what is the most passing yards a wr has thrown for in a single game

Ed Rutkowski has the most passing yards by a wide receiver in a game, with 161 yards versus the Broncos on November 24, 1968.

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What is the most passing yards a wr has thrown for in a single regular-season game?

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ed Rutkowski E. Rutkowski	161	11/24/1968	BUF	@	DEN	17	38	44.7	4.2	0	2	35.1	0.0	5.3
2	Ed Rutkowski E. Rutkowski	160	11/28/1968	BUF	@	OAK	10	25	40.0	6.4	0	2	28.8	0.0	8.0
3	Guido Merkens G. Merkens	104	12/26/1982	NO	vs	WAS	9	24	37.5	4.3	0	1	34.0	0.0	4.2	5	27
4	Sidney Rice S. Rice	94	11/18/2007	MIN	vs	OAK	2	2	100.0	47.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
5	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	85	12/17/1978	SF	@	DET	5	9	55.6	9.4	0	1	48.1	0.0	11.1
6	Arthur Marshall A. Marshall	81	12/6/1992	DEN	vs	DAL	1	1	100.0	81.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
7	Gary Hammond G. Hammond	81	10/13/1974	STL	vs	DAL	1	1	100.0	81.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
8	Bill McColl B. McColl	79	11/25/1956	CHB	@	NYG	1	1	100.0	79.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
9	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	77	12/22/1996	PIT	@	CAR	8	21	38.1	3.7	0	2	9.5	0.0	9.5	2	10
10	Tom Kennedy T. Kennedy	75	1/9/2022	DET	vs	GB	1	1	100.0	75.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
11	Mohamed Sanu M. Sanu	73	9/23/2012	CIN	@	WAS	1	1	100.0	73.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
12	Rod Smith R. Smith	72	10/5/2003	DEN	@	KC	1	1	100.0	72.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
13	Jarvis Landry J. Landry	63	12/23/2018	CLE	vs	CIN	1	1	100.0	63.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
14	David Patten D. Patten	60	10/21/2001	NE	@	IND	1	1	100.0	60.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
15	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	59	12/6/1981	DAL	@	BAL	1	1	100.0	59.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	Bill McColl B. McColl	59	9/25/1955	CHB	@	BAL	1	1	100.0	59.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
17	Lance Rentzel L. Rentzel	58	9/27/1970	DAL	vs	NYG	1	1	100.0	58.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
18	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	57	10/7/2018	NYG	@	CAR	1	1	100.0	57.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
19	Sidney Rice S. Rice	55	11/20/2011	SEA	@	STL	1	1	100.0	55.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
20	Guido Merkens G. Merkens	54	12/19/1982	NO	@	DAL	4	10	40.0	5.4	0	1	18.3	0.0	10.0	1	7
21	Cotton Speyrer C. Speyrer	54	12/2/1973	BAL	@	NYJ	1	1	100.0	54.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
22	Darnay Scott D. Scott	53	11/20/1994	CIN	vs	IND	1	1	100.0	53.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
23	Albert Wilson A. Wilson	52	9/23/2018	MIA	vs	OAK	1	1	100.0	52.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
24	Mohamed Sanu M. Sanu	51	11/26/2017	ATL	vs	TB	1	1	100.0	51.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
25	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	51	11/13/2005	PIT	vs	CLE	1	1	100.0	51.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0

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