most rookie receiving yards since 2000 to 2016

Between the 2000 and 2016 seasons, Anquan Boldin had the most receiving yards by a rookie, with 1,377 yards in 2003.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
1,377
2003
16
101
165
13.6
86.1
8
40
5
8.0
2.5
0
2Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
1,305
2014
12
91
130
14.3
108.8
12
35
7
5.0
2.9
0
3Michael Clayton
M. Clayton
1,193
2004
16
80
122
14.9
74.6
7
30
5
6.0
1.9
0
4Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1,137
2016
15
92
121
12.4
75.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
5Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
1,070
2015
16
72
130
14.9
66.9
6
-3
3
-1.0
-0.2
0
6A.J. Green
A.J. Green
1,057
2011
15
65
115
16.3
70.5
7
53
5
10.6
3.5
0
7Mike Evans
M. Evans
1,051
2014
15
68
123
15.5
70.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
8Keenan Allen
K. Allen
1,046
2013
15
71
104
14.7
69.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Marques Colston
M. Colston
1,038
2006
14
70
115
14.8
74.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
10Kelvin Benjamin
K. Benjamin
1,008
2014
16
73
145
13.8
63.0
9
0
0
0.0
0
11Dwayne Bowe
D. Bowe
995
2007
16
70
118
14.2
62.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Willie Snead
W. Snead
984
2015
15
69
101
14.3
65.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Sammy Watkins
S. Watkins
982
2014
16
65
128
15.1
61.4
6
8
2
4.0
0.5
0
14Eddie Royal
E. Royal
980
2008
15
91
129
10.8
65.3
5
109
11
9.9
7.3
0
15Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
976
2003
16
66
119
14.8
61.0
4
-10
5
-2.0
-0.6
0
16Mike Williams
M. Williams
964
2010
16
65
129
14.8
60.3
11
0
0
0.0
0
17Julio Jones
J. Jones
959
2011
13
54
95
17.8
73.8
8
56
6
9.3
4.3
0
18DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
912
2008
16
62
120
14.7
57.0
2
96
17
5.6
6.0
1
19Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
894
2002
15
74
127
12.1
59.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Chris Chambers
C. Chambers
883
2001
16
48
90
18.4
55.2
7
-11
1
-11.0
-0.7
0
21Jordan Matthews
J. Matthews
872
2014
16
67
103
13.0
54.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
22Anthony Armstrong
A. Armstrong
871
2010
15
44
86
19.8
58.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
23Justin Blackmon
J. Blackmon
865
2012
16
64
132
13.5
54.1
5
23
2
11.5
1.4
0
24T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton
861
2012
15
50
90
17.2
57.4
7
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
25Lee Evans
L. Evans
843
2004
16
48
75
17.6
52.7
9
85
5
17.0
5.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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