keggerz Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) I posted most of the stats earlier this year in a thread and thought that it would be worth re-posting for a couple of reasons...but I did update to add in the 2011 stats that matched the lists, as well as the breakdowns of receptions by position/year (some other updates are in red)...1st to point out that Wes Welker has joined Jerry Rice and Marvin Harrison as the only players in NFL history to record more than three 100 catch seasons...and 2nd to show that increasing a 100+ catch season remains a tough thing to do (Roddy White)...and here is one other thing that is interesting..8 players had 83 or more catches this year...of those 8, 4 were WRs(Welker, White, CJ & Harvin), 3 were TEs(Gronk, Graham & Petrigrew), and 1 was a RB (sproles). Positions that caught 83 or more passes 2010 9 WRs, 1 TE 2009 11 WRs, 3 TEs 2008 10 WRs, 2 TEs 2007 13 WRs, 2 TEs, 1 RB 2006 13 WRs, 1 TE, 1 RB 2005 11 WRs, 1 TE 2004 12 WRs, 2 TEs 2003 9 WRs, 1 RB 2002 14 WRs, 1 RB 2001 14 WRs, 1 RB 2000 12 WRs, 1 TE & 1 FB (yes a FULL BACK) This is a list of all players in NFL history that have had 100+ catches in a season and the number of times they had 100+: (the number in the parentheses is the players age and the plus sign means they are in the HOF) Andre Johnson (25) 103 2006 HOU Andre Johnson (27) 115 2008 HOU Andre Johnson (28) 101 2009 HOU Anquan Boldin (23) 101 2003 ARI Anquan Boldin (25) 102 2005 ARI Art Monk+ (27) 106 1984 WAS Brandon Marshall (23) 102 2007 DEN Brandon Marshall (24) 104 2008 DEN Brandon Marshall (25) 101 2009 DEN Brett Perriman (30) 108 1995 DET I'M A TOOL Pickens (26) 100 1996 CIN Charley Hennigan (29) 101 1964 HOU Cris Carter (29) 122 1994 MIN Cris Carter (30) 122 1995 MIN Dallas Clark (30) 100 2009 IND Derrick Mason (33) 103 2007 BAL Ed McCaffrey (32) 101 2000 DEN Eric Metcalf (27) 104 1995 ATL Eric Moulds (29) 100 2002 BUF Haywood Jeffires (27) 100 1991 HOU Herman Moore (26) 123 1995 DET Herman Moore (27) 106 1996 DET Herman Moore (28) 104 1997 DET Hines Ward (26) 112 2002 PIT Isaac Bruce (23) 119 1995 STL Jerry Rice+ (28) 100 1990 SFO Jerry Rice+ (32) 112 1994 SFO Jerry Rice+ (33) 122 1995 SFO Jerry Rice+ (34) 108 1996 SFO Jimmy Smith (30) 116 1999 JAX Jimmy Smith (32) 112 2001 JAX Keyshawn Johnson (29) 106 2001 TAM LaDainian Tomlinson (24) 100 2003 SDG Larry Centers (27) 101 1995 ARI Larry Fitzgerald (22) 103 2005 ARI Larry Fitzgerald (24) 100 2007 ARI Lionel Taylor (26) 100 1961 DEN Marty Booker (25) 100 2001 CHI Marvin Harrison (27) 115 1999 IND Marvin Harrison (28) 102 2000 IND Marvin Harrison (29) 109 2001 IND Marvin Harrison (30) 143 2002 IND Michael Irvin+ (29) 111 1995 DAL Muhsin Muhammad (27) 102 2000 CAR Randy Moss (25) 106 2002 MIN Randy Moss (26) 111 2003 MIN Reggie Wayne (29) 104 2007 IND Reggie Wayne (31) 100 2009 IND Reggie Wayne (32) 111 2010 IND Robert Brooks (25) 102 1995 GNB Rod Smith (30) 100 2000 DEN Rod Smith (31) 113 2001 DEN Roddy White (29) 115 2010 ATL Sterling Sharpe (27) 108 1992 GNB Sterling Sharpe (28) 112 1993 GNB Steve Smith (24) 107 2009 NYG Steve Smith (26) 103 2005 CAR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (30) 112 2007 CIN Terance Mathis (27) 111 1994 ATL Terrell Owens (29) 100 2002 SFO Tim Brown (31) 104 1997 OAK Tony Gonzalez (28) 102 2004 KAN Torry Holt (27) 117 2003 STL Torry Holt (29) 102 2005 STL Troy Brown (30) 101 2001 NWE Wes Welker (26) 112 2007 NWE Wes Welker (27) 111 2008 NWE Wes Welker (28) 123 2009 NWE Wes Welker (30) 122 2011 NWE What the above shows is that only 10 times has a player been able to increase on their 100+ catch season the very next year. I should also add that Chris Carter had back to back 122 catch seasons and is not included in the above...he is also the only player to catch 115 or more passes in a season and not to see a decrease in his catches the following year. Roddy caught 115 passes last year. Wes Welker had 122 this year. Marvin Harrison is the only player in history to increase a 100+ catch season for two consecutive seasons: 102 2000 109 2001 143 2002 Harrison is also the only WR to record 100+ catches in 4 consecutive seasons Harrison and Rice are the only two WRs to have 4 seasons with 100 or more catches...and now Wes Welker joins them Four Three other players have logged 3 of those types of seasons: Andre Johnson, Herman Moore, Reggie Wayne & Wes Welker What I was basically saying was to temper expectations for Roddy White, and it now goes without saying, that you should do the same for White again next year, and also Wes Welker too. And this is a list that includes all the seasons the above players had above 83 catches(I pulled the all time reception leaders at Pro-Football Reference.com and that is the number they cut off at) Andre Johnson (25) 103 2006 HOU Andre Johnson (27) 115 2008 HOU Andre Johnson (28) 101 2009 HOU Andre Johnson (29) 86 2010 HOU Anquan Boldin (23) 101 2003 ARI Anquan Boldin (25) 102 2005 ARI Anquan Boldin (26) 83 2006 ARI Anquan Boldin (28) 89 2008 ARI Anquan Boldin (29) 84 2009 ARI Art Monk+ (27) 106 1984 WAS Art Monk+ (28) 91 1985 WAS Art Monk+ (32) 86 1989 WAS Brandon Marshall (23) 102 2007 DEN Brandon Marshall (24) 104 2008 DEN Brandon Marshall (25) 101 2009 DEN Brandon Marshall (26) 86 2010 MIA Brett Perriman (30) 108 1995 DET Brett Perriman (31) 94 1996 DET Carl Pickens (25) 99 1995 CIN Carl Pickens (26) 100 1996 CIN Charley Hennigan (29) 101 1964 HOU Cris Carter (28) 86 1993 MIN Cris Carter (29) 122 1994 MIN Cris Carter (30) 122 1995 MIN Cris Carter (31) 96 1996 MIN Cris Carter (32) 89 1997 MIN Cris Carter (34) 90 1999 MIN Cris Carter (35) 96 2000 MIN Dallas Clark (30) 100 2009 IND Derrick Mason (29) 95 2003 TEN Derrick Mason (30) 96 2004 TEN Derrick Mason (31) 86 2005 BAL Derrick Mason (33) 103 2007 BAL Ed McCaffrey (32) 101 2000 DEN Eric Metcalf (27) 104 1995 ATL Eric Moulds (27) 94 2000 BUF Eric Moulds (29) 100 2002 BUF Eric Moulds (31) 88 2004 BUF Haywood Jeffires (27) 100 1991 HOU Haywood Jeffires (28) 90 1992 HOU Herman Moore (26) 123 1995 DET Herman Moore (27) 106 1996 DET Herman Moore (28) 104 1997 DET Hines Ward (25) 94 2001 PIT Hines Ward (26) 112 2002 PIT Hines Ward (27) 95 2003 PIT Hines Ward (33) 95 2009 PIT Isaac Bruce (23) 119 1995 STL Isaac Bruce (24) 84 1996 STL Isaac Bruce (28) 87 2000 STL Isaac Bruce (32) 89 2004 STL Jerry Rice+ (24) 86 1986 SFO Jerry Rice+ (28) 100 1990 SFO Jerry Rice+ (30) 84 1992 SFO Jerry Rice+ (31) 98 1993 SFO Jerry Rice+ (32) 112 1994 SFO Jerry Rice+ (33) 122 1995 SFO Jerry Rice+ (34) 108 1996 SFO Jerry Rice+ (39) 83 2001 OAK Jerry Rice+ (40) 92 2002 OAK Jimmy Smith (27) 83 1996 JAX Jimmy Smith (30) 116 1999 JAX Jimmy Smith (31) 91 2000 JAX Jimmy Smith (32) 112 2001 JAX Keyshawn Johnson (26) 83 1998 NYJ Keyshawn Johnson (27) 89 1999 NYJ Keyshawn Johnson (29) 106 2001 TAM LaDainian Tomlinson (24) 100 2003 SDG Larry Centers (27) 101 1995 ARI Larry Centers (28) 99 1996 ARI Larry Fitzgerald (22) 103 2005 ARI Larry Fitzgerald (24) 100 2007 ARI Larry Fitzgerald (25) 96 2008 ARI Larry Fitzgerald (26) 97 2009 ARI Larry Fitzgerald (27) 90 2010 ARI Lionel Taylor (25) 92 1960 DEN Lionel Taylor (26) 100 1961 DEN Lionel Taylor (30) 85 1965 DEN Marty Booker (25) 100 2001 CHI Marty Booker (26) 97 2002 CHI Marvin Harrison (27) 115 1999 IND Marvin Harrison (28) 102 2000 IND Marvin Harrison (29) 109 2001 IND Marvin Harrison (30) 143 2002 IND Marvin Harrison (31) 94 2003 IND Marvin Harrison (32) 86 2004 IND Marvin Harrison (34) 95 2006 IND Michael Irvin+ (25) 93 1991 DAL Michael Irvin+ (27) 88 1993 DAL Michael Irvin+ (29) 111 1995 DAL Muhsin Muhammad (26) 96 1999 CAR Muhsin Muhammad (27) 102 2000 CAR Muhsin Muhammad (31) 93 2004 CAR Randy Moss (25) 106 2002 MIN Randy Moss (26) 111 2003 MIN Randy Moss (30) 98 2007 NWE Randy