most receiving yards in an nfl game by a broncos player

Demaryius Thomas has the most receiving yards for the Broncos in a game, with 226 yards versus the Cardinals on October 5, 2014.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in an NFL regular-season game by a broncos player
NAME REC YDS DATE TM OPP REC TRG AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
226
10/5/2014
DEN DEN
vs
ARI ARI
8
16
28.3
2
0
0
0
2 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
214
10/20/2002
DEN DEN
@
KC KC
12
14
17.8
2
0
0
0
3 Jabar Gaffney
J. Gaffney
213
1/3/2010
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
14
19
15.2
0
0
0
0
4 Rod Smith
R. Smith
208
10/31/2004
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
9
17
23.1
1
6
1
6.0
0
5 Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
200
12/13/2009
DEN DEN
@
IND IND
21
28
9.5
2
0
0
0
6 Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
199
11/27/1960
DEN DEN
vs
BUF BUF
9
22.1
3
0
0
0
7 Rod Smith
R. Smith
187
11/19/2000
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
11
19
17.0
1
0
0
0
8 Steve Watson
S. Watson
183
12/12/1982
DEN DEN
@
RAM RAM
10
18.3
0
0
0
0
9 Steve Watson
S. Watson
182
10/11/1981
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
5
36.4
2
0
0
0
10 Emmanuel Sanders
E. Sanders
181
12/20/2015
DEN DEN
@
PIT PIT
10
16
18.1
1
24
1
24.0
0
11 Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
180
10/7/2012
DEN DEN
@
NE NE
9
11
20.0
0
0
0
0
12 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
180
9/3/1995
DEN DEN
vs
BUF BUF
10
18.0
0
0
0
0
13 Steve Watson
S. Watson
178
9/27/1981
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
8
22.3
2
0
0
0
14 Cedric Tillman
C. Tillman
175
11/20/1994
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
8
21.9
0
0
0
0
15 Eric Decker
E. Decker
174
12/1/2013
DEN DEN
@
KC KC
8
12
21.8
4
0
0
0
16 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
174
11/9/1997
DEN DEN
vs
CAR CAR
8
21.8
0
0
0
0
17 Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
172
9/19/1965
DEN DEN
vs
BUF BUF
9
19.1
1
0
0
0
18 Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
171
10/19/2014
DEN DEN
vs
SF SF
8
9
21.4
2
0
0
0
19 Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
171
12/10/1960
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
9
19.0
1
0
0
0
20 Brandon Lloyd
B. Lloyd
169
10/31/2010
DEN DEN
@
SF SF
7
12
24.1
1
0
0
0
21 Brandon Lloyd
B. Lloyd
169
9/26/2010
DEN DEN
vs
IND IND
6
10
28.2
1
0
0
0
22 Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
169
9/29/1963
DEN DEN
vs
BOS BOS
7
24.1
1
0
0
0
23 Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
168
11/1/2015
DEN DEN
vs
GB GB
8
11
21.0
0
0
0
0
24 Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
166
9/14/2008
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
18
20
9.2
1
0
0
0
25 Al Frazier
A. Frazier
166
10/15/1961
DEN DEN
vs
OAK OAK
7
23.7
1
27
7
3.9
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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21.3

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129.0

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178.3

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TEAM W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Broncos Broncos
1
2
0
.333
Chiefs Chiefs
1
2
0
.333
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/29
CIN CIN
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NYG NYG
@
DEN DEN
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

3 - 0 - 0

23

Final

20

DEN Broncos

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

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

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM