most return yards in the first 10 years by a wide receiver since 1980 minimum 6000 receiving yards

Wes Welker gained the most return yards by a wide receiver when gaining 6,000+ receiving yards in his first 10 seasons, with 6,625 yards.

NAME RET YDS REC YDS GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Wes Welker
W. Welker
6,625
9,358
153
841
1,190
11.1
61.2
48
151
19
7.9
1.0
0
2 Derrick Mason
D. Mason
5,086
7,937
154
607
885
13.1
51.5
42
-2
7
-0.3
0.0
0
3 Tim Brown
T. Brown
4,318
8,588
144
599
14.3
59.6
60
123
35
3.5
0.9
1
4 Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
4,266
8,594
161
661
938
13.0
53.4
61
265
40
6.6
1.6
1
5 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
4,023
8,884
135
620
1,060
14.3
65.8
52
304
48
6.3
2.3
2
6 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
2,932
11,263
131
841
1,282
13.4
86.0
75
124
32
3.9
0.9
0
7 Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
2,792
6,793
130
563
806
12.1
52.3
47
363
62
5.9
2.8
0
8 Drew Hill
D. Hill
2,679
7,621
147
446
17.1
51.8
52
18
2
9.0
0.1
0
9 Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
2,612
6,507
131
599
901
10.9
49.7
36
391
56
7.0
3.0
0
10 Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
2,560
6,736
145
427
15.8
46.5
43
184
38
4.8
1.3
1
11 J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
2,540
6,305
131
493
12.8
48.1
30
72
6
12.0
0.5
0
12 Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
2,444
7,348
158
558
154
13.2
46.5
54
102
13
7.8
0.6
2
13 Jarvis Landry
J. Landry
2,176
7,870
132
713
1,084
11.0
59.6
38
239
40
6.0
1.8
5
14 Eric Moulds
E. Moulds
2,148
9,096
154
675
996
13.5
59.1
48
157
28
5.6
1.0
0
15 Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
1,934
7,384
152
482
678
15.3
48.6
37
261
34
7.7
1.7
0
16 Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,873
8,816
142
532
16.6
62.1
46
37
16
2.3
0.3
0
17 Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
1,480
6,019
110
359
16.8
54.7
39
388
29
13.4
3.5
4
18 Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
1,436
8,587
151
613
924
14.0
56.9
72
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
19 Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1,420
11,098
141
798
1,172
13.9
78.7
82
819
114
7.2
5.8
7
20 Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
1,400
7,214
129
467
432
15.4
55.9
54
482
58
8.3
3.7
1
21 Emmanuel Sanders
E. Sanders
1,370
7,893
144
601
981
13.1
54.8
42
159
18
8.8
1.1
1
22 DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
1,326
9,487
140
548
983
17.3
67.8
49
418
64
6.5
3.0
3
23 Amani Toomer
A. Toomer
1,317
7,797
150
529
902
14.7
52.0
44
110
11
10.0
0.7
1
24 Santana Moss
S. Moss
1,306
8,558
143
593
1,017
14.4
59.8
52
248
45
5.5
1.7
0
25 Anthony Miller
A. Miller
1,269
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
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4
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.765
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9
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.471
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5
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.706
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7
0
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9
0
.471
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2
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6
0
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10/12
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
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