nfl average receiving yards leaders season

Calvin Johnson has the most receiving yards in a season, with 1,964 yards in 2012.

Interpreted as:
NFL average receiving receiving yards leaders season
NAMEREC YDSAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,964
16.1
2012
16
122
204
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
2Cooper Kupp
C. Kupp
1,947
13.4
2021
17
145
191
114.5
16
18
4
4.5
1.1
0
3Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,871
13.8
2015
16
136
203
116.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
4Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,848
15.1
1995
16
122
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
5Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,834
13.5
2015
16
136
193
114.6
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
6Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,809
14.1
2022
17
128
184
106.4
8
24
4
6.0
1.4
1
7Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1,799
15.1
2023
16
119
171
112.4
13
15
6
2.5
0.9
0
8Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
1,793
15.1
2025
17
119
163
105.5
10
36
7
5.1
2.1
0
9Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,781
15.0
1995
16
119
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
10CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
1,749
13.0
2023
17
135
181
102.9
12
113
14
8.1
6.6
2
11Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,746
21.3
1961
14
82
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
12Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1,725
11.6
2019
16
149
185
107.8
9
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
13Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,722
12.0
2002
16
143
205
107.6
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
14Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
1,715
13.3
2025
16
129
166
107.2
10
105
10
10.5
6.6
1
15Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1,710
14.4
2022
17
119
170
100.6
7
32
7
4.6
1.9
1
16Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
1,708
13.4
2024
17
127
175
100.5
17
32
3
10.7
1.9
0
17Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,698
13.2
2014
16
129
181
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
18Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,696
14.5
2003
16
117
183
106.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
19Herman Moore
H. Moore
1,686
13.7
1995
16
123
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
20Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,681
17.5
2011
16
96
158
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
21Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,677
14.8
2018
16
113
170
104.8
8
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
22Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,663
14.5
1999
16
115
193
103.9
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
23Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
1,646
18.9
2013
14
87
159
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
24Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
1,636
14.1
1999
16
116
177
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
25Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,635
19.9
2000
16
82
139
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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