nfl rookie wr receiving ypg leaders 2021

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

NAMEREC YDS/GSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
85.6
2021
17
81
128
1,455
18.0
13
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
2Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
63.4
2021
16
104
140
1,015
9.8
6
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
3DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
53.9
2021
17
64
104
916
14.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
4Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
53.6
2021
17
90
119
912
10.1
5
61
7
8.7
3.6
1
5Elijah Moore
E. Moore
48.9
2021
11
43
77
538
12.5
5
54
5
10.8
4.9
1
6Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
42.9
2021
12
46
68
515
11.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Kadarius Toney
K. Toney
42.0
2021
10
39
57
420
10.8
0
6
3
2.0
0.6
0
8Nico Collins
N. Collins
31.9
2021
14
33
60
446
13.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Rondale Moore
R. Moore
31.1
2021
14
54
64
435
8.1
1
76
18
4.2
5.4
0
10Joshua Palmer
J. Palmer
20.8
2021
17
33
49
353
10.7
4
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
11Jauan Jennings
J. Jennings
17.6
2021
16
24
38
282
11.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Shi Smith
S. Smith
17.3
2021
6
6
11
104
17.3
0
-3
1
-3.0
-0.5
0
13Seth Williams
S. Williams
17.0
2021
2
1
1
34
34.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Ihmir Smith-Marsette
I. Smith-Marsette
14.5
2021
8
5
6
116
23.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
15Antoine Wesley
A. Wesley
13.9
2021
15
19
32
208
10.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Trinity Benson
T. Benson
12.9
2021
8
10
22
103
10.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Dez Fitzpatrick
D. Fitzpatrick
12.3
2021
4
5
8
49
9.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
18D.J. Montgomery
D.J. Montgomery
12.0
2021
3
3
6
36
12.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Dyami Brown
D. Brown
11.0
2021
15
12
25
165
13.8
0
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
20Terrace Marshall
T. Marshall
10.6
2021
13
17
30
138
8.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Tarik Black
T. Black
10.0
2021
1
1
2
10
10.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Anthony Schwartz
A. Schwartz
9.6
2021
14
10
23
135
13.5
1
39
6
6.5
2.8
0
23Ben Skowronek
B. Skowronek
9.5
2021
14
11
20
133
12.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Dazz Newsome
D. Newsome
7.7
2021
3
2
5
23
11.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Dee Eskridge
D. Eskridge
6.4
2021
10
10
20
64
6.4
1
59
4
14.8
5.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

More Bengals Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,809

Burrow

Joe Burrow

RUSH

1,019

Brown

Chase Brown

REC

1,412

Chase

Ja'Marr Chase
Team Rankings

PPG

24.4

12th

OPP PPG

28.9

30th

RUSH YDS/G

93.6

29th

PASS YDS/G

249.6

7th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
Bengals Bengals
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
Last Game
CLE Browns

5 - 12

20

Final

18

CIN Bengals

6 - 11

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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Scores

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Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
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23-20

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
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4:30 PM
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1/10
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8:00 PM
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1/11
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1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
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4:30 PM
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1/11
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8:00 PM