nfl yards per reception for a career by a player minimum 1000 catches

Jerry Rice averaged 14.8 yards per catch when making 1,000+ receptions in his career.

NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
14.8
1,549
303
709
22,895
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Cris Carter
C. Carter
12.6
1,101
234
442
13,899
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
3Tim Brown
T. Brown
13.7
1,094
255
670
14,934
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
4Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
14.9
1,024
223
1,210
15,208
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
5Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
13.2
1,102
190
1,431
14,580
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
6Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14.8
1,078
219
1,604
15,934
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
7Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
11.4
1,325
270
1,862
15,127
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
8Hines Ward
H. Ward
12.1
1,000
217
1,524
12,083
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
9Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14.3
1,031
219
1,745
14,731
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
10Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
13.4
1,070
211
1,712
14,345
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
11Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
12.8
1,076
202
1,739
13,779
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
12Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
13.4
1,062
193
1,743
14,185
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
13Jason Witten
J. Witten
10.6
1,228
271
1,723
13,046
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
14Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
12.2
1,432
263
2,335
17,492
66.5
121
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
15Keenan Allen
K. Allen
11.5
1,022
162
1,499
11,753
72.5
70
113
18
6.3
0.7
0
16Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12.1
1,041
183
1,448
12,625
69.0
80
15
9
1.7
0.1
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

20.0

26th

OPP PPG

20.5

8th

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89.4

30th

PASS YDS/G

272.9

2nd

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TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
5
3
0
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
SF SF
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Mon
11/24
CAR CAR
@
SF SF
8:15 PM
Sun
11/30
SF SF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

5 - 3 - 0

15

Final

26

HOU Texans

3 - 4 - 0

Sun 26 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
20-13

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10/30
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MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
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11/2
CHI CHI
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1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM