most receptions per game in a season by a wr 1985 to 1999

Between the 1985 and 1999 seasons, Herman Moore had the most receptions per game played by a wide receiver in a season, with 7.69 in 1995.

NAME REC/GP REC GP SEASON TM TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Herman Moore
H. Moore
7.69
123
16
1995
DET DET
1,686
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
2 Cris Carter
C. Carter
7.63
122
16
1995
MIN MIN
1,371
11.2
85.7
17
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
3 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
7.63
122
16
1995
SF SF
1,848
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
4 Cris Carter
C. Carter
7.63
122
16
1994
MIN MIN
1,256
10.3
78.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
5 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
7.44
119
16
1995
STL STL
1,781
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
6 Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
7.25
116
16
1999
JAX JAX
177
1,636
14.1
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
7 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
7.19
115
16
1999
IND IND
193
1,663
14.5
103.9
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
8 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
7
112
16
1994
SF SF
1,499
13.4
93.7
13
93
7
13.3
5.8
2
9 Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
7
112
16
1993
GB GB
1,274
11.4
79.6
11
8
4
2.0
0.5
0
10 Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
6.94
111
16
1995
DAL DAL
1,603
14.4
100.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
11 Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
6.94
111
16
1994
ATL ATL
1,342
12.1
83.9
11
0
0
0.0
0
12 J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
6.89
62
9
1989
PHX PHX
778
12.5
86.4
5
21
2
10.5
2.3
0
13 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
6.75
108
16
1996
SF SF
1,254
11.6
78.4
8
77
11
7.0
4.8
1
14 Brett Perriman
B. Perriman
6.75
108
16
1995
DET DET
1,488
13.8
93.0
9
48
5
9.6
3.0
0
15 Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
6.75
108
16
1992
GB GB
1,461
13.5
91.3
13
8
4
2.0
0.5
0
16 Herman Moore
H. Moore
6.63
106
16
1996
DET DET
1,296
12.2
81.0
9
0
0
0.0
0
17 Tim Brown
T. Brown
6.5
104
16
1997
OAK OAK
1,408
13.5
88.0
5
19
5
3.8
1.2
0
18 Herman Moore
H. Moore
6.5
104
16
1997
DET DET
1,293
12.4
80.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
19 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
6.5
104
16
1995
ATL ATL
1,189
11.4
74.3
8
133
28
4.8
8.3
1
20 Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
6.4
96
15
1999
CAR CAR
157
1,253
13.1
83.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
21 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
6.4
32
5
1998
STL STL
457
14.3
91.4
1
30
1
30.0
6.0
0
22 Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
6.38
102
16
1995
GB GB
1,497
14.7
93.6
13
21
4
5.3
1.3
0
23 Mike Pritchard
M. Pritchard
6.33
19
3
1994
DEN DEN
271
14.3
90.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
24 Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
6.25
100
16
1996
CIN CIN
1,180
11.8
73.8
12
2
2
1.0
0.1
0
25 Haywood Jeffires
H. Jeffires
6.25
100
16
1991
HOU HOU
1,181
11.8
73.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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