most single season rec yards between 2011 to 2020

From 2011 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
5Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,698
2014
16
129
181
13.2
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
6Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,681
2011
16
96
158
17.5
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
7Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,677
2018
16
113
170
14.8
104.8
8
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
8Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
1,646
2013
14
87
159
18.9
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
9Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
1,619
2014
16
111
184
14.6
101.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
10Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,598
2012
16
112
163
14.3
99.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,593
2014
15
104
163
15.3
106.2
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
12DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
1,572
2018
16
115
163
13.7
98.3
11
-7
1
-7.0
-0.4
0
13Wes Welker
W. Welker
1,569
2011
16
122
173
12.9
98.1
9
30
4
7.5
1.9
0
14Victor Cruz
V. Cruz
1,536
2011
16
82
131
18.7
96.0
9
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
15Stefon Diggs
S. Diggs
1,535
2020
16
127
166
12.1
95.9
8
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
16Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,533
2017
14
101
163
15.2
109.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
17Mike Evans
M. Evans
1,524
2018
16
86
138
17.7
95.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
18DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
1,521
2015
16
111
192
13.7
95.1
11
0
0
0.0
0
19Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
1,519
2014
16
98
151
15.5
94.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
20Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
1,508
2012
16
118
194
12.8
94.3
11
-2
1
-2.0
-0.1
0
21Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
1,502
2015
16
109
173
13.8
93.9
14
0
0
0.0
0
22Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,499
2013
16
110
166
13.6
93.7
8
4
7
0.6
0.3
0
23Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,492
2013
14
84
157
17.8
106.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
24Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1,479
2018
16
87
137
17.0
92.4
12
151
22
6.9
9.4
1
25Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
1,450
2015
15
96
158
15.1
96.7
13
3
1
3.0
0.2
0

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