broncos highest receiving yards in a single game by a player

Demaryius Thomas has the most yards on receptions for the Broncos in a game, with 226 yards against the Cardinals on October 5, 2014.

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	NAME	REC YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	226	10/5/2014	DEN	vs	ARI	8	16	28.3	2	0	0		0
2	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	214	10/20/2002	DEN	@	KC	12	14	17.8	2	0	0		0
3	Jabar Gaffney J. Gaffney	213	1/3/2010	DEN	vs	KC	14	19	15.2	0	0	0		0
4	Rod Smith R. Smith	208	10/31/2004	DEN	vs	ATL	9	17	23.1	1	6	1	6.0	0
5	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	200	12/13/2009	DEN	@	IND	21	28	9.5	2	0	0		0
6	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	199	11/27/1960	DEN	vs	BUF	9		22.1	3	0	0		0
7	Rod Smith R. Smith	187	11/19/2000	DEN	vs	SD	11	19	17.0	1	0	0		0
8	Steve Watson S. Watson	183	12/12/1982	DEN	@	RAM	10		18.3	0	0	0		0
9	Steve Watson S. Watson	182	10/11/1981	DEN	vs	DET	5		36.4	2	0	0		0
10	Emmanuel Sanders E. Sanders	181	12/20/2015	DEN	@	PIT	10	16	18.1	1	24	1	24.0	0
11	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	180	10/7/2012	DEN	@	NE	9	11	20.0	0	0	0		0
12	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	180	9/3/1995	DEN	vs	BUF	10		18.0	0	0	0		0
13	Steve Watson S. Watson	178	9/27/1981	DEN	vs	SD	8		22.3	2	0	0		0
14	Cedric Tillman C. Tillman	175	11/20/1994	DEN	vs	ATL	8		21.9	0	0	0		0
15	Eric Decker E. Decker	174	12/1/2013	DEN	@	KC	8	12	21.8	4	0	0		0
16	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	174	11/9/1997	DEN	vs	CAR	8		21.8	0	0	0		0
17	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	172	9/19/1965	DEN	vs	BUF	9		19.1	1	0	0		0
18	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	171	10/19/2014	DEN	vs	SF	8	9	21.4	2	0	0		0
19	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	171	12/10/1960	DEN	@	LAC	9		19.0	1	0	0		0
20	Brandon Lloyd B. Lloyd	169	10/31/2010	DEN	@	SF	7	12	24.1	1	0	0		0
21	Brandon Lloyd B. Lloyd	169	9/26/2010	DEN	vs	IND	6	10	28.2	1	0	0		0
22	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	169	9/29/1963	DEN	vs	BOS	7		24.1	1	0	0		0
23	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	168	11/1/2015	DEN	vs	GB	8	11	21.0	0	0	0		0
24	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	166	9/14/2008	DEN	vs	SD	18	20	9.2	1	0	0		0
25	Al Frazier A. Frazier	166	10/15/1961	DEN	vs	OAK	7		23.7	1	27	7	3.9	0

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