most receiving yards in a season before 2015

Before 2015, Calvin Johnson had the most receiving yards in a season, with 1,964 yards in 2012.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in a season before 2015
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 DET
16
122
204
16.1
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
2 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,848
1995
SF SF
16
122
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
3 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,781
1995
STL STL
16
119
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
4 Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,746
1961
HOU HOU
14
82
21.3
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
5 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,722
2002
IND IND
16
143
205
12.0
107.6
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
6 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,698
2014
PIT PIT
16
129
181
13.2
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
7 Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,696
2003
STL STL
16
117
183
14.5
106.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
8 Herman Moore
H. Moore
1,686
1995
DET DET
16
123
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
9 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,681
2011
DET DET
16
96
158
17.5
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
10 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,663
1999
IND IND
16
115
193
14.5
103.9
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
11 Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
1,646
2013
CLE CLE
14
87
159
18.9
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
12 Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
1,636
1999
JAX JAX
16
116
177
14.1
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
13 Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,635
2000
STL STL
16
82
139
19.9
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
14 Randy Moss
R. Moss
1,632
2003
MIN MIN
16
111
172
14.7
102.0
17
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
15 Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
1,619
2014
DEN DEN
16
111
184
14.6
101.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
16 Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,603
1995
DAL DAL
16
111
14.4
100.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
17 Rod Smith
R. Smith
1,602
2000
DEN DEN
16
100
173
16.0
100.1
8
99
6
16.5
6.2
1
18 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
1,602
1965
SD SD
14
69
23.2
114.4
14
-12
3
-4.0
-0.9
0
19 Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,598
2012
HOU HOU
16
112
163
14.3
99.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
20 David Boston
D. Boston
1,598
2001
ARI ARI
16
98
175
16.3
99.9
8
35
5
7.0
2.2
0
21 Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,593
2014
ATL ATL
15
104
163
15.3
106.2
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
22 Rob Moore
R. Moore
1,584
1997
ARI ARI
16
97
16.3
99.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
23 Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,575
2008
HOU HOU
16
115
171
13.7
98.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
24 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,570
1986
SF SF
16
86
18.3
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
25 Wes Welker
W. Welker
1,569
2011
NE NE
16
122
173
12.9
98.1
9
30
4
7.5
1.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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22.4

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PASS YDS/G

238.0

13th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

2 - 3 - 0

24

Final

37

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4 - 1 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
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NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
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BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM