most receiving yards per game by a player minimum 225 games

Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards per game when playing 225+ games, with 75.6 per game.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	75.6	303	1,549	709	22,895	14.8	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
2	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	66.5	263	1,432	2,335	17,492	12.2	121	68	20	3.4	0.3	0
3	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	60.4	228	814		13,777	16.9	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
4	James Lofton J. Lofton	60.1	233	764		14,004	18.3	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
5	Cris Carter C. Carter	59.4	234	1,101	442	13,899	12.6	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
6	Tim Brown T. Brown	58.6	255	1,094	670	14,934	13.7	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
7	Andre Reed A. Reed	56.4	234	951	111	13,198	13.9	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
8	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	56.0	270	1,325	1,862	15,127	11.4	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
9	Derrick Mason D. Mason	52.4	230	943	1,439	12,061	12.8	66	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
10	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	50.8	239	750		12,146	16.2	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
11	Antonio Gates A. Gates	50.2	236	955	1,458	11,841	12.4	116	0	0		0.0	0
12	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	50.1	255	851	122	12,785	15.0	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
13	Jason Witten J. Witten	48.1	271	1,228	1,723	13,046	10.6	74	0	0		0.0	0
14	Ricky Proehl R. Proehl	36.4	244	669	389	8,878	13.3	54	115	19	6.1	0.5	0
15	Marcedes Lewis M. Lewis	17.6	290	437	737	5,115	11.7	40	0	0		0.0	0
16	Frank Gore F. Gore	16.5	241	484	696	3,985	8.2	18	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81
17	Pete Metzelaars P. Metzelaars	15.7	235	383		3,686	9.6	29	0	0		0.0	0
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	14.3	226	515	130	3,224	6.3	11	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164
19	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	6.6	234	210	271	1,543	7.3	9	1,727	429	4.0	7.4	15
20	Lorenzo Neal L. Neal	4.5	239	199	205	1,086	5.5	12	807	226	3.6	3.4	6
21	Trey Junkin T. Junkin	0.5	281	17	0	144	8.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
22	Nick Bellore N. Bellore	0.3	232	10	10	75	7.5	2	8	3	2.7	0.0	0
23	John Elway J. Elway	0.3	234	3		61	20.3	1	3,407	774	4.4	14.6	33
24	Drew Brees D. Brees	0.3	287	8	9	74	9.3	1	752	498	1.5	2.6	25
25	Tom Brady T. Brady	0.2	335	3	4	65	21.7	0	1,123	693	1.6	3.4	28

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PASS

2,167

Purdy

RUSH

1,202

McCaffrey

REC

924

McCaffrey

Team Rankings

PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

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PASS YDS/G

254.0

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2025 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Seahawks	14	3	.824
Rams	12	5	.706
49ers	12	5	.706
Cardinals	3	14	.176

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	8:35 PM
Sun 9/20	MIA	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 9/27	ARI	@	SF	4:05 PM
Sun 10/4	DEN	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM

Last Game

49ers

1 - 1

Final

Seahawks

1 - 0

Sat 17 Jan 2026

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4,707

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4,564

Goff

4,552

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

1,621

Cook

1,595

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1,585

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,793

Smith-Njigba

1,715

Nacua

1,429

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Pass TD Leaders

46

Stafford

34

Goff

31

Maye

Rush TD Leaders

18

Taylor

16

Henry

14

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Rec TD Leaders

14

Adams

11

McBride

11

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

113.5

Maye

109.2

Stafford

105.5

Goff

Sack Leaders

23.0

Garrett

16.5

Burns

15.0

Hunter

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30.5

28.8

28.4

28.3

27.9

Opp PPG Rankings

17.2

17.4

18.3

18.8

19.1

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

394.6

391.9

379.4

376.3

373.2

369.5

Rush Yards Rankings

159.6

156.6

144.5

134.7

129.1

128.9

Pass Yards Rankings

278.5

276.9

268.6

262.3

256.1

254.0

Sack Leaders

68.0

57.0

53.0

49.0

48.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

316.3

Taylor

314.6

McCaffrey

291.8

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

246

Nacua

240.9

Smith-Njigba

207

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

189.9

McBride

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Goedert

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Pitts

Fantasy K Rankings

202

Myers

194

Fairbairn

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15-5

12-6

14-7

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12-7

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Worst Record ATS

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7-10

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - z*	14	3	0	.824
Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - y	11	6	0	.647
Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176