wide receiver average receiving yards in season

Wide receivers averaged 15.7 yards per reception in 1932.

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	POSITION	REC YDS	AVG	SEASON	GP	REC	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Wide Receiver	2,026	15.7	1932	313	129	6.5	10	33	3	11.0	0.1	1
2	Wide Receiver	3,810	17.2	1933	378	221	10.1	22	116	40	2.9	0.3	0
3	Wide Receiver	3,283	15.3	1934	413	215	7.9	27	246	49	5.0	0.6	2
4	Wide Receiver	4,682	16.9	1935	377	277	12.4	42	103	34	3.0	0.3	0
5	Wide Receiver	4,716	16.0	1936	415	294	11.4	36	78	18	4.3	0.2	1
6	Wide Receiver	5,646	15.7	1937	435	359	13.0	51	210	48	4.4	0.5	1
7	Wide Receiver	7,086	15.5	1938	471	458	15.0	63	266	43	6.2	0.6	0
8	Wide Receiver	8,494	16.2	1939	501	524	17.0	59	110	33	3.3	0.2	0
9	Wide Receiver	7,695	14.8	1940	522	519	14.7	51	53	21	2.5	0.1	0
10	Wide Receiver	7,408	14.1	1941	571	526	13.0	60	94	29	3.2	0.2	2
11	Wide Receiver	7,232	14.3	1942	525	504	13.8	53	116	30	3.9	0.2	0
12	Wide Receiver	5,683	15.4	1943	312	368	18.2	61	68	9	7.6	0.2	0
13	Wide Receiver	8,140	15.1	1944	444	538	18.3	70	145	46	3.2	0.3	0
14	Wide Receiver	9,020	16.5	1945	456	546	19.8	77	86	16	5.4	0.2	1
15	Wide Receiver	8,900	15.6	1946	528	571	16.9	73	9	10	0.9	0.0	0
16	Wide Receiver	12,704	16.5	1947	572	772	22.2	123	7	4	1.8	0.0	0
17	Wide Receiver	12,038	15.6	1948	561	774	21.5	114	103	28	3.7	0.2	1
18	Wide Receiver	12,152	14.7	1949	504	829	24.1	97	17	15	1.1	0.0	0
19	Wide Receiver	16,249	15.7	1950	472	1,032	34.4	126	16	4	4.0	0.0	0
20	Wide Receiver	14,483	15.2	1951	428	954	33.8	121	3	10	0.3	0.0	0
21	Wide Receiver	15,486	16.1	1952	407	960	38.0	138	12	6	2.0	0.0	0
22	Wide Receiver	14,864	15.3	1953	378	973	39.3	108	-10	3	-3.3	0.0	0
23	Wide Receiver	16,998	16.1	1954	431	1,054	39.4	136	247	53	4.7	0.6	1
24	Wide Receiver	14,239	15.2	1955	425	937	33.5	115	310	86	3.6	0.7	3
25	Wide Receiver	13,974	16.6	1956	390	842	35.8	110	65	15	4.3	0.2	0

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

662

Shough

648

Young

627

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

212

Henry

208

Gibbs

192

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

277

Smith-Njigba

268

Olave

225

Kincaid

Pass TD Leaders

6

Young

6

Prescott

6

Goff

Rush TD Leaders

4

Allen

4

Henry

3

Swift

Rec TD Leaders

4

Smith-Njigba

4

St. Brown

3

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

134.2

Dart

127.3

Lock

125.8

Allen

Sack Leaders

4.0

Rousseau

3.5

Watt

3.0

Hutchinson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

38.5

35.5

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.5

10.0

12.5

13.5

Total Yards Rankings

427.5

424.5

409.0

394.0

392.0

Rush Yards Rankings

220.0

212.5

165.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

279.5

266.5

Sack Leaders

8.0

7.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

49

Henry

45.9

Gibbs

39.3

Swift

Fantasy WR Rankings

51.7

Smith-Njigba

44.9

St. Brown

37.7

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

28.5

Kincaid

25.6

McBride

20.1

Goedert

Fantasy K Rankings

31

McPherson

27

McLaughlin

21

Smack

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-2

0-1

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Colts	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000