Calvin Johnson averaged the most receiving yards per game in 2012, with 122.8 per game.

Regular season

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	122.8	2012	DET	16	122	204	1,964	16.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	99.9	2012	HOU	16	112	163	1,598	14.3	4	0	0		0.0	0
3	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	94.3	2012	CHI	16	118	194	1,508	12.8	11	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0
4	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	89.6	2012	DEN	16	94	141	1,434	15.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
5	Vincent Jackson V. Jackson	86.5	2012	TB	16	72	147	1,384	19.2	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Dez Bryant D. Bryant	86.4	2012	DAL	16	92	138	1,382	15.0	12	-5	2	-2.5	-0.3	0
7	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	84.7	2012	IND	16	106	195	1,355	12.8	5	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
8	Wes Welker W. Welker	84.6	2012	NE	16	118	175	1,354	11.5	6	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
9	Roddy White R. White	84.4	2012	ATL	16	92	143	1,351	14.7	7	0	0		0.0	0
10	A.J. Green	84.4	2012	CIN	16	97	164	1,350	13.9	11	38	4	9.5	2.4	0
11	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	75.2	2012	MIN	9	62	85	677	10.9	3	96	22	4.4	10.7	1
12	Julio Jones J. Jones	74.9	2012	ATL	16	79	129	1,198	15.2	10	30	6	5.0	1.9	0
13	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	73.4	2012	CAR	16	73	138	1,174	16.1	4	27	3	9.0	1.7	0
14	Marques Colston M. Colston	72.1	2012	NO	16	83	130	1,154	13.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
15	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	71.8	2012	NE	11	55	80	790	14.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
16	Cecil Shorts C. Shorts	69.9	2012	JAX	14	55	105	979	17.8	7	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
17	Lance Moore L. Moore	69.4	2012	NO	15	65	104	1,041	16.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
18	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	69.1	2012	SF	16	85	126	1,105	13.0	9	8	1	8.0	0.5	0
19	Jordan Norwood J. Norwood	68.5	2012	CLE	2	13	19	137	10.5	0	1	1	1.0	0.5	0
20	Victor Cruz V. Cruz	68.3	2012	NYG	16	86	143	1,092	12.7	10	0	0		0.0	0
21	Santonio Holmes S. Holmes	68.0	2012	NYJ	4	20	41	272	13.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	Brian Hartline B. Hartline	67.7	2012	MIA	16	74	131	1,083	14.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Eric Decker E. Decker	66.5	2012	DEN	16	85	122	1,064	12.5	13	0	0		0.0	0
24	Danario Alexander D. Alexander	65.8	2012	SD	10	37	62	658	17.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	65.5	2012	NO	15	85	135	982	11.6	9	0	0		0.0	0

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