The Los Angeles Rams are 3-1 after the first month of the 2025 NFL season, and a big contributor to their success is wide receiver Puka Nacua. And if the three-year pro is able to keep his current trajectory and pace, he would shatter the single season record for receptions.
Puka Nacua Could Rewrite NFL Record Books This Season
There aren’t any wide receivers that have been more productive than Nacua thus far this season. After four games, he leads the league with 503 receiving yards, which is 101 more than any other player (Jaxon Smith-Njigba – 402). His 42 catches are tops in the NFL as well, 8 more than anyone else and 15 more than any other wide receiver.
Both figures are on pace to shatter records. Nacua’s 125.8 yards per game average transposed over a 17 game season would result in a total of 2,138, which would make him the first receiver in the history of the NFL to eclipse the 2,000 yard mark. Calvin Johnson came close in 2012 with a total of 1,964, and Nacua’s former teammate Cooper Kupp had 1,947 in 2021.
Through one month, Puka Nacua has been the best offensive player in football. pic.twitter.com/P7m58CdwrK
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) September 29, 2025
The receptions record would be even more of a blowout. 42 catches through 4 games is a 10.5 catch per game pace, which would result in an astounding 178 receptions for a 17 game season. The current mark for most catches in a single NFL season belongs to Michael Thomas, who grabbed 149 balls for the New Orleans Saints back in 2019.
Puka Nacua will of course need to remain healthy if he wants to rewrite history. As a rookie in 2023, he played in all 17 games and set the NFL record for most receiving yards by a first-year player (1,486). But in 2024, Nacua dealt with a PCL sprain early on, causing him to miss 6 games in total for the season.
It is too early in his career to judge his durability, but a full slate of contests and a maintaining of his current pace will put him in the record books.
