wide receiver most receiving yards in a season since 2000

Since 2000, Calvin Johnson has the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in a season, with 1,964 yards in 2012.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	1,964	2012	DET	16	122	204	16.1	122.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	1,947	2021	LAR	17	145	191	13.4	114.5	16	18	4	4.5	1.1	0
3	Julio Jones J. Jones	1,871	2015	ATL	16	136	203	13.8	116.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
4	Antonio Brown A. Brown	1,834	2015	PIT	16	136	193	13.5	114.6	10	28	3	9.3	1.8	0
5	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,809	2022	MIN	17	128	184	14.1	106.4	8	24	4	6.0	1.4	1
6	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	1,799	2023	MIA	16	119	171	15.1	112.4	13	15	6	2.5	0.9	0
7	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	1,749	2023	DAL	17	135	181	13.0	102.9	12	113	14	8.1	6.6	2
8	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	1,725	2019	NO	16	149	185	11.6	107.8	9	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
9	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	1,722	2002	IND	16	143	205	12.0	107.6	11	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
10	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	1,710	2022	MIA	17	119	170	14.4	100.6	7	32	7	4.6	1.9	1
11	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	1,709	2025	SEA	16	113	155	15.1	106.8	10	36	7	5.1	2.3	0
12	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,708	2024	CIN	17	127	175	13.4	100.5	17	32	3	10.7	1.9	0
13	Antonio Brown A. Brown	1,698	2014	PIT	16	129	181	13.2	106.1	13	13	4	3.3	0.8	0
14	Torry Holt T. Holt	1,696	2003	STL	16	117	183	14.5	106.0	12	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
15	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	1,681	2011	DET	16	96	158	17.5	105.1	16	11	1	11.0	0.7	0
16	Julio Jones J. Jones	1,677	2018	ATL	16	113	170	14.8	104.8	8	12	2	6.0	0.8	0
17	Josh Gordon J. Gordon	1,646	2013	CLE	14	87	159	18.9	117.6	9	88	5	17.6	6.3	0
18	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	1,639	2025	LAR	15	119	155	13.8	109.3	9	81	8	10.1	5.4	1
19	Torry Holt T. Holt	1,635	2000	STL	16	82	139	19.9	102.2	6	7	2	3.5	0.4	0
20	Randy Moss R. Moss	1,632	2003	MIN	16	111	172	14.7	102.0	17	18	6	3.0	1.1	0
21	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	1,619	2014	DEN	16	111	184	14.6	101.2	11	0	0		0.0	0
22	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,616	2021	MIN	17	108	167	15.0	95.1	10	14	6	2.3	0.8	0
23	Rod Smith R. Smith	1,602	2000	DEN	16	100	173	16.0	100.1	8	99	6	16.5	6.2	1
24	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	1,598	2012	HOU	16	112	163	14.3	99.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
25	David Boston D. Boston	1,598	2001	ARI	16	98	175	16.3	99.9	8	35	5	7.0	2.2	0

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