who had the most receptions in a season from 2012 to 2021

From 2012 through 2021, Michael Thomas made the most catches 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	16	185	1,725	11.6	107.8	9	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
2	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	145	2021	LAR	17	191	1,947	13.4	114.5	16	18	4	4.5	1.1	0
3	Antonio Brown A. Brown	136	2015	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	16	203	1,871	13.8	116.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
5	Antonio Brown A. Brown	129	2014	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	16	166	1,535	12.1	95.9	8	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
7	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	125	2018	NO	16	147	1,405	11.2	87.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
8	Davante Adams D. Adams	123	2021	GB	16	169	1,553	12.6	97.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
9	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	122	2012	DET	16	204	1,964	16.1	122.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
10	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	118	2012	CHI	16	194	1,508	12.8	94.3	11	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0
11	Wes Welker W. Welker	118	2012	NE	16	175	1,354	11.5	84.6	6	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
12	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	116	2019	CAR	16	142	1,005	8.7	62.8	4	1,387	287	4.8	86.7	15
13	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	116	2018	PHI	16	156	1,163	10.0	72.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
14	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	115	2020	ARI	16	160	1,407	12.2	87.9	6	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
15	Davante Adams D. Adams	115	2020	GB	14	149	1,374	11.9	98.1	18	0	0		0.0	0
16	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	115	2018	HOU	16	163	1,572	13.7	98.3	11	-7	1	-7.0	-0.4	0
17	Julio Jones J. Jones	113	2018	ATL	16	170	1,677	14.8	104.8	8	12	2	6.0	0.8	0
18	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	113	2018	MIN	16	153	1,373	12.2	85.8	9	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
19	Pierre Garcon P. Garcon	113	2013	WAS	16	181	1,346	11.9	84.1	5	19	2	9.5	1.2	0
20	Jarvis Landry J. Landry	112	2017	MIA	16	161	987	8.8	61.7	9	-7	1	-7.0	-0.4	0
21	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	112	2012	HOU	16	163	1,598	14.3	99.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
22	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	111	2021	KC	17	159	1,239	11.2	72.9	9	96	9	10.7	5.6	0
23	Davante Adams D. Adams	111	2018	GB	15	169	1,386	12.5	92.4	13	0	0		0.0	0
24	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	111	2018	PIT	16	166	1,426	12.8	89.1	7	13	1	13.0	0.8	0
25	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	111	2015	HOU	16	192	1,521	13.7	95.1	11	0	0		0.0	0

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