most receiving yards single season before 2019

Before 2019, Calvin Johnson had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,964 yards in 2012.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player single season before 2019
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,964
2012
16
122
204
16.1
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
2Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,871
2015
16
136
203
13.8
116.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
3Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,848
1995
16
122
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
4Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,834
2015
16
136
193
13.5
114.6
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
5Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,781
1995
16
119
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
6Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,746
1961
14
82
21.3
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
7Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,722
2002
16
143
205
12.0
107.6
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
8Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,698
2014
16
129
181
13.2
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
9Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,696
2003
16
117
183
14.5
106.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
10Herman Moore
H. Moore
1,686
1995
16
123
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
11Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,681
2011
16
96
158
17.5
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
12Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,677
2018
16
113
170
14.8
104.8
8
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
13Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,663
1999
16
115
193
14.5
103.9
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
14Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
1,646
2013
14
87
159
18.9
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
15Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
1,636
1999
16
116
177
14.1
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
16Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,635
2000
16
82
139
19.9
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
17Randy Moss
R. Moss
1,632
2003
16
111
172
14.7
102.0
17
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
18Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
1,619
2014
16
111
184
14.6
101.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
19Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,603
1995
16
111
14.4
100.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
20Rod Smith
R. Smith
1,602
2000
16
100
173
16.0
100.1
8
99
6
16.5
6.2
1
21Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
1,602
1965
14
69
23.2
114.4
14
-12
3
-4.0
-0.9
0
22Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,598
2012
16
112
163
14.3
99.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
23David Boston
D. Boston
1,598
2001
16
98
175
16.3
99.9
8
35
5
7.0
2.2
0
24Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,593
2014
15
104
163
15.3
106.2
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
25Rob Moore
R. Moore
1,584
1997
16
97
16.3
99.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.647
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9
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9
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9
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.471
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11
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14
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