NFL Single-Season Receptions Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

The NFL single-season receptions record is 149, set by Michael Thomas in 2019. It has stood for 6 years. The mark has been raised 16 times since 1932.

YDS REC TD Y/R Y/G TGT CTH%1D YScm

Record Holders

17 marks since 1932

Year	Player	REC	Stood for
2019	Michael Thomas	149	still standing
2002	Marvin Harrison	143	17 years
1995	Herman Moore	123	7 years
1994	Cris Carter	122	1 year
1993	Sterling Sharpe	112	1 year
1992	Sterling Sharpe	108	1 year
1984	Art Monk	106	8 years
1964	Johnny Morris	93	20 years
1950	Tom Fears	84	14 years
1949	Tom Fears	77	1 year
1942	Don Hutson	74	7 years
1940	Don Looney	58	2 years
1937	Don Hutson	41	3 years
1936	Don Hutson	34	1 year
1935	Tod Goodwin	26	1 year
1933	Shipwreck Kelly	22	2 years
1932	Ray Flaherty	21	1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

102 seasons

Year	Leader	REC
2025	Puka Nacua	129
2024	Ja'Marr Chase	127
2023	CeeDee Lamb	135
2022	Justin Jefferson	128
2021	Cooper Kupp	145
2020	Stefon Diggs	127
2019	Michael Thomas	149	new record
2018	Michael Thomas	125
2017	Jarvis Landry	112
2016	Larry Fitzgerald	107
2015	Julio Jones	136
2015	Antonio Brown	136
2014	Antonio Brown	129
2013	Pierre Garcon	113
2012	Calvin Johnson	122
2011	Wes Welker	122
2010	Roddy White	115
2009	Wes Welker	123
2008	Andre Johnson	115
2007	Wes Welker	112
2007	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	112
2006	Andre Johnson	103
2005	Steve Smith	103
2005	Larry Fitzgerald	103
2004	Tony Gonzalez	102
2003	Torry Holt	117
2002	Marvin Harrison	143	new record
2001	Rod Smith	113
2000	Muhsin Muhammad	102
2000	Marvin Harrison	102
1999	Jimmy Smith	116
1998	O.J. McDuffie	90
1997	Tim Brown	104
1997	Herman Moore	104
1996	Jerry Rice	108
1995	Herman Moore	123	new record
1994	Cris Carter	122	new record
1993	Sterling Sharpe	112	new record
1992	Sterling Sharpe	108	new record
1991	Haywood Jeffires	100
1990	Jerry Rice	100
1989	Sterling Sharpe	90
1988	Al Toon	93
1987	J.T. Smith	91
1986	Todd Christensen	95
1985	Roger Craig	92
1984	Art Monk	106	new record
1983	Todd Christensen	92
1982	Dwight Clark	60
1981	Kellen Winslow	88
1980	Kellen Winslow	89
1979	Joe Washington	82
1978	Rickey Young	88
1977	Lydell Mitchell	71
1976	MacArthur Lane	66
1975	Chuck Foreman	73
1974	Lydell Mitchell	72
1973	Harold Carmichael	67
1972	Harold Jackson	62
1971	Fred Biletnikoff	61
1970	Dick Gordon	71
1969	Danny Abramowicz	73
1968	Clifton McNeil	71
1967	Charley Taylor	70
1966	Charley Taylor	72
1965	Dave Parks	80
1964	Johnny Morris	93	new record
1963	Bobby Conrad	73
1962	Bobby Mitchell	72
1961	Red Phillips	78
1960	Raymond Berry	74
1959	Raymond Berry	66
1958	Raymond Berry	56
1958	Pete Retzlaff	56
1957	Billy Wilson	52
1956	Billy Wilson	60
1955	Pete Pihos	62
1954	Pete Pihos	60
1954	Billy Wilson	60
1953	Pete Pihos	63
1952	Mac Speedie	62
1951	Elroy Hirsch	66
1950	Tom Fears	84	new record
1949	Tom Fears	77	new record
1948	Tom Fears	51
1947	Jim Keane	64
1946	Jim Benton	63
1945	Don Hutson	47
1944	Don Hutson	58
1943	Don Hutson	47
1942	Don Hutson	74	new record
1941	Don Hutson	58
1940	Don Looney	58	new record
1939	Don Hutson	34
1938	Gaynell Tinsley	41
1937	Don Hutson	41	new record
1936	Don Hutson	34	new record
1935	Tod Goodwin	26	new record
1934	Red Badgro	16
1934	Joe Carter	16
1933	Shipwreck Kelly	22	new record
1932	Ray Flaherty	21	new record