most rec yds from first 4 years into league

Justin Jefferson had the most receiving yards in his first 4 seasons, with 5,899 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
5,899
60
392
576
15.0
98.3
30
28
12
2.3
0.5
1
2Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
5,512
63
470
602
11.7
87.5
32
-9
1
-9.0
-0.1
0
3Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
5,425
62
395
582
13.7
87.5
46
55
18
3.1
0.9
0
4Randy Moss
R. Moss
5,396
64
308
418
17.5
84.3
53
90
11
8.2
1.4
0
5CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
5,145
66
395
568
13.0
78.0
32
318
43
7.4
4.8
3
6Torry Holt
T. Holt
5,088
64
306
529
16.6
79.5
23
50
9
5.6
0.8
0
7Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
4,906
51
383
525
12.8
96.2
23
281
40
7.0
5.5
3
8Jerry Rice
J. Rice
4,881
60
264
18.5
81.4
49
256
37
6.9
4.3
4
9A.J. Green
A.J. Green
4,874
60
329
573
14.8
81.2
35
93
11
8.5
1.6
0
10Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
4,851
66
430
570
11.3
73.5
33
186
22
8.5
2.8
1
11Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
4,605
56
342
592
13.5
82.2
20
116
23
5.0
2.1
0
12Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
4,587
60
353
492
13.0
76.5
29
91
15
6.1
1.5
0
13Mike Evans
M. Evans
4,579
61
309
580
14.8
75.1
32
0
0
0.0
0
14Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
4,544
60
330
558
13.8
75.7
34
55
16
3.4
0.9
0
15A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
4,491
60
273
440
16.5
74.9
35
70
5
14.0
1.2
1
16DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
4,487
64
317
561
14.2
70.1
23
0
0
0.0
0
17Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
4,424
47
313
498
14.1
94.1
38
55
10
5.5
1.2
0
18T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton
4,413
62
283
493
15.6
71.2
24
55
9
6.1
0.9
0
19Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
4,386
53
241
18.2
82.8
36
0
0
0.0
0
20Julio Jones
J. Jones
4,330
49
278
447
15.6
88.4
26
94
14
6.7
1.9
0
21DJ Moore
DJ Moore
4,313
63
301
498
14.3
68.5
14
282
29
9.7
4.5
0
22James Lofton
J. Lofton
4,306
64
242
17.8
67.3
22
12
4
3.0
0.2
0
23Terry McLaurin
T. McLaurin
4,281
63
299
477
14.3
68.0
21
71
10
7.1
1.1
0
24Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
4,280
64
281
15.2
66.9
23
41
12
3.4
0.6
0
25George Pickens
G. Pickens
4,270
65
267
430
16.0
65.7
21
36
8
4.5
0.6
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