most single season rec yards between 2000 to 2020

From 2000 through 2020, Calvin Johnson had the most receiving yards in a season, with 1,964 yards in 2012.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
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
3Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,834
2015
16
136
193
13.5
114.6
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
4Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1,725
2019
16
149
185
11.6
107.8
9
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
5Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,722
2002
16
143
205
12.0
107.6
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
6Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,698
2014
16
129
181
13.2
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
7Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,696
2003
16
117
183
14.5
106.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
8Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,681
2011
16
96
158
17.5
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
9Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,677
2018
16
113
170
14.8
104.8
8
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
10Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
1,646
2013
14
87
159
18.9
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
11Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,635
2000
16
82
139
19.9
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
12Randy Moss
R. Moss
1,632
2003
16
111
172
14.7
102.0
17
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
13Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
1,619
2014
16
111
184
14.6
101.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
14Rod Smith
R. Smith
1,602
2000
16
100
173
16.0
100.1
8
99
6
16.5
6.2
1
15Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,598
2012
16
112
163
14.3
99.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
16David Boston
D. Boston
1,598
2001
16
98
175
16.3
99.9
8
35
5
7.0
2.2
0
17Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,593
2014
15
104
163
15.3
106.2
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
18Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,575
2008
16
115
171
13.7
98.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
19DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
1,572
2018
16
115
163
13.7
98.3
11
-7
1
-7.0
-0.4
0
20Wes Welker
W. Welker
1,569
2011
16
122
173
12.9
98.1
9
30
4
7.5
1.9
0
21Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,569
2009
16
101
171
15.5
98.1
9
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
22Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1,563
2005
16
103
150
15.2
97.7
12
25
4
6.3
1.6
1
23Victor Cruz
V. Cruz
1,536
2011
16
82
131
18.7
96.0
9
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
24Stefon Diggs
S. Diggs
1,535
2020
16
127
166
12.1
95.9
8
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
25Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,533
2017
14
101
163
15.2
109.5
9
0
0
0.0
0

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.688
4
5
0
.444
2
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.313
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.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
7
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.778
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.750
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.750
6
3
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.333
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.875
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4
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.556
3
6
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1
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.875
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
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0
.125
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6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
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2
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.778
6
2
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.750
4
5
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.444
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