what is the record for receiving catches in 1 season nfl

Calvin Johnson, Jerry Rice and Wes Welker had 122 receptions.

Interpreted as:
What is the record for receiving catches by a player in 1 season NFL?
NAME REC REC YDS SEASON TM GP TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
122
1,964
2012
DET DET
16
204
16.1
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
2 Cooper Kupp
C. Kupp
145
1,947
2021
LAR LAR
17
191
13.4
114.5
16
18
4
4.5
1.1
0
3 Julio Jones
J. Jones
136
1,871
2015
ATL ATL
16
203
13.8
116.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
4 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
122
1,848
1995
SF SF
16
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
5 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
136
1,834
2015
PIT PIT
16
193
13.5
114.6
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
6 Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
128
1,809
2022
MIN MIN
17
184
14.1
106.4
8
24
4
6.0
1.4
1
7 Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
119
1,799
2023
MIA MIA
16
171
15.1
112.4
13
15
6
2.5
0.9
0
8 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
119
1,781
1995
STL STL
16
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
9 CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
135
1,749
2023
DAL DAL
17
181
13.0
102.9
12
113
14
8.1
6.6
2
10 Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
82
1,746
1961
HOU HOU
14
21.3
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
11 Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
149
1,725
2019
NO NO
16
185
11.6
107.8
9
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
12 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
143
1,722
2002
IND IND
16
205
12.0
107.6
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
13 Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
119
1,710
2022
MIA MIA
17
170
14.4
100.6
7
32
7
4.6
1.9
1
14 Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
127
1,708
2024
CIN CIN
17
175
13.4
100.5
17
32
3
10.7
1.9
0
15 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
129
1,698
2014
PIT PIT
16
181
13.2
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
16 Torry Holt
T. Holt
117
1,696
2003
STL STL
16
183
14.5
106.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
17 Herman Moore
H. Moore
123
1,686
1995
DET DET
16
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
18 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
96
1,681
2011
DET DET
16
158
17.5
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
19 Julio Jones
J. Jones
113
1,677
2018
ATL ATL
16
170
14.8
104.8
8
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
20 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
115
1,663
1999
IND IND
16
193
14.5
103.9
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
21 Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
87
1,646
2013
CLE CLE
14
159
18.9
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
22 Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
116
1,636
1999
JAX JAX
16
177
14.1
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
23 Torry Holt
T. Holt
82
1,635
2000
STL STL
16
139
19.9
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
24 Randy Moss
R. Moss
111
1,632
2003
MIN MIN
16
172
14.7
102.0
17
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
25 Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
111
1,619
2014
DEN DEN
16
184
14.6
101.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
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