nfl rookie receiving yards leaders 2020-

Justin Jefferson had the most receiving yards by a rookie in 2020, with 1,400 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,400
2020
16
88
125
15.9
87.5
7
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
2CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
935
2020
16
74
111
12.6
58.4
5
82
10
8.2
5.1
1
3Tee Higgins
T. Higgins
908
2020
16
67
108
13.6
56.8
6
28
5
5.6
1.8
0
4Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
873
2020
16
62
109
14.1
54.6
9
16
10
1.6
1.0
2
5Jerry Jeudy
J. Jeudy
856
2020
16
52
113
16.5
53.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
6Brandon Aiyuk
B. Aiyuk
748
2020
12
60
96
12.5
62.3
5
77
6
12.8
6.4
2
7Darnell Mooney
D. Mooney
631
2020
16
61
98
10.3
39.4
4
20
4
5.0
1.3
0
8Laviska Shenault Jr.
L. Shenault Jr.
600
2020
14
58
79
10.3
42.9
5
91
18
5.1
6.5
0
9Gabe Davis
G. Davis
599
2020
16
35
62
17.1
37.4
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
10Michael Pittman Jr.
M. Pittman Jr.
503
2020
13
40
61
12.6
38.7
1
26
3
8.7
2.0
0
11Henry Ruggs III
H. Ruggs III
452
2020
13
26
43
17.4
34.8
2
49
9
5.4
3.8
0
12Tyron Billy-Johnson
T. Billy-Johnson
398
2020
12
20
26
19.9
33.2
3
17
3
5.7
1.4
0
13Jalen Reagor
J. Reagor
396
2020
11
31
54
12.8
36.0
1
26
4
6.5
2.4
0
14KJ Hamler
KJ Hamler
381
2020
13
30
56
12.7
29.3
3
40
9
4.4
3.1
0
15Denzel Mims
D. Mims
357
2020
9
23
44
15.5
39.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
16D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
357
2020
13
46
57
7.8
27.5
2
521
114
4.6
40.1
8
17Quintez Cephus
Q. Cephus
349
2020
13
20
35
17.5
26.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
18James Robinson
J. Robinson
344
2020
14
49
60
7.0
24.6
3
1,070
240
4.5
76.4
7
19Donovan Peoples-Jones
D. Peoples-Jones
304
2020
12
14
20
21.7
25.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
299
2020
15
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
1,169
232
5.0
77.9
11
21Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
297
2020
13
36
54
8.3
22.8
1
803
181
4.4
61.8
4
22Collin Johnson
C. Johnson
272
2020
14
18
31
15.1
19.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
247
2020
14
36
44
6.9
17.6
0
795
170
4.7
56.8
11
24Cole Kmet
C. Kmet
243
2020
16
28
44
8.7
15.2
2
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
25Harrison Bryant
H. Bryant
238
2020
15
24
38
9.9
15.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,632

McCarthy

J.J. McCarthy

RUSH

758

Mason

Jordan Mason

REC

1,048

Jefferson

Justin Jefferson
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PPG

20.2

26th

OPP PPG

19.6

7th

RUSH YDS/G

108.3

23rd

PASS YDS/G

188.7

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6
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9
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9
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9
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9
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11
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