
LAC LAC
vs
NYJ NYJ
19
145
9.1
1
0
0
0
11Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
16
9/9/2018
NO NO
vs
TB TB
17
180
11.3
1
0
0
0
12Antonio Brown
A. Brown
16
12/20/2015
PIT PIT
vs
DEN DEN
18
189
11.8
2
0
0
0
13Wes Welker
W. Welker
16
9/25/2011
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
20
217
13.6
2
19
1
19.0
0
14Troy Brown
T. Brown
16
9/22/2002
NE NE
vs
KC KC
21
176
11.0
1
0
0
0
15Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
16
10/20/1996
JAX JAX
@
STL STL
232
14.5
0
0
0
0
16Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16
11/20/1994
SF SF
vs
RAM RAM
165
10.3
3
3
1
3.0
0
17Sonny Randle
S. Randle
16
11/4/1962
STL STL
@
NYG NYG
256
16.0
1
0
0
0
18Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
15
10/8/2023
CIN CIN
@
ARI ARI
19
192
12.8
3
0
0
0
19Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
15
9/17/2023
LAR LAR
vs
SF SF
20
147
9.8
0
4
2
2.0
0
20Chris Godwin Jr.
C. Godwin Jr.
15
12/5/2021
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
17
143
9.5
0
9
1
9.0
0
21Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
15
10/25/2020
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
20
200
13.3
3
0
0
0
22George Kittle
G. Kittle
15
10/4/2020
SF SF
vs
PHI PHI
15
183
12.2
1
8
1
8.0
0
23Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
15
12/22/2019
CAR CAR
@
IND IND
15
119
7.9
0
54
13
4.2
0
24Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
15
10/6/2019
LAC LAC
vs
DEN DEN
16
86
5.7
0
7
3
2.3
0
25Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
15
9/23/2018
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
20
124
8.3
0
66
16
4.1
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions going back to the 1960 season.

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