most career receiving yards in 1 game by a defensive back since 1985

Since 1985, Deion Sanders has the most receiving yards by a defensive back, with 784 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
784
188
60
13
13.1
4.2
3
-14
9
-1.6
-0.1
0
2Devin Hester
D. Hester
299
32
20
40
15.0
9.3
2
-10
7
-1.4
-0.3
0
3Marcus Jones
M. Jones
96
45
5
5
19.2
2.1
1
5
1
5.0
0.1
0
4Champ Bailey
C. Bailey
89
215
4
9
22.3
0.4
0
11
2
5.5
0.1
1
5Dale Carter
D. Carter
89
157
6
0
14.8
0.6
1
5
2
2.5
0.0
0
6Chris Hope
C. Hope
81
163
1
1
81.0
0.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Bo Melton
B. Melton
73
14
3
9
24.3
5.2
1
35
5
7.0
2.5
0
8Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
68
81
8
8.5
0.8
0
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
9Dane Cruikshank
D. Cruikshank
66
56
1
2
66.0
1.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
64
201
10
12
6.4
0.3
0
34
7
4.9
0.2
0
11Brian Dawkins
B. Dawkins
57
224
1
1
57.0
0.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
12Mike Prior
M. Prior
57
198
2
28.5
0.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Taiwan Jones
T. Jones
55
16
2
3
27.5
3.4
0
23
5
4.6
1.4
0
14Damien Robinson
D. Robinson
53
83
2
2
26.5
0.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Marcus Coleman
M. Coleman
51
152
2
3
25.5
0.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
16John Booty
J. Booty
48
102
1
48.0
0.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Daryl Porter
D. Porter
44
55
1
1
44.0
0.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Steve Wilson
S. Wilson
43
53
1
43.0
0.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Elvis Patterson
E. Patterson
34
136
1
34.0
0.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ryan Mundy
R. Mundy
33
96
1
1
33.0
0.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Khalil Dorsey
K. Dorsey
31
41
1
1
31.0
0.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Quinton Dunbar
Q. Dunbar
31
64
1
1
31.0
0.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Marcus Williams
M. Williams
31
54
1
1
31.0
0.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Adam Jones
A. Jones
31
146
2
2
15.5
0.2
0
8
2
4.0
0.1
0
25Cody Davis
C. Davis
27
144
2
3
13.5
0.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,174

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

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London

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20.1

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24.4

22nd

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122.7

12th

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Last Game
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29

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28

Thu 11 Dec 2025

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NFL 2025 Standings

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8
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.429
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11
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12
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.733
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5
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.633
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6
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8
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.429
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7
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7
7
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5
9
0
.357
4
10
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11
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