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Year-by-Year Receptions Leaders
For some seasons (1960-1969 & 1947-1950) leaders for both leagues are shown.
| Year | Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active | Rec | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Wes Welker (26) | 112 | NWE |
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh (30) | 112 | CIN | |
| 2006 | Andre Johnson (25) | 103 | HOU |
| 2005 | Larry Fitzgerald (22) | 103 | ARI |
| Steve Smith (26) | 103 | CAR | |
| 2004 | Tony Gonzalez (28) | 102 | KAN |
| 2003 | Torry Holt (27) | 117 | STL |
| 2002 | Marvin Harrison (30) | 143 | IND |
| 2001 | Rod Smith (31) | 113 | DEN |
| 2000 | Marvin Harrison (28) | 102 | IND |
| Muhsin Muhammad (27) | 102 | CAR | |
| 1999 | Jimmy Smith (30) | 116 | JAX |
| 1998 | O.J. McDuffie (29) | 90 | MIA |
| 1997 | Herman Moore (28) | 104 | DET |
| Tim Brown (31) | 104 | OAK | |
| 1996 | Jerry Rice (34) | 108 | SFO |
| 1995 | Herman Moore (26) | 123 | DET |
| 1994 | Cris Carter (29) | 122 | MIN |
| 1993 | Sterling Sharpe (28) | 112 | GNB |
| 1992 | Sterling Sharpe (27) | 108 | GNB |
| 1991 | Haywood Jeffires (27) | 100 | HOU |
| 1990 | Jerry Rice (28) | 100 | SFO |
| 1989 | Sterling Sharpe (24) | 90 | GNB |
| 1988 | Al Toon (25) | 93 | NYJ |
| 1987 | J.T. Smith (32) | 91 | STL |
| 1986 | Todd Christensen (30) | 95 | RAI |
| 1985 | Roger Craig (25) | 92 | SFO |
| 1984 | Art Monk+ (27) | 106 | WAS |
| 1983 | Todd Christensen (27) | 92 | RAI |
| 1982 | Dwight Clark (25) | 60 | SFO |
| 1981 | Kellen Winslow+ (24) | 88 | SDG |
| 1980 | Kellen Winslow+ (23) | 89 | SDG |
| 1979 | Joe Washington (26) | 82 | BAL |
| 1978 | Rickey Young (25) | 88 | MIN |
| 1977 | Lydell Mitchell (28) | 71 | BAL |
| 1976 | MacArthur Lane (34) | 66 | KAN |
| 1975 | Chuck Foreman (25) | 73 | MIN |
| 1974 | Lydell Mitchell (25) | 72 | BAL |
| 1973 | Harold Carmichael (24) | 67 | PHI |
| 1972 | Harold Jackson (26) | 62 | PHI |
| 1971 | Fred Biletnikoff+ (28) | 61 | OAK |
| 1970 | Dick Gordon (26) | 71 | CHI |
| 1969 | Danny Abramowicz (24) | 73 | NOR |
| Lance Alworth+ (29) | 64 | SDG | |
| 1968 | Clifton McNeil (28) | 71 | SFO |
| Lance Alworth+ (28) | 68 | SDG | |
| 1967 | George Sauer (24) | 75 | NYJ |
| Charley Taylor+ (26) | 70 | WAS | |
| 1966 | Lance Alworth+ (26) | 73 | SDG |
| Charley Taylor+ (25) | 72 | WAS | |
| 1965 | Lionel Taylor (30) | 85 | DEN |
| Dave Parks (24) | 80 | SFO | |
| 1964 | Charley Hennigan (29) | 101 | HOU |
| Johnny Morris (29) | 93 | CHI | |
| 1963 | Lionel Taylor (28) | 78 | DEN |
| Bobby Joe Conrad (28) | 73 | STL | |
| 1962 | Lionel Taylor (27) | 77 | DEN |
| Bobby Mitchell+ (27) | 72 | WAS | |
| 1961 | Lionel Taylor (26) | 100 | DEN |
| Red Phillips (25) | 78 | RAM | |
| 1960 | Lionel Taylor (25) | 92 | DEN |
| Raymond Berry+ (27) | 74 | BAL | |
| 1959 | Raymond Berry+ (26) | 66 | BAL |
| 1958 | Pete Retzlaff (27) | 56 | PHI |
| Raymond Berry+ (25) | 56 | BAL | |
| 1957 | Billy Wilson (30) | 52 | SFO |
| 1956 | Billy Wilson (29) | 60 | SFO |
| 1955 | Pete Pihos+ (32) | 62 | PHI |
| 1954 | Pete Pihos+ (31) | 60 | PHI |
| Billy Wilson (27) | 60 | SFO | |
| 1953 | Pete Pihos+ (30) | 63 | PHI |
| 1952 | Mac Speedie (32) | 62 | CLE |
| 1951 | Elroy Hirsch+ (28) | 66 | RAM |
| 1950 | Tom Fears+ (27) | 84 | RAM |
| 1949 | Tom Fears+ (26) | 77 | RAM |
| Mac Speedie (29) | 62 | CLE | |
| 1948 | Mac Speedie (28) | 58 | CLE |
| Tom Fears+ (25) | 51 | RAM | |
| 1947 | Mac Speedie (27) | 67 | CLE |
| Jim Keane (23) | 64 | CHI | |
| 1946 | Jim Benton (30) | 63 | RAM |
| Dante Lavelli+ (23) | 40 | CLE | |
| Alyn Beals (25) | 40 | SFO | |
| 1945 | Don Hutson+ (32) | 47 | GNB |
| 1944 | Don Hutson+ (31) | 58 | GNB |
| 1943 | Don Hutson+ (30) | 47 | GNB |
| 1942 | Don Hutson+ (29) | 74 | GNB |
| 1941 | Don Hutson+ (28) | 58 | GNB |
| 1940 | Don Looney (23) | 58 | PHI |
| 1939 | Don Hutson+ (26) | 34 | GNB |
| 1938 | Gaynell Tinsley (23) | 41 | CRD |
| 1937 | Don Hutson+ (24) | 41 | GNB |
| 1936 | Don Hutson+ (23) | 34 | GNB |
| 1935 | Tod Goodwin (24) | 26 | NYG |
| 1934 | Red Badgro+ (32) | 16 | NYG |
| Joe Carter (24) | 16 | PHI | |
| 1933 | Shipwreck Kelly (23) | 22 | BKN |
| 1932 | Ray Flaherty+ (29) | 21 | NYG |