nfl receiving yards leaders single season since 1998

Since 1998, Calvin Johnson has the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,964 yards in 2012.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,964
2012
DET DET
16
122
204
16.1
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
2Cooper Kupp
C. Kupp
1,947
2021
LAR LAR
17
145
191
13.4
114.5
16
18
4
4.5
1.1
0
3Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,871
2015
ATL ATL
16
136
203
13.8
116.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
4Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,834
2015
PIT PIT
16
136
193
13.5
114.6
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
5Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,809
2022
MIN MIN
17
128
184
14.1
106.4
8
24
4
6.0
1.4
1
6Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1,799
2023
MIA MIA
16
119
171
15.1
112.4
13
15
6
2.5
0.9
0
7CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
1,749
2023
DAL DAL
17
135
181
13.0
102.9
12
113
14
8.1
6.6
2
8Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1,725
2019
NO NO
16
149
185
11.6
107.8
9
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
9Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,722
2002
IND IND
16
143
205
12.0
107.6
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
10Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1,710
2022
MIA MIA
17
119
170
14.4
100.6
7
32
7
4.6
1.9
1
11Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
1,708
2024
CIN CIN
17
127
175
13.4
100.5
17
32
3
10.7
1.9
0
12Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,698
2014
PIT PIT
16
129
181
13.2
106.1
13
13
4
3.3
0.8
0
13Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,696
2003
STL STL
16
117
183
14.5
106.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
14Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,681
2011
DET DET
16
96
158
17.5
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
15Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,677
2018
ATL ATL
16
113
170
14.8
104.8
8
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
16Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,663
1999
IND IND
16
115
193
14.5
103.9
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
17Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
1,646
2013
CLE CLE
14
87
159
18.9
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
18Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
1,636
1999
JAX JAX
16
116
177
14.1
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
19Torry Holt
T. Holt
1,635
2000
STL STL
16
82
139
19.9
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
20Randy Moss
R. Moss
1,632
2003
MIN MIN
16
111
172
14.7
102.0
17
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
21Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
1,619
2014
DEN DEN
16
111
184
14.6
101.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
22Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,616
2021
MIN MIN
17
108
167
15.0
95.1
10
14
6
2.3
0.8
0
23Rod Smith
R. Smith
1,602
2000
DEN DEN
16
100
173
16.0
100.1
8
99
6
16.5
6.2
1
24Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,598
2012
HOU HOU
16
112
163
14.3
99.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
25David Boston
D. Boston
1,598
2001
ARI ARI
16
98
175
16.3
99.9
8
35
5
7.0
2.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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6
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