most receiving yards by a player in the 2012 nfl season

Calvin Johnson had the most receiving yards in 2012, with 1,964 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	1,964	2012	DET	16	122	204	16.1	122.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	1,598	2012	HOU	16	112	163	14.3	99.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
3	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	1,508	2012	CHI	16	118	194	12.8	94.3	11	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0
4	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	1,434	2012	DEN	16	94	141	15.3	89.6	10	0	0		0.0	0
5	Vincent Jackson V. Jackson	1,384	2012	TB	16	72	147	19.2	86.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Dez Bryant D. Bryant	1,382	2012	DAL	16	92	138	15.0	86.4	12	-5	2	-2.5	-0.3	0
7	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	1,355	2012	IND	16	106	195	12.8	84.7	5	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
8	Wes Welker W. Welker	1,354	2012	NE	16	118	175	11.5	84.6	6	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
9	Roddy White R. White	1,351	2012	ATL	16	92	143	14.7	84.4	7	0	0		0.0	0
10	A.J. Green	1,350	2012	CIN	16	97	164	13.9	84.4	11	38	4	9.5	2.4	0
11	Julio Jones J. Jones	1,198	2012	ATL	16	79	129	15.2	74.9	10	30	6	5.0	1.9	0
12	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	1,174	2012	CAR	16	73	138	16.1	73.4	4	27	3	9.0	1.7	0
13	Marques Colston M. Colston	1,154	2012	NO	16	83	130	13.9	72.1	10	0	0		0.0	0
14	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	1,105	2012	SF	16	85	126	13.0	69.1	9	8	1	8.0	0.5	0
15	Victor Cruz V. Cruz	1,092	2012	NYG	16	86	143	12.7	68.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
16	Brian Hartline B. Hartline	1,083	2012	MIA	16	74	131	14.6	67.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Eric Decker E. Decker	1,064	2012	DEN	16	85	122	12.5	66.5	13	0	0		0.0	0
18	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	1,046	2012	BUF	16	79	148	13.2	65.4	6	0	0		0.0	0
19	Lance Moore L. Moore	1,041	2012	NO	15	65	104	16.0	69.4	6	0	0		0.0	0
20	Jason Witten J. Witten	1,039	2012	DAL	16	110	149	9.4	64.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
21	Mike Williams M. Williams	996	2012	TB	16	63	126	15.8	62.3	9	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	982	2012	NO	15	85	135	11.6	65.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
23	Cecil Shorts C. Shorts	979	2012	JAX	14	55	105	17.8	69.9	7	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
24	Randall Cobb R. Cobb	954	2012	GB	15	80	104	11.9	63.6	8	132	10	13.2	8.8	0
25	Miles Austin M. Austin	943	2012	DAL	16	66	119	14.3	58.9	6	0	0		0.0	0

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Lions	4	2	0	.667
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Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
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