most receiving yards first 8 games nfl history individual year

Raymond Berry has the most receiving yards in a season in his first 8 games, with 966 yards in 1960.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player game data complete from 1960

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Raymond Berry R. Berry	966	1960	BAL	8	52		18.6	120.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Don Maynard D. Maynard	839	1960	NYT	8	48		17.5	104.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
3	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	795	2023	LAR	8	61	89	13.0	99.4	2	4	2	2.0	0.5	0
4	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	786	2021	CIN	8	38	60	20.7	98.3	7	7	2	3.5	0.9	0
5	Buddy Dial B. Dial	770	1960	PIT	8	29		26.6	96.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	733	1960	DEN	8	59		12.4	91.6	5	-6	2	-3.0	-0.8	0
7	Bill Groman B. Groman	708	1960	HOU	8	39		18.2	88.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
8	Marques Colston M. Colston	700	2006	NO	8	44	73	15.9	87.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
9	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	699	2014	NYG	8	48	67	14.6	87.4	5	26	4	6.5	3.3	0
10	Willard Dewveall W. Dewveall	692	1960	CHI	8	35		19.8	86.5	4	0	0		0.0	0
11	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	684	1969	PHI	8	37		18.5	85.5	4	10	2	5.0	1.3	0
12	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	672	2003	ARI	8	48	76	14.0	84.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
13	Charlie Brown C. Brown	662	1982	WAS	8	29		22.8	82.8	8	0	0		0.0	0
14	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	653	2015	OAK	8	45	72	14.5	81.6	4	4	2	2.0	0.5	0
15	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	627	2020	MIN	8	34	44	18.4	78.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Eddie Royal E. Royal	625	2008	DEN	8	52	72	12.0	78.1	4	15	3	5.0	1.9	0
17	Chris Olave C. Olave	618	2022	NO	8	43	72	14.4	77.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
18	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	614	1960	HOU	8	39		15.7	76.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
19	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	609	1996	NE	8	47		13.0	76.1	2	18	3	6.0	2.3	0
20	Malik Nabers M. Nabers	607	2024	NYG	8	61	94	10.0	75.9	3	-2	4	-0.5	-0.3	0
21	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	604	2015	MIN	8	40	60	15.1	75.5	2	19	2	9.5	2.4	0
22	A.J. Green	599	2011	CIN	8	40	65	15.0	74.9	5	6	1	6.0	0.8	0
23	Michael Clayton M. Clayton	595	2004	TB	8	42	65	14.2	74.4	2	27	4	6.8	3.4	0
24	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	594	1965	DAL	8	28		21.2	74.3	7	3	2	1.5	0.4	1
25	Randy Moss R. Moss	593	1998	MIN	8	31		19.1	74.1	6	4	1	4.0	0.5	0

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