who holds the nfl record for most receptions in a season

Michael Thomas has the most receptions in a season, with 149 receptions 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	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	143	2002	IND	16	205	1,722	12.0	107.6	11	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
4	Antonio Brown A. Brown	136	2015	PIT	16	193	1,834	13.5	114.6	10	28	3	9.3	1.8	0
5	Julio Jones J. Jones	136	2015	ATL	16	203	1,871	13.8	116.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	135	2023	DAL	17	181	1,749	13.0	102.9	12	113	14	8.1	6.6	2
7	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	129	2025	LAR	16	166	1,715	13.3	107.2	10	105	10	10.5	6.6	1
8	Antonio Brown A. Brown	129	2014	PIT	16	181	1,698	13.2	106.1	13	13	4	3.3	0.8	0
9	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	128	2022	MIN	17	184	1,809	14.1	106.4	8	24	4	6.0	1.4	1
10	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	127	2024	CIN	17	175	1,708	13.4	100.5	17	32	3	10.7	1.9	0
11	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	127	2020	BUF	16	166	1,535	12.1	95.9	8	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
12	Trey McBride T. McBride	126	2025	ARI	17	169	1,239	9.8	72.9	11	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	125	2025	CIN	16	185	1,412	11.3	88.3	8	14	3	4.7	0.9	0
14	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	125	2018	NO	16	147	1,405	11.2	87.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
15	Davante Adams D. Adams	123	2021	GB	16	169	1,553	12.6	97.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
16	Wes Welker W. Welker	123	2009	NE	14	162	1,348	11.0	96.3	4	36	5	7.2	2.6	0
17	Herman Moore H. Moore	123	1995	DET	16		1,686	13.7	105.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
18	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	122	2012	DET	16	204	1,964	16.1	122.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
19	Wes Welker W. Welker	122	2011	NE	16	173	1,569	12.9	98.1	9	30	4	7.5	1.9	0
20	Cris Carter C. Carter	122	1995	MIN	16		1,371	11.2	85.7	17	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
21	Jerry Rice J. Rice	122	1995	SF	16		1,848	15.1	115.5	15	36	5	7.2	2.3	1
22	Cris Carter C. Carter	122	1994	MIN	16		1,256	10.3	78.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	119	2025	SEA	17	163	1,793	15.1	105.5	10	36	7	5.1	2.1	0
24	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	119	2023	MIA	16	171	1,799	15.1	112.4	13	15	6	2.5	0.9	0
25	Amon-Ra St. Brown A. St. Brown	119	2023	DET	16	164	1,515	12.7	94.7	10	24	4	6.0	1.5	0

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Michael Thomas has the most receptions in a season, with 149 receptions in 2019.

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