fewest games to reach 8500 receiving yards

Calvin Johnson had the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 8,500+ receiving yards, with 135 games.

Interpreted as:
fewest regular-season games by a player to reach 8500 or more receiving yards
NAMEGPREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
135
11,619
731
1,315
15.9
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
2Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
136
10,266
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
3Terry Glenn
T. Glenn
137
8,823
593
772
14.9
64.4
44
139
20
7.0
1.0
1
4Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
143
9,763
724
1,184
13.5
68.3
63
6
3
2.0
0.0
0
5Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
143
9,286
621
961
15.0
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
6Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
145
11,363
819
1,201
13.9
78.4
83
819
114
7.2
5.6
7
7T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton
146
9,812
638
1,085
15.4
67.2
53
55
9
6.1
0.4
0
8Antonio Brown
A. Brown
146
12,291
928
1,406
13.2
84.2
83
128
35
3.7
0.9
0
9Marques Colston
M. Colston
146
9,759
711
1,099
13.7
66.8
72
7
2
3.5
0.0
0
10Herman Moore
H. Moore
146
9,174
670
122
13.7
62.8
62
0
0
0.0
0
11Mark Duper
M. Duper
146
8,869
511
17.4
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
12Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
150
8,966
559
16.0
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
13Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
151
8,587
613
924
14.0
56.9
72
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
14Laveranues Coles
L. Coles
153
8,609
674
1,169
12.8
56.3
49
231
37
6.2
1.5
0
15Rob Moore
R. Moore
153
9,368
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
16Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
154
10,033
711
1,163
14.1
65.1
64
41
14
2.9
0.3
0
17Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
155
9,080
540
1,036
16.8
58.6
57
161
15
10.7
1.0
0
18Anthony Miller
A. Miller
155
9,148
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
19Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
157
8,565
427
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
20A.J. Green
A.J. Green
158
10,514
727
1,268
14.5
66.5
70
93
11
8.5
0.6
0
21Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
158
8,974
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
22Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
159
11,904
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
23Stefon Diggs
S. Diggs
161
11,504
942
1,344
12.2
71.5
74
170
35
4.9
1.1
1
24Joe Horn
J. Horn
163
8,744
603
1,014
14.5
53.6
58
54
14
3.9
0.3
0
25John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
165
8,723
537
16.2
52.9
63
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
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