most receiving yards by a player first three nfl seasons including playoffs

Justin Jefferson had the most yards on receptions by a player in the regular-season and playoffs in his first 3 seasons, with 4,872 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
4,872
51
331
485
14.7
95.5
25
40
11
3.6
0.8
1
2Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
4,845
50
357
507
13.6
96.9
22
269
41
6.6
5.4
3
3Randy Moss
R. Moss
4,765
54
254
299
18.8
88.2
50
52
8
6.5
1.0
0
4Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
4,305
52
313
470
13.8
82.8
32
58
22
2.6
1.1
0
5Torry Holt
T. Holt
4,245
55
252
430
16.8
77.2
21
32
7
4.6
0.6
0
6Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
4,210
51
352
462
12.0
82.5
26
0
0
0.0
0
7Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
4,150
44
292
468
14.2
94.3
35
47
9
5.2
1.1
0
8A.J. Green
A.J. Green
3,994
50
273
489
14.6
79.9
29
91
9
10.1
1.8
0
9T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton
3,893
52
250
424
15.6
74.9
21
56
10
5.6
1.1
0
10Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
3,862
52
337
463
11.5
74.3
22
182
21
8.7
3.5
1
11Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
3,750
54
299
419
12.5
69.4
22
62
12
5.2
1.1
0
12Jerry Rice
J. Rice
3,696
47
210
17.6
78.6
40
149
24
6.2
3.2
3
13John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
3,674
48
214
17.2
76.5
36
23
2
11.5
0.5
0
14CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
3,602
52
275
411
13.1
69.3
21
216
32
6.8
4.2
1
15DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
3,602
49
245
421
14.7
73.5
19
0
0
0.0
0
16DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
3,583
55
267
397
13.4
65.1
20
0
0
0.0
0
17Mike Evans
M. Evans
3,578
46
238
444
15.0
77.8
27
0
0
0.0
0
18Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
3,486
42
192
18.2
83.0
26
0
0
0.0
0
19Tee Higgins
T. Higgins
3,485
53
246
378
14.2
65.8
22
28
5
5.6
0.5
0
20DK Metcalf
DK Metcalf
3,485
52
232
383
15.0
67.0
32
17
3
5.7
0.3
0
21Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
3,483
51
243
358
14.3
68.3
25
545
68
8.0
10.7
5
22Hakeem Nicks
H. Nicks
3,478
46
230
378
15.1
75.6
28
8
2
4.0
0.2
0
23Gary Clark
G. Clark
3,470
49
218
15.9
70.8
21
34
6
5.7
0.7
0
24Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
3,460
49
256
373
13.5
70.6
18
58
10
5.8
1.2
1
25Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
3,402
40
259
440
13.1
85.1
16
88
18
4.9
2.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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RUSH YDS/G

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