nfl rookie receiving yards per game leaders 2021

Ja'Marr Chase averaged the most receiving yards per game by a rookie in 2021, with 85.6 per game.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	85.6	2021	CIN	17	81	128	1,455	18.0	13	21	7	3.0	1.2	0
2	Jaylen Waddle J. Waddle	63.4	2021	MIA	16	104	140	1,015	9.8	6	3	2	1.5	0.2	1
3	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	60.4	2021	ATL	17	68	110	1,026	15.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
4	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	53.9	2021	PHI	17	64	104	916	14.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
5	Amon-Ra St. Brown A. St. Brown	53.6	2021	DET	17	90	119	912	10.1	5	61	7	8.7	3.6	1
6	Elijah Moore E. Moore	48.9	2021	NYJ	11	43	77	538	12.5	5	54	5	10.8	4.9	1
7	Rashod Bateman R. Bateman	42.9	2021	BAL	12	46	68	515	11.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Kadarius Toney K. Toney	42.0	2021	NYG	10	39	57	420	10.8	0	6	3	2.0	0.6	0
9	Nico Collins N. Collins	31.9	2021	HOU	14	33	60	446	13.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Rondale Moore R. Moore	31.1	2021	ARI	14	54	64	435	8.1	1	76	18	4.2	5.4	0
11	Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	31.1	2021	PIT	16	60	79	497	8.3	7	0	0		0.0	0
12	Najee Harris N. Harris	27.5	2021	PIT	17	74	94	467	6.3	3	1,200	307	3.9	70.6	7
13	Michael Carter M. Carter	23.2	2021	NYJ	14	36	55	325	9.0	0	639	147	4.3	45.6	4
14	Joshua Palmer J. Palmer	20.8	2021	LAC	17	33	49	353	10.7	4	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
15	Brevin Jordan B. Jordan	19.8	2021	HOU	9	20	28	178	8.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Javonte Williams J. Williams	18.6	2021	DEN	17	43	53	316	7.3	3	903	203	4.4	53.1	4
17	Jauan Jennings J. Jennings	17.6	2021	SF	16	24	38	282	11.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Shi Smith S. Smith	17.3	2021	CAR	6	6	11	104	17.3	0	-3	1	-3.0	-0.5	0
19	Seth Williams S. Williams	17.0	2021	DEN	2	1	1	34	34.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	15.8	2021	PHI	16	33	50	253	7.7	1	291	68	4.3	18.2	5
21	John Bates J. Bates	14.6	2021	WAS	17	20	25	249	12.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	Ihmir Smith-Marsette I. Smith-Marsette	14.5	2021	MIN	8	5	6	116	23.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
23	Antoine Wesley A. Wesley	13.9	2021	ARI	15	19	32	208	10.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Trinity Benson T. Benson	12.9	2021	DET	8	10	22	103	10.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Elijah Mitchell E. Mitchell	12.5	2021	SF	11	19	20	137	7.2	1	963	207	4.7	87.5	5

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Mon 9/29	CIN	@	DEN	8:15 PM
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Bengals	2	1	0	.667
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Wed 9/3	DAL	@	PHI	20-24
Thu 9/4	KC	@	LAC	21-27
Sat 9/6	PIT	@	NYJ	34-32
Sat 9/6	TB	@	ATL	23-20
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Thu 9/25	SEA	@	ARI	8:15 PM
Sun 9/28	MIN	@	PIT	9:30 AM
Sun 9/28	NO	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Sun 9/28	TEN	@	HOU	1:00 PM
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Ja'Marr Chase averaged the most receiving yards per game by a rookie in 2021, with 85.6 per game.

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