most receiving yards per game in a season by an nfl player since 1985

Since 1985, Calvin Johnson has averaged the most receiving yards per game in a season, with 122.8 per game in 2012.

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 DET
16
122
204
1,964
16.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
2 Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
117.6
2013
CLE CLE
14
87
159
1,646
18.9
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
3 Julio Jones
J. Jones
116.9
2015
ATL ATL
16
136
203
1,871
13.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
4 Julio Jones
J. Jones
116.0
2013
ATL ATL
5
41
60
580
14.1
2
7
1
7.0
1.4
0
5 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
115.5
1995
SF SF
16
122
1,848
15.1
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
6 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
114.6
2015
PIT PIT
16
136
193
1,834
13.5
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
7 Cooper Kupp
C. Kupp
114.5
2021
LAR LAR
17
145
191
1,947
13.4
16
18
4
4.5
1.1
0
8 Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
112.4
2023
MIA MIA
16
119
171
1,799
15.1
13
15
6
2.5
0.9
0
9 Anthony Allen
A. Allen
112.3
1987
WAS WAS
3
13
337
25.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
10 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
111.3
1995
STL STL
16
119
1,781
15.0
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
11 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
109.5
2017
PIT PIT
14
101
163
1,533
15.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
12 Terrell Owens
T. Owens
109.0
2005
PHI PHI
7
47
92
763
16.2
6
2
1
2.0
0.3
0
13 Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
108.8
2014
NYG NYG
12
91
130
1,305
14.3
12
35
7
5.0
2.9
0
14 Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
107.8
2019
NO NO
16
149
185
1,725
11.6
9
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
15 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
107.6
2002
IND IND
16
143
205
1,722
12.0
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
16 Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
107.4
2023
MIN MIN
10
68
100
1,074
15.8
5
-12
1
-12.0
-1.2
0
17 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
106.6
2013
DET DET
14
84
157
1,492
17.8
12
0
0
0.0
0
18 Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
106.4
2022
MIN MIN
17
128
184
1,809
14.1
8
24
4
6.0
1.4
1
19 Julio Jones
J. Jones
106.2
2014
ATL ATL
15
104
163
1,593
15.3
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
20 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
106.1
2014
PIT PIT
16
129
181
1,698
13.2
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
21 Torry Holt
T. Holt
106.0
2003
STL STL
16
117
183
1,696
14.5
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
22 Herman Moore
H. Moore
105.4
1995
DET DET
16
123
1,686
13.7
14
0
0
0.0
0
23 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
105.1
2011
DET DET
16
96
158
1,681
17.5
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
24 Julio Jones
J. Jones
104.8
2018
ATL ATL
16
113
170
1,677
14.8
8
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
25 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
103.9
1999
IND IND
16
115
193
1,663
14.5
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
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11
6
0
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12
0
.294
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3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
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.588
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9
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.471
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4
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5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
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7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
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9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
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11
6
0
.647