How NFL receptions actually behave

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Across 56 NFL players with at least 10 logged games in receptions, this page measures 760 games in total. The median player in that field averages 5.0 receptions. The line closest to a coin flip sits at 4.5 for the median of the 56 players whose distribution supports one — half the field is more often over it, half more often under. The deepest sample here is Jaxon Smith-Njigba, with 19 logged games. Of the 56 players whose spread can be measured, 27 cluster tightly around their average, 29 vary moderately and 0 swing widely. 55 of them have at least three games home and away, so the venue gap below is measured rather than assumed. Every figure is counted from official box scores and describes games already played. It is not a projection, and on its own it says nothing about whether any price on offer is worth taking.

Measured as of 2026-09-20, rebuilt daily from official box scores. Window: 2025-09-05 to 2026-09-18. No prices appear on this page.

Where the coin-flip line sits in NFL receptions

Each player's own most balanced threshold — the half-point line he has finished above in closest to half his logged games — measured from his distribution rather than read off a book. Deepest sample first, not best to worst. The 40 deepest samples of 56 measured; the figures above this table are over all 56.

NFL receptions — measured field
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageBalanced lineHit rate there
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaSeahawks197.3 receptionsOver 7.512 of 19 (63%)
Puka NacuaRams198.2 receptionsOver 7.510 of 19 (53%)
Amon-Ra St. BrownLions187.6 receptionsOver 7.510 of 18 (56%)
Davante AdamsRams184.1 receptionsOver 4.57 of 18 (39%)
Trey McBrideCardinals187.5 receptionsOver 7.59 of 18 (50%)
Justin JeffersonVikings175.3 receptionsOver 4.510 of 17 (59%)
Keenan AllenColts175.1 receptionsOver 4.510 of 17 (59%)
Zay FlowersRavens175.2 receptionsOver 5.57 of 17 (41%)
Chris OlaveSaints166.7 receptionsOver 6.58 of 16 (50%)
Courtland SuttonBroncos164.8 receptionsOver 4.59 of 16 (56%)
Ja'Marr ChaseBengals167.8 receptionsOver 6.59 of 16 (56%)
Tetairoa McMillanPanthers164.8 receptionsOver 4.59 of 16 (56%)
Tyler WarrenColts164.5 receptionsOver 4.58 of 16 (50%)
DeVonta SmithEagles155.2 receptionsOver 4.58 of 15 (53%)
DJ MooreBills154.1 receptionsOver 4.56 of 15 (40%)
Emeka EgbukaBuccaneers154.3 receptionsOver 4.55 of 15 (33%)
George PickensCowboys156.0 receptionsOver 5.58 of 15 (53%)
Khalil ShakirBills155.9 receptionsOver 5.59 of 15 (60%)
Travis KelceChiefs154.9 receptionsOver 4.58 of 15 (53%)
Wan'Dale RobinsonTitans156.2 receptionsOver 5.59 of 15 (60%)
Deebo Samuel Sr.49ers145.1 receptionsOver 4.58 of 14 (57%)
DK MetcalfSteelers144.1 receptionsOver 3.59 of 14 (64%)
Kyle PittsFalcons145.8 receptionsOver 5.58 of 14 (57%)
Ladd McConkeyChargers144.6 receptionsOver 4.57 of 14 (50%)
Nico CollinsTexans145.1 receptionsOver 4.56 of 14 (43%)
Stefon DiggsCommanders145.7 receptionsOver 5.57 of 14 (50%)
A.J. BrownEagles135.8 receptionsOver 5.57 of 13 (54%)
CeeDee LambCowboys136.1 receptionsOver 5.58 of 13 (62%)
Harold Fannin Jr.Browns134.8 receptionsOver 4.56 of 13 (46%)
Jakobi MeyersJaguars135.0 receptionsOver 4.57 of 13 (54%)
Jauan Jennings49ers134.0 receptionsOver 4.54 of 13 (31%)
Jaylen WaddleDolphins134.7 receptionsOver 4.59 of 13 (69%)
Rashid ShaheedSeahawks134.4 receptionsOver 4.54 of 13 (31%)
Rome OdunzeBears133.7 receptionsOver 2.57 of 13 (54%)
Brian Thomas Jr.Jaguars123.7 receptionsOver 3.56 of 12 (50%)
Dalton SchultzTexans125.8 receptionsOver 5.56 of 12 (50%)
Elic AyomanorTitans122.8 receptionsOver 2.57 of 12 (58%)
Jameson WilliamsLions125.2 receptionsOver 5.56 of 12 (50%)
Michael PittmanColts125.9 receptionsOver 5.56 of 12 (50%)
Tee HigginsBengals124.5 receptionsOver 4.56 of 12 (50%)

The steadiest NFL receptions records

Standard deviation in the market’s own units, and the same figure as a share of the player’s average so it means the same thing in points as in passing yards. A narrow spread means the average is close to what a typical game actually looked like; it says nothing about what the next one will look like.

