with 13 games in the book for Kupp in what could end up being a historic 2021 NFL season for him, let’s review exactly how special Kupp’s statistics have been thus far:
Kupp currently sits with 1,489 receiving yards on 113 receptions and 12 touchdown catches. all of these rank first in the NFL, which has Kupp on pace to achieve the rare receiving triple crown accomplishment. the only three players to ever achieve that elite status are Jerry Rice (1990), Sterling Sharpe (1992) and Steve Smith (2005).
Kupp is on pace for 1,947 receiving yards, which would be good for the second-highest season ever and only 17 yards shy of the 1,964 set by Calvin Johnson of the Lions in 2012. in order to break Johnson’s record, Kupp needs to average 119 yards per game. Kupp needs just 292 yards in the final four games to break Isaac Bruce’s 1995 Rams’ single-season receiving record of 1,781 yards.
in terms of receptions, Kupp is on pace for 148 receptions which would be one shy of the 149 passes brought down by Michael Thomas for the Saints two years ago in 2019. Kupp is also only 7 catches away from breaking Isaac Bruce’s single-season Rams’ record of 119 receptions.
for receiving touchdowns, Kupp likely will not set any records. he's on pace to lead the league in touchdown grabs, his pace of 16 touchdowns this season would leave him one shy of the 60-year-old Rams record set by Elroy Hinch in 1951.
Kupp is one of three receivers in NFL history to have 90 yards receiving in nine straight games. The other two receivers on that list are Michael Irvin in 1995 and Kupp’s current teammate, Odell Beckham Jr. in 2014. Kupp also has eight different games with 100 yards receiving and six with over 120 yards.
against the Cardinals, a top-five defense, Kupp produced from every single alignment on the field. Kupp set a new career-high with 13 receptions. according to Next Gen Stats, Kupp caught at least one pass in every pre-snap alignment, which has not been done since
Next Gen Stats began tracking this in 2016.
Kupp also leads the NFL in targets, first downs, catches per game, yards per game and yards after the catch. and to put some final icing on the cake, he went over 5,000 career yards.