# Average Receptions by Player > Calculates the average number of receptions per game for each player, identifying consistent pass catchers. ## At a glance - **Publisher:** Spartera - **Data source:** nflverse.com - **Category:** Professional Football - **Price:** 0 credits (about $0.00 per request, billed on a successful response) - **Type:** VISUALIZATION - **URL:** https://marketplace.spartera.com/products/average-receptions-by-player/0414bba0-c868-4c34-919f-e2d2daf251ff ## Fields | Field | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | player_id | STRING | | Player's gsis_id. Use this to join to other sources, e.g. load_players(). | | player_name | STRING | | Abbreviated name of player as provided by playstats api | | player_display_name | STRING | | Name of player as provided by load_players() | | position | STRING | | Position of player as listed by NFL | | position_group | STRING | | Position group of player as listed by NFL | | headshot_url | STRING | | Player's nfl.com headshot URL | | season | INTEGER | | Official NFL season | | week | INTEGER | | Game week number | | season_type | STRING | | REG for regular season, POST for postseason | | team | STRING | | Abbreviation of player's team | | opponent_team | STRING | | Abbreviation of opponent's team | | completions | INTEGER | | The number of completed passes. | | attempts | INTEGER | | The number of pass attempts as defined by the NFL. | | passing_yards | INTEGER | | Yards gained on pass plays. | | passing_tds | INTEGER | | The number of passing touchdowns. | | passing_interceptions | INTEGER | | Number of passing interceptions | | sacks_suffered | INTEGER | | Number of sacks taken as a QB | | sack_yards_lost | INTEGER | | Yards lost from sacks suffered by this player | | sack_fumbles | INTEGER | | The number of sacks suffered with a fumble. | | sack_fumbles_lost | INTEGER | | The number of sacks suffered with a lost fumble. | | passing_air_yards | INTEGER | | Passing air yards (includes incomplete passes). | | passing_yards_after_catch | INTEGER | | Yards after the catch gained on plays in which player was the passer (this is an unofficial stat and may differ slightly between different sources). | | passing_first_downs | INTEGER | | First downs on pass attempts. | | passing_epa | FLOAT | | Total expected points added on pass attempts and sacks. NOTE: this uses the variable qb_epa, which gives QB credit for EPA for up to the point where a receiver lost a fumble after a completed catch and makes EPA work more like passing yards on plays with fumbles. | | passing_cpoe | STRING | | Completion percentage over expected for this player. | | passing_2pt_conversions | INTEGER | | Two-point conversion passes. | | pacr | FLOAT | | Passing (yards) Air (yards) Conversion Ratio - the number of passing yards per air yards thrown per game | | carries | INTEGER | | The number of official rush attempts (incl. scrambles and kneel downs). Rushes after a lateral reception don't count as carry. | | rushing_yards | INTEGER | | Yards gained when rushing with the ball (incl. scrambles and kneel downs). Also includes yards gained after obtaining a lateral on a play that started with a rushing attempt. | | rushing_tds | INTEGER | | The number of rushing touchdowns (incl. scrambles). Also includes touchdowns after obtaining a lateral on a play that started with a rushing attempt. | | rushing_fumbles | INTEGER | | The number of rushes with a fumble. | | rushing_fumbles_lost | INTEGER | | The number of rushes with a lost fumble. | | rushing_first_downs | INTEGER | | First downs on rush attempts (incl. scrambles). | | rushing_epa | FLOAT | | Expected points added on rush attempts (incl. scrambles and kneel downs). | | rushing_2pt_conversions | INTEGER | | Two-point conversion rushes | | receptions | INTEGER | | The number of pass receptions. Lateral receptions officially don't count as reception. | | targets | INTEGER | | The number of pass plays where the player was the targeted receiver. | | receiving_yards | INTEGER | | Yards gained after a pass reception. Includes yards gained after receiving a lateral on a play that started as a pass play. | | receiving_tds | INTEGER | | The number of touchdowns following a pass reception. Also includes touchdowns after receiving a lateral on a play that started as a pass play. | | receiving_fumbles | INTEGER | | The number of fumbles after a pass reception. | | receiving_fumbles_lost | INTEGER | | The number of fumbles lost after a pass reception. | | receiving_air_yards | INTEGER | | Receiving air yards (incl. incomplete passes). | | receiving_yards_after_catch | INTEGER | | Yards after the catch gained on plays in which player was receiver (this is an unofficial stat and may differ slightly between different sources). | | receiving_first_downs | INTEGER | | Total number of first downs gained on receptions | | receiving_epa | FLOAT | | Total EPA on plays where this receiver was targeted | | receiving_2pt_conversions | INTEGER | | Two-point conversion receptions | | racr | FLOAT | | Receiving (yards) Air (yards) Conversion Ratio - the number of receiving yards per air yards targeted per game | | target_share | FLOAT | | Player's share of team receiving targets in this game | | air_yards_share | FLOAT | | Player's share of the team's air yards in this game | | wopr | FLOAT | | Weighted OPportunity Rating - 1.5 x target_share + 0.7 x air_yards_share - a weighted average that contextualizes total fantasy usage. | | special_teams_tds | FLOAT | | Total number of kick/punt return touchdowns | | def_tackles_solo | INTEGER | | Total number of solo tackles for this player | | def_tackles_with_assist | INTEGER | | Number of tackles this player had with an assisted tackle | | def_tackle_assists | INTEGER | | Number of assisted tackles for this player | | def_tackles_for_loss | INTEGER | | Number of tackles for loss (TFL) for this player | | def_tackles_for_loss_yards | INTEGER | | Yards lost from TFLs involving this player | | def_fumbles_forced | INTEGER | | Number of times a fumble was forced from this player | | def_sacks | FLOAT | | Number of sacks form this player | | def_sack_yards | FLOAT | | Yards lost from sacks forced by this player | | def_qb_hits | INTEGER | | Number of QB hits from this player (should not include plays where the QB was sacked) | | def_interceptions | INTEGER | | Number of interceptions forced by this player | | def_interception_yards | INTEGER | | yards gained/lost by interception returns from this player | | def_pass_defended | INTEGER | | Number of passes defended/broken up by this player | | def_tds | FLOAT | | Number of defensive touchdowns scored by this player | | def_fumbles | FLOAT | | Number of fumbles by this player | | def_safeties | INTEGER | | Number of safeties forced by this player | | misc_yards | INTEGER | | Miscellaneous yards attributed to this player | | fumble_recovery_own | INTEGER | | Number of the player's own team fumbles recovered | | fumble_recovery_yards_own | INTEGER | | Yards gained/lost on own fumble recoveries | | fumble_recovery_opp | INTEGER | | Number of the opponent's fumbles recovered | | fumble_recovery_yards_opp | INTEGER | | Yardage on opponent fumble recoveries | | fumble_recovery_tds | INTEGER | | Fumbles recovered and advanced for a touchdown | | penalties | INTEGER | | Number of penalties attributed to this player | | penalty_yards | INTEGER | | Penalty yardage on penalties attributed to this player | | punt_returns | INTEGER | | Count of punt returns by this player | | punt_return_yards | INTEGER | | Yards gained on punts returned by this player | | kickoff_returns | INTEGER | | Count of kick returns by this player | | kickoff_return_yards | INTEGER | | Yards gained on kick returns by this player | | fg_made | INTEGER | | Count of field goals made by this player | | fg_att | INTEGER | | Count of field goals attempted by this player | | fg_missed | INTEGER | | Count of field goals missed by this player | | fg_blocked | INTEGER | | Count of field goals attempted by this player that were blocked | | fg_long | FLOAT | | Longest successful field goal made by this player | | fg_pct | FLOAT | | Percentage of field goals successfully made | | fg_made_0_19 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals within 0-19 yards made by this player | | fg_made_20_29 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals within 20-29 yards made by this player | | fg_made_30_39 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals within 30-39 yards made by this player | | fg_made_40_49 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals within 40-49 yards made by this player | | fg_made_50_59 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals within 50-59 yards made by this player | | fg_made_60_ | INTEGER | | Count of field goals over 60 yards made by this player | | fg_missed_0_19 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals missed between 0-19 yards by this player | | fg_missed_20_29 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals missed between 20-29 yards by this player | | fg_missed_30_39 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals missed between 30-39 yards by this player | | fg_missed_40_49 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals missed between 40-49 yards by this player | | fg_missed_50_59 | INTEGER | | Count of field goals missed between 50-59 yards by this player | | fg_missed_60_ | INTEGER | | Count of field goals missed over 60 yards by this player | | fg_made_list | STRING | | Comma-separated string listing lengths of field goals made | | fg_missed_list | STRING | | Comma-separated string listing lengths of field goals missed | | fg_blocked_list | STRING | | Comma-separated string listing lengths of field goals blocked | | fg_made_distance | INTEGER | | Total distance on field goals made | | fg_missed_distance | INTEGER | | Total distance on field goals missed | | fg_blocked_distance | INTEGER | | Total distance on field goals blocked | | pat_made | INTEGER | | Count of extra point kicks made | | pat_att | INTEGER | | Count of extra point kicks attempted | | pat_missed | INTEGER | | Count of extra point kicks missed | | pat_blocked | INTEGER | | Count of extra point kicks blocked | | pat_pct | FLOAT | | Percentage of extra point kicks successfully completed | | gwfg_made | INTEGER | | Count of game winning field goals made | | gwfg_att | INTEGER | | Count of game winning field goals attempted | | gwfg_missed | INTEGER | | Count of game winning field goals missed | | gwfg_blocked | INTEGER | | Count of game winning field goals blocked | | gwfg_distance | INTEGER | | Total distance on game winning field goals completed | | fantasy_points | FLOAT | | Standard fantasy points. | | fantasy_points_ppr | FLOAT | | PPR fantasy points. | ## Machine-readable - Sample data (JSON): https://marketplace.spartera.com/sample/0414bba0-c868-4c34-919f-e2d2daf251ff - Full page (HTML, with schema.org Dataset markup): https://marketplace.spartera.com/products/average-receptions-by-player/0414bba0-c868-4c34-919f-e2d2daf251ff - Catalog index: https://marketplace.spartera.com/llms.txt - Product sitemap: https://marketplace.spartera.com/server-sitemap.xml --- Published by Spartera on the Spartera Analytics Marketplace. 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