The steadiest NFL receptions records
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
CeeDee LambCowboys136.1 receptions1.321%
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaSeahawks197.3 receptions1.723%
Jaylen WaddleDolphins134.7 receptions1.123%
Jakobi MeyersJaguars135.0 receptions1.224%
DJ MooreBills154.1 receptions1.025%
Dalton SchultzTexans125.8 receptions1.628%
Jauan Jennings49ers134.0 receptions1.128%
Chig OkonkwoTitans104.2 receptions1.228%
Parker WashingtonJaguars115.5 receptions1.629%
Jameson WilliamsLions125.2 receptions1.529%

The widest NFL receptions swings

The other end of the same measurement. A wide spread means the average describes the middle of a broad range rather than a typical night, which is worth knowing before reading anything into that average.

The widest NFL receptions swings
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Michael WilsonCardinals116.4 receptions3.758%
Rome OdunzeBears133.7 receptions2.054%
Ja'Marr ChaseBengals167.8 receptions3.748%
Dallas GoedertEagles105.0 receptions2.245%
Brian Thomas Jr.Jaguars123.7 receptions1.645%
Ladd McConkeyChargers144.6 receptions2.044%
DeVonta SmithEagles155.2 receptions2.344%
Colston LovelandBears115.0 receptions2.243%
Keenan AllenColts175.1 receptions2.142%
Jerry JeudyBrowns113.5 receptions1.542%

The widest home and away gaps in NFL receptions

Both averages are over the games actually played at each venue, and the game count for each is in the cell beside it. A gap measured over a handful of games either way is one you cannot distinguish from noise — this table prints the denominators so you can tell which is which. Three games a side is the floor for appearing here at all.

NFL receptions — venue gaps
PlayerClubHome (games)Away (games)Gap
Colston LovelandBears6.4 (5)3.8 (6)2.6 at home
Juwan JohnsonSaints6.6 (5)4.2 (5)2.4 at home
Justin JeffersonVikings6.4 (8)4.3 (9)2.1 at home
Ja'Marr ChaseBengals6.9 (9)9.0 (7)2.1 away
Michael PittmanColts5.3 (8)7.3 (4)2.0 away
Khalil ShakirBills5.3 (10)7.2 (5)1.9 away
Michael WilsonCardinals5.3 (4)7.0 (7)1.7 away
Harold Fannin Jr.Browns5.7 (6)4.1 (7)1.6 at home
Jake FergusonCowboys7.4 (5)5.8 (6)1.6 at home
Keenan AllenColts4.5 (10)5.9 (7)1.4 away

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five

Last five logged games against the full log, reported only where the gap is more than a tenth of the player’s own average. It is a description of five games that have been played and it is not a forecast of the sixth.

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Kyle PittsFalcons7.4 receptions5.8 over 1428% above
Colston LovelandBears6.2 receptions5.0 over 1124% above
DJ MooreBills5.0 receptions4.1 over 1521% above
Parker WashingtonJaguars6.2 receptions5.5 over 1114% above
A.J. BrownEagles6.6 receptions5.8 over 1313% above
Trey McBrideCardinals8.4 receptions7.5 over 1812% above
Jameson WilliamsLions5.8 receptions5.2 over 1212% above
Amon-Ra St. BrownLions8.4 receptions7.6 over 1811% above
Chris OlaveSaints7.4 receptions6.7 over 1611% above

Behind their own baseline over the last five

The same comparison in the other direction, and the same caveat: five games is five games, and a run below a baseline is as often noise as it is a change.

Behind their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Rome OdunzeBears2.2 receptions3.7 over 1340% below
George PickensCowboys4.4 receptions6.0 over 1527% below
Drake LondonFalcons4.4 receptions6.0 over 1127% below
Jake FergusonCowboys4.8 receptions6.5 over 1127% below
Stefon DiggsCommanders4.2 receptions5.7 over 1426% below
Josh DownsColts3.2 receptions4.2 over 1123% below
Travis KelceChiefs3.8 receptions4.9 over 1522% below
Ladd McConkeyChargers3.6 receptions4.6 over 1422% below
Tre TuckerRaiders3.2 receptions4.1 over 1122% below
Courtland SuttonBroncos3.8 receptions4.8 over 1621% below

Common questions

Where does the NFL receptions coin-flip line sit?

At the half-point threshold each player has finished above in about half their logged games. It is measured per player from their own distribution rather than read off a sportsbook, which is why it is on this page at all: a posted line moves through the day and this page is rebuilt once, so a number taken from a book would be wrong by morning.

Is this a ranking of the best NFL receptions props?

No. Nothing here is ordered by how good a bet it is, and no price is quoted anywhere on the page. The tables are ordered by sample depth, by spread and by the size of a measured gap, because those are the things a game log can actually establish.

How many games are behind each receptions figure?

The count is printed beside every one of them. A player only appears once they have ten or more logged games in the market, and games they did not play are absent rather than counted as zero, so an average describes games they were actually in.

Does a receptions trend on this page predict the next game?

No. A trend here is a comparison between a player’s last five logged games and their full log, and it is reported only when the gap is large enough to be worth naming. It is a description of what has happened, and history is not a forecast.

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