NFL Reception Rate

Ranking NFL players by reception rate.

Last updated: 30 November 2025 by Joseph Mamone ( @josephmamone)

Last updated: 30 November 2025

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SEASON	SHOW	POSITION	NFL TEAM	SCORING	ORDER BY

SEASON							RECEPTION					CATCH RATES			AFTER CATCH			ROUTE
#	PLAYER	TEAM	POS	GP	AVG	TOT	AVG	TOT	TAR	DR	AIR	CATCH	CATCHABLE	REDZONE	YD	YD/R	YD/T	AVG	TOT
1	Christian McCaffrey	SF	RB	12	22.6	270.6	6.8	81	103	6	254	78.6%	85.4%	77.8%	598	7.4	5.8	29.0	348
2	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	11	19.5	215.0	7.3	80	107	2	1346	74.8%	75.7%	63.6%	332	4.2	3.1	26.4	290
3	Trey McBride	ARI	TE	11	14.7	161.7	7.3	80	109	1	754	73.4%	78.9%	61.9%	340	4.3	3.1	40.6	447
4	Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	10	17.0	170.0	8.0	80	98	1	894	81.6%	83.7%	77.8%	355	4.4	3.6	27.0	270
5	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	10	15.4	154.2	7.9	79	117	4	1005	67.5%	73.5%	56.3%	421	5.3	3.6	38.5	385
6	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	11	16.4	180.8	6.8	75	107	4	930	70.1%	77.6%	77.8%	351	4.7	3.3	31.5	347
7	Chris Olave	NO	WR	11	11.8	129.6	6.3	69	108	3	1160	63.9%	69.4%	40.0%	180	2.6	1.7	35.6	392
8	George Pickens	DAL	WR	11	17.0	186.9	6.1	67	92	3	1105	72.8%	78.3%	42.9%	322	4.8	3.5	35.6	392
9	Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	12	10.9	130.6	5.5	66	102	3	901	64.7%	72.5%	14.3%	299	4.5	2.9	34.9	419
10	Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	11	10.8	118.6	5.9	65	77	1	324	84.4%	87.0%	73.7%	246	3.8	3.2	29.5	325
11	Stefon Diggs	NE	WR	12	9.7	116.4	5.1	61	75	2	657	81.3%	86.7%	80.0%	218	3.6	2.9	24.0	288
12	Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	11	11.1	121.9	5.5	60	99	3	1131	60.6%	66.7%	36.4%	321	5.4	3.2	33.5	369
13	Drake London	ATL	WR	9	16.3	147.0	6.7	60	94	1	971	63.8%	71.3%	58.3%	223	3.7	2.4	32.6	293
14	Michael Pittman Jr.	IND	WR	11	12.2	134.2	5.4	59	78	3	623	75.6%	80.8%	63.6%	195	3.3	2.5	31.3	344
15	Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	11	10.3	113.3	5.3	58	77	4	693	75.3%	80.5%	83.3%	331	5.7	4.3	28.1	309
16	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	12	11.4	136.3	4.7	56	96	3	1063	58.3%	63.5%	64.3%	215	3.8	2.2	33.1	397
17	Keenan Allen	LAC	WR	11	10.1	111.2	5.1	56	86	2	738	65.1%	74.4%	41.7%	175	3.1	2.0	28.1	309
18	Tyler Warren	IND	TE	11	10.8	118.3	5.0	55	74	2	385	74.3%	75.7%	57.1%	413	7.5	5.6	29.6	326
19	DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	11	11.0	120.9	5.0	55	78	2	968	70.5%	75.6%	71.4%	211	3.8	2.7	32.1	353
20	De'Von Achane	MIA	RB	11	18.9	208.0	4.9	54	71	5	16	76.1%	83.1%	66.7%	443	8.2	6.2	22.5	247
21	Travis Kelce	KC	TE	11	11.0	120.5	4.9	54	72	3	458	75.0%	81.9%	77.8%	354	6.6	4.9	32.0	352
22	Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	11	9.1	99.9	4.9	54	71	2	282	76.1%	83.1%	87.5%	426	7.9	6.0	26.1	287
23	Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	11	10.5	115.4	4.9	54	85	2	754	63.5%	69.4%	54.5%	269	5.0	3.2	34.5	380
24	Deebo Samuel Sr.	WAS	WR	10	11.5	114.7	5.3	53	68	4	367	77.9%	83.8%	90.0%	294	5.5	4.3	27.3	273
25	Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	11	7.4	81.7	4.7	52	72	3	500	72.2%	77.8%	42.9%	230	4.4	3.2	30.5	335
26	Nico Collins	HOU	WR	10	12.1	120.5	5.2	52	85	2	975	61.2%	64.7%	42.9%	171	3.3	2.0	32.1	321
27	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	TE	11	6.9	76.4	4.5	49	67	3	500	73.1%	80.6%	40.0%	183	3.7	2.7	30.8	339
28	Juwan Johnson	NO	TE	11	8.6	94.2	4.5	49	67	7	496	73.1%	86.6%	57.1%	234	4.8	3.5	30.5	335
29	Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	11	18.2	200.1	4.5	49	61	2	78	80.3%	82.0%	66.7%	510	10.4	8.4	25.7	283
30	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	11	11.5	127.0	4.5	49	73	4	963	67.1%	72.6%	70.0%	170	3.5	2.3	25.0	275
31	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	TE	11	7.6	83.2	4.4	48	69	3	397	69.6%	76.8%	66.7%	237	4.9	3.4	25.0	275
32	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	11	21.4	235.0	4.4	48	55	0	-17	87.3%	89.1%	87.5%	439	9.1	8.0	18.4	202
33	Davante Adams	LAR	WR	11	14.5	159.1	4.4	48	94	2	1176	51.1%	60.6%	42.3%	91	1.9	1.0	30.6	337
34	Emeka Egbuka	TB	WR	11	12.5	137.8	4.4	48	93	4	1106	51.6%	60.2%	33.3%	272	5.7	2.9	34.4	378
35	Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	11	7.5	82.9	4.3	47	71	1	767	66.2%	67.6%	50.0%	139	3.0	2.0	36.3	399
36	Rashid Shaheed	SEA	WR	12	7.5	89.6	3.9	47	74	1	861	63.5%	68.9%	75.0%	150	3.2	2.0	28.8	345
37	A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	10	10.4	103.7	4.6	46	75	3	858	61.3%	70.7%	60.0%	146	3.2	1.9	31.7	317
38	Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	11	9.9	108.8	4.2	46	81	4	1139	56.8%	61.7%	84.6%	224	4.9	2.8	30.5	336
39	Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	11	10.3	113.4	4.1	45	74	4	913	60.8%	70.3%	37.5%	162	3.6	2.2	33.2	365
40	Jakobi Meyers	JAX	WR	10	7.9	79.2	4.5	45	64	1	587	70.3%	73.4%	42.9%	193	4.3	3.0	29.8	298
41	Brock Bowers	LV	TE	8	11.7	93.7	5.6	45	64	1	447	70.3%	75.0%	45.5%	236	5.2	3.7	34.0	272
42	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	8	12.2	97.4	5.5	44	72	8	869	61.1%	75.0%	62.5%	192	4.4	2.7	32.8	262
43	Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	11	11.1	122.3	3.8	42	84	7	1195	50.0%	65.5%	50.0%	213	5.1	2.5	32.0	352
44	DK Metcalf	PIT	WR	11	10.5	115.5	3.8	42	70	3	716	60.0%	67.1%	77.8%	321	7.6	4.6	29.7	327
45	Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	11	9.6	106.0	3.8	42	48	1	-37	87.5%	89.6%	75.0%	294	7.0	6.1	15.9	175
46	Hunter Henry	NE	TE	12	8.7	104.2	3.4	41	63	2	532	65.1%	73.0%	61.5%	231	5.6	3.7	26.7	320
47	Romeo Doubs	GB	WR	11	9.0	98.7	3.7	41	67	3	857	61.2%	70.1%	60.0%	112	2.7	1.7	25.4	279
48	Cade Otton	TB	TE	11	5.5	60.7	3.7	41	60	4	310	68.3%	78.3%	50.0%	216	5.3	3.6	31.7	349
49	Chase Brown	CIN	RB	11	11.7	128.3	3.7	41	57	5	17	71.9%	82.5%	33.3%	242	5.9	4.2	22.4	246
50	Tre Tucker	LV	WR	11	9.7	107.1	3.7	41	64	5	656	64.1%	76.6%	71.4%	230	5.6	3.6	35.5	390