top receiving yards nfl 2016

The New Orleans Saints had the most receiving yards by a team in 2016, with 5,258 yards.

TEAMREC YDSSEASONGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Saints
Saints
5,258
2016
180
472
664
11.1
29.2
38
1,722
381
4.5
9.6
15
2Falcons
Falcons
4,960
2016
174
374
530
13.3
28.5
38
1,806
381
4.7
10.4
20
3Redskins
Redskins
4,950
2016
176
406
592
12.2
28.1
25
1,518
337
4.5
8.6
12
4Colts
Colts
4,491
2016
158
370
570
12.1
28.4
32
1,225
329
3.7
7.8
11
5Patriots
Patriots
4,456
2016
167
368
545
12.1
26.7
32
1,720
437
3.9
10.3
18
6Packers
Packers
4,445
2016
175
403
613
11.0
25.4
40
1,302
293
4.4
7.4
7
7Cardinals
Cardinals
4,425
2016
157
382
631
11.6
28.2
28
1,590
352
4.5
10.1
19
8Seahawks
Seahawks
4,422
2016
191
368
546
12.0
23.2
23
1,550
388
4.0
8.1
13
9Chargers
Chargers
4,386
2016
157
349
556
12.6
27.9
33
1,389
363
3.8
8.8
10
10Steelers
Steelers
4,377
2016
166
381
590
11.5
26.4
33
1,746
384
4.5
10.5
12
11Ravens
Ravens
4,343
2016
176
439
663
9.9
24.7
20
1,362
336
4.1
7.7
8
12Lions
Lions
4,329
2016
145
387
577
11.2
29.9
24
1,103
313
3.5
7.6
7
13Bengals
Bengals
4,206
2016
183
364
541
11.6
23.0
18
1,570
394
4.0
8.6
13
14Buccaneers
Buccaneers
4,165
2016
181
355
571
11.7
23.0
29
1,451
400
3.6
8.0
7
15Bears
Bears
4,139
2016
179
347
548
11.9
23.1
19
1,705
363
4.7
9.5
10
16Raiders
Raiders
4,137
2016
200
379
589
10.9
20.7
29
1,828
390
4.7
9.1
17
17Vikings
Vikings
4,119
2016
177
414
581
9.9
23.3
20
1,185
368
3.2
6.7
9
18Giants
Giants
4,027
2016
183
377
597
10.7
22.0
26
1,421
377
3.8
7.8
6
19Panthers
Panthers
3,962
2016
172
306
553
12.9
23.0
21
1,451
362
4.0
8.4
11
20Jaguars
Jaguars
3,925
2016
198
369
622
10.6
19.8
24
1,615
387
4.2
8.2
8
21Chiefs
Chiefs
3,920
2016
182
363
533
10.8
21.5
19
1,751
407
4.3
9.6
14
22Broncos
Broncos
3,914
2016
177
339
553
11.5
22.1
20
1,370
362
3.8
7.7
10
23Cowboys
Cowboys
3,799
2016
185
325
479
11.7
20.5
25
2,086
437
4.8
11.3
18
24Eagles
Eagles
3,798
2016
183
380
604
10.0
20.8
16
1,813
437
4.1
9.9
16
25Titans
Titans
3,720
2016
174
307
489
12.1
21.4
29
1,807
408
4.4
10.4
14
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
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.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
Bills Bills - w
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5
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.706
7
10
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Jets Jets - e
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.176
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10
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.588
8
9
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6
11
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.353
5
12
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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12
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14
3
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11
6
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6
11
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.353
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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.647
7
9
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.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
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.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
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.706
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12
5
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.706
3
14
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.176

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