Denver Broncos Receiving Yards Leaders

Career totals with the Broncos and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season. AFL seasons (1960-1969) are not loaded, so franchise totals start in 1970.

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Rod Smith holds the Broncos career record with 11,390 receiving yards. The single-season record is 1,619, by Demaryius Thomas in 2014.

YDS REC TD Y/R Y/G TGT CTH% 1D YScm

All-time Broncos leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	YDS	G
1	Rod Smith	1995–2006	11,390	183
2	Demaryius Thomas	2010–2018	9,055	124
3	Shannon Sharpe	1990–2003	8,439	172
4	Courtland Sutton	2018–2025	6,357	114
5	Ed McCaffrey	1995–2003	6,200	118
6	Steve Watson	1979–1987	6,112	126
7	Riley Odoms	1972–1983	5,755	153
8	Vance Johnson	1985–1995	5,695	128
9	Haven Moses	1972–1981	5,450	140
10	Emmanuel Sanders	2014–2019	5,361	77
11	Mark Jackson	1986–1992	4,746	100
12	Rick Upchurch	1975–1983	4,369	119
13	Brandon Marshall	2006–2009	4,019	56
14	Eric Decker	2010–2013	3,070	58
15	Jerry Jeudy	2020–2023	3,053	57
16	Ashley Lelie	2002–2005	3,007	62
17	Anthony Miller	1994–1996	2,921	46
18	Steve Sewell	1985–1991	2,354	94
19	Clarence Kay	1984–1992	2,136	135
20	Eddie Royal	2008–2011	2,107	57
21	Brandon Stokley	2007–2012	2,034	53
22	Tim Patrick	2018–2021	2,009	51
23	Ricky Nattiel	1987–1992	1,972	70
24	Noah Fant	2019–2021	1,905	46
25	Tony Scheffler	2006–2009	1,896	49

Single-season Broncos records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	YDS	G
1	Demaryius Thomas	2014	1,619	16
2	Rod Smith	2000	1,602	16
3	Brandon Lloyd	2010	1,448	16
4	Demaryius Thomas	2012	1,434	16
5	Demaryius Thomas	2013	1,430	16
6	Emmanuel Sanders	2014	1,404	16
7	Rod Smith	2001	1,343	15
8	Brandon Marshall	2007	1,325	16
9	Ed McCaffrey	2000	1,317	16
10	Demaryius Thomas	2015	1,304	16
11	Eric Decker	2013	1,288	16
12	Brandon Marshall	2008	1,265	15
13	Steve Watson	1981	1,244	16
14	Rod Smith	1998	1,222	16
15	Rod Smith	1997	1,180	16
16	Steve Watson	1984	1,170	16
17	Rod Smith	2004	1,144	16
18	Emmanuel Sanders	2015	1,135	15
19	Steve Watson	1983	1,133	16
20	Brandon Marshall	2009	1,120	15
21	Courtland Sutton	2019	1,112	16
22	Anthony Miller	1994	1,107	16
22	Shannon Sharpe	1997	1,107	16
24	Rod Smith	2005	1,105	16
25	Vance Johnson	1989	1,095	16