who has the most receptions by a rookie running back all-time

Saquon Barkley has made the most receptions by a rookie running back, with 91 receptions in 2018.

NAME REC SEASON TM GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
91
2018
NYG NYG
16
121
721
7.9
45.1
4
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
2 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
88
2006
NO NO
16
121
742
8.4
46.4
2
565
155
3.6
35.3
6
3 Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
83
1980
SF SF
16
567
6.8
35.4
4
720
171
4.2
45.0
5
4 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
81
2017
NO NO
16
100
826
10.2
51.6
5
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
5 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
80
2017
CAR CAR
16
113
651
8.1
40.7
5
435
117
3.7
27.2
2
6 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
76
1986
DAL DAL
16
837
11.0
52.3
2
737
151
4.9
46.1
12
7 Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
75
1993
MIA MIA
16
874
11.7
54.6
3
390
119
3.3
24.4
3
8 Najee Harris
N. Harris
74
2021
PIT PIT
17
94
467
6.3
27.5
3
1,200
307
3.9
70.6
7
9 Mike Alstott
M. Alstott
65
1996
TB TB
16
557
8.6
34.8
3
377
96
3.9
23.6
3
10 Nyheim Hines
N. Hines
63
2018
IND IND
16
81
425
6.7
26.6
2
314
85
3.7
19.6
2
11 Matt Forte
M. Forte
63
2008
CHI CHI
16
76
477
7.6
29.8
4
1,238
316
3.9
77.4
8
12 Edgerrin James
E. James
62
1999
IND IND
16
87
586
9.5
36.6
4
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
13 Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
61
2015
CLE CLE
16
74
534
8.8
33.4
2
379
104
3.6
23.7
0
14 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
59
2001
SD SD
16
74
367
6.2
22.9
0
1,236
339
3.6
77.3
10
15 Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
58
2023
ATL ATL
17
86
487
8.4
28.6
4
976
214
4.6
57.4
4
16 Jahvid Best
J. Best
58
2010
DET DET
16
80
487
8.4
30.4
2
555
171
3.2
34.7
4
17 Giovani Bernard
G. Bernard
56
2013
CIN CIN
16
70
514
9.2
32.1
3
695
170
4.1
43.4
5
18 Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
56
1964
HOU HOU
14
497
8.9
35.5
1
756
145
5.2
54.0
6
19 Matt Snell
M. Snell
56
1964
NYJ NYJ
14
393
7.0
28.1
1
948
215
4.4
67.7
5
20 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
55
1960
DLT DLT
14
576
10.5
41.1
3
875
156
5.6
62.5
9
21 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
54
1989
CLE CLE
16
397
7.4
24.8
4
633
187
3.4
39.6
6
22 Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
54
1976
NO NO
14
420
7.8
30.0
1
570
136
4.2
40.7
7
23 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
53
2017
KC KC
16
63
455
8.6
28.4
3
1,327
272
4.9
82.9
8
24 Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
53
2017
CHI CHI
16
71
353
6.7
22.1
1
370
87
4.3
23.1
2
25 Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
53
1964
WAS WAS
14
814
15.4
58.1
5
755
199
3.8
53.9
5
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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