who led the nfl in receiving in 2012

Calvin Johnson had the most receiving yards in 2012, with 1,964 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
1,964
2012
16
122
204
16.1
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
2Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,598
2012
16
112
163
14.3
99.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
3Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
1,508
2012
16
118
194
12.8
94.3
11
-2
1
-2.0
-0.1
0
4Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
1,434
2012
16
94
141
15.3
89.6
10
0
0
0.0
0
5Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
1,384
2012
16
72
147
19.2
86.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
6Dez Bryant
D. Bryant
1,382
2012
16
92
138
15.0
86.4
12
-5
2
-2.5
-0.3
0
7Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
1,355
2012
16
106
195
12.8
84.7
5
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
8Wes Welker
W. Welker
1,354
2012
16
118
175
11.5
84.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
9Roddy White
R. White
1,351
2012
16
92
143
14.7
84.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
10A.J. Green
A.J. Green
1,350
2012
16
97
164
13.9
84.4
11
38
4
9.5
2.4
0
11Julio Jones
J. Jones
1,198
2012
16
79
129
15.2
74.9
10
30
6
5.0
1.9
0
12Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1,174
2012
16
73
138
16.1
73.4
4
27
3
9.0
1.7
0
13Marques Colston
M. Colston
1,154
2012
16
83
130
13.9
72.1
10
0
0
0.0
0
14Michael Crabtree
M. Crabtree
1,105
2012
16
85
126
13.0
69.1
9
8
1
8.0
0.5
0
15Victor Cruz
V. Cruz
1,092
2012
16
86
143
12.7
68.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
16Brian Hartline
B. Hartline
1,083
2012
16
74
131
14.6
67.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Eric Decker
E. Decker
1,064
2012
16
85
122
12.5
66.5
13
0
0
0.0
0
18Steve Johnson
S. Johnson
1,046
2012
16
79
148
13.2
65.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
19Lance Moore
L. Moore
1,041
2012
15
65
104
16.0
69.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
20Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,039
2012
16
110
149
9.4
64.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Mike Williams
M. Williams
996
2012
16
63
126
15.8
62.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
22Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
982
2012
15
85
135
11.6
65.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
23Cecil Shorts
C. Shorts
979
2012
14
55
105
17.8
69.9
7
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
24Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
954
2012
15
80
104
11.9
63.6
8
132
10
13.2
8.8
0
25Miles Austin
M. Austin
943
2012
16
66
119
14.3
58.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
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