Moss (32) 83 2009 NWE Reggie Wayne (27) 83 2005 IND Reggie Wayne (28) 86 2006 IND Reggie Wayne (29) 104 2007 IND Reggie Wayne (31) 100 2009 IND Reggie Wayne (32) 111 2010 IND Robert Brooks (25) 102 1995 GNB Rod Smith (28) 86 1998 DEN Rod Smith (30) 100 2000 DEN Rod Smith (31) 113 2001 DEN Rod Smith (32) 89 2002 DEN Rod Smith (35) 85 2005 DEN Roddy White (26) 83 2007 ATL Roddy White (27) 88 2008 ATL Roddy White (28) 85 2009 ATL Roddy White (29) 115 2010 ATL Sterling Sharpe (24) 90 1989 GNB Sterling Sharpe (27) 108 1992 GNB Sterling Sharpe (28) 112 1993 GNB Sterling Sharpe (29) 94 1994 GNB Steve Smith (24) 107 2009 NYG Steve Smith (24) 88 2003 CAR Steve Smith (26) 103 2005 CAR Steve Smith (27) 83 2006 CAR Steve Smith (28) 87 2007 CAR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (29) 90 2006 CIN T.J. Houshmandzadeh (30) 112 2007 CIN T.J. Houshmandzadeh (31) 92 2008 CIN Terance Mathis (27) 111 1994 ATL Terrell Owens (27) 97 2000 SFO Terrell Owens (28) 93 2001 SFO Terrell Owens (29) 100 2002 SFO Terrell Owens (33) 85 2006 DAL Tim Brown (28) 89 1994 RAI Tim Brown (29) 89 1995 OAK Tim Brown (30) 90 1996 OAK Tim Brown (31) 104 1997 OAK Tim Brown (33) 90 1999 OAK Tim Brown (35) 91 2001 OAK Tony Gonzalez (24) 93 2000 KAN Tony Gonzalez (28) 102 2004 KAN Tony Gonzalez (31) 99 2007 KAN Tony Gonzalez (32) 96 2008 KAN Tony Gonzalez (33) 83 2009 ATL Torry Holt (26) 91 2002 STL Torry Holt (27) 117 2003 STL Torry Holt (28) 94 2004 STL Torry Holt (29) 102 2005 STL Torry Holt (30) 93 2006 STL Torry Holt (31) 93 2007 STL Troy Brown (29) 83 2000 NWE Troy Brown (30) 101 2001 NWE Troy Brown (31) 97 2002 NWE Wes Welker (26) 112 2007 NWE Wes Welker (27) 111 2008 NWE Wes Welker (28) 123 2009 NWE Wes Welker (29) 86 2010 NWE Wes Welker (30) 122 2011 NWE Edited January 3, 2012 by keggerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 When you look at the passing stats here: http://forums.thehuddle.com/index.php?showtopic=373594 there is one thing that sort of jumps out at me and that is that passing yards have really exploded by leaps and bounds but fewer players annually are catching 83+ passes...tells me that the advent of specialist and greater involvement of the RB and TE position is spreading the wealth around much much more than anyone probably have expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Is there an easy way to find out if it is the RB and TE that's getting the extra targets or is it maybe the other WRs down the depth chart who is? Which depth/position appears to have gotten the largest bump? that would take a ton of drilling down to get an absolute..my assumption was just that, an assumption...but yes, I would also suspect that #3, 4 and 5 WRs are also catching many more balls too. edit: also I don't have stats for individual back as far as 85...2002 I think. edit 2: I did the WR, TE & RB catch totals "by hand" just sorting at NFL.com EDIT 3: I have the numbers (except for 2010) and will post them tomorrow nite...just want to double check them before I post them and I am off to bed now. Edited January 3, 2012 by keggerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 good god I can help you with that enormous list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Is there an easy way to find out if it is the RB and TE that's getting the extra targets or is it maybe the other WRs down the depth chart who is? Which depth/position appears to have gotten the largest bump? I don't have 2010 stats by player/position so that year isn't included. note: codebox scrolls Year RB/FB WR TE Total2001 130 174 92 3962002 128 177 87 3922003 146 183 85 4142004 157 182 96 4352005 145 181 96 4222006 138 181 90 4092007 150 185 94 4292008 156 189 92 4372009 141 192 95 4282011 140 189 102 431 Edited January 4, 2012 by keggerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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