nfl rookie receiving yards leaders wr 2021

Ja'Marr Chase had the most yards on receptions by a rookie wide receiver in 2021, with 1,455 yards.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
1,455
2021
CIN CIN
17
81
128
18.0
85.6
13
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
2 Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
1,015
2021
MIA MIA
16
104
140
9.8
63.4
6
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
3 DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
916
2021
PHI PHI
17
64
104
14.3
53.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
4 Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
912
2021
DET DET
17
90
119
10.1
53.6
5
61
7
8.7
3.6
1
5 Elijah Moore
E. Moore
538
2021
NYJ NYJ
11
43
77
12.5
48.9
5
54
5
10.8
4.9
1
6 Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
515
2021
BAL BAL
12
46
68
11.2
42.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
7 Nico Collins
N. Collins
446
2021
HOU HOU
14
33
60
13.5
31.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
8 Rondale Moore
R. Moore
435
2021
ARI ARI
14
54
64
8.1
31.1
1
76
18
4.2
5.4
0
9 Kadarius Toney
K. Toney
420
2021
NYG NYG
10
39
57
10.8
42.0
0
6
3
2.0
0.6
0
10 Joshua Palmer
J. Palmer
353
2021
LAC LAC
17
33
49
10.7
20.8
4
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
11 Jauan Jennings
J. Jennings
282
2021
SF SF
16
24
38
11.8
17.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
12 Antoine Wesley
A. Wesley
208
2021
ARI ARI
15
19
32
10.9
13.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
13 Dyami Brown
D. Brown
165
2021
WAS WAS
15
12
25
13.8
11.0
0
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
14 Terrace Marshall
T. Marshall
138
2021
CAR CAR
13
17
30
8.1
10.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Anthony Schwartz
A. Schwartz
135
2021
CLE CLE
14
10
23
13.5
9.6
1
39
6
6.5
2.8
0
16 Ben Skowronek
B. Skowronek
133
2021
LAR LAR
14
11
20
12.1
9.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Ihmir Smith-Marsette
I. Smith-Marsette
116
2021
MIN MIN
8
5
6
23.2
14.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
18 Shi Smith
S. Smith
104
2021
CAR CAR
6
6
11
17.3
17.3
0
-3
1
-3.0
-0.5
0
19 Trinity Benson
T. Benson
103
2021
DET DET
8
10
22
10.3
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
20 Dax Milne
D. Milne
83
2021
WAS WAS
13
9
14
9.2
6.4
0
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
21 Dee Eskridge
D. Eskridge
64
2021
SEA SEA
10
10
20
6.4
6.4
1
59
4
14.8
5.9
0
22 Dez Fitzpatrick
D. Fitzpatrick
49
2021
TEN TEN
4
5
8
9.8
12.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
23 Amari Rodgers
A. Rodgers
45
2021
GB GB
16
4
8
11.3
2.8
0
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
24 Jaelon Darden
J. Darden
43
2021
TB TB
9
6
12
7.2
4.8
0
11
1
11.0
1.2
0
25 D.J. Montgomery
D.J. Montgomery
36
2021
NYJ NYJ
3
3
6
12.0
12.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
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