most rookie receiving yards in a debut game ever

Ja'Marr Chase has the most receiving yards by a rookie in a game, with 266 yards versus the Chiefs on January 2, 2022.

Interpreted as:
most rookie receiving yards in a debut regular-season game ever
NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
266
1/2/2022
vs
11
12
24.2
3
0
0
0
2Jerry Butler
J. Butler
255
9/23/1979
vs
10
25.5
4
12
1
12.0
0
3Jerry Rice
J. Rice
241
12/9/1985
vs
10
24.1
1
14
2
7.0
0
4Justin Blackmon
J. Blackmon
236
11/18/2012
@
7
13
33.7
1
0
0
0
5Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
226
12/15/1996
@
5
45.2
3
0
0
0
6Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
217
9/7/2003
@
10
14
21.7
2
0
0
0
7Harlon Hill
H. Hill
214
10/31/1954
@
7
30.6
4
8Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
212
12/6/1987
@
8
26.5
1
0
0
0
9Jackie Smith
J. Smith
212
10/13/1963
vs
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
10Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
212
9/28/1947
@
8
26.5
3
11Sammy White
S. White
210
11/7/1976
vs
7
30.0
2
0
0
0
12Mike Evans
M. Evans
209
11/16/2014
@
7
9
29.9
2
0
0
0
13Rod Gardner
R. Gardner
208
10/21/2001
vs
6
8
34.7
1
0
0
0
14Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
208
11/16/1958
@
8
26.0
1
15Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
205
12/13/1958
vs
6
34.2
3
16James Dixon
J. Dixon
203
11/12/1989
@
6
33.8
1
0
0
0
17Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
201
10/24/2021
@
8
10
25.1
1
0
0
0
18Billy Howton
B. Howton
200
12/7/1952
@
6
33.3
0
19JuJu Smith-Schuster
J. Smith-Schuster
193
10/29/2017
@
7
10
27.6
1
0
0
0
20Gary Clark
G. Clark
193
10/20/1985
@
11
17.5
0
3
1
3.0
0
21Larry Brunson
L. Brunson
193
11/10/1974
vs
8
24.1
1
-2
1
-2.0
0
22Randy Moss
R. Moss
190
10/5/1998
@
5
38.0
2
0
0
0
23Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
190
12/19/1971
@
8
23.8
1
0
0
0
24Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
190
10/3/1971
@
6
31.7
2
0
0
0
25Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
190
11/12/1961
vs
9
21.1
3
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

More Bengals Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,640

Flacco

Joe Flacco

RUSH

846

Brown

Chase Brown

REC

1,256

Chase

Ja'Marr Chase
Team Rankings

PPG

23.9

13th

OPP PPG

30.5

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

88.6

31st

PASS YDS/G

245.3

8th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
Bengals Bengals
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

5 - 10

45

Final

21

MIA Dolphins

6 - 9

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
4
0
.733
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
13-44
Sat
9/20
@
15-16
Sat
9/20
@
14-31
Sat
9/20
@
22-9
Sun
9/21
@
38-30

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM