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Detroit Lions Receiving Yards per Game Leaders

Career totals with the Lions and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through November 2: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics. Portsmouth Spartans 1930-1933.

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Calvin Johnson holds the Lions career record with 86.1 receiving yards per game. The single-season record is 122.8, by Calvin Johnson in 2012.

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

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 1.875 receptions per team game with the club, a career 200+ receptions with the club.

All-time Lions leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club Y/G G
1 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2007–2015 86.1 135
2 Amon-Ra St. Brown Amon-Ra St. Brown 2021–2026 76.7 89
3 Golden Tate Golden Tate 2014–2018 66.8 71
4 Roy Williams Roy Williams 2004–2008 65.8 59
5 Herman Moore Herman Moore 1991–2001 65.1 141
6 Marvin Jones Marvin Jones 2016–2023 59.3 73
7 Brett Perriman 1991–1996 55.8 94
8 Johnnie Morton Johnnie Morton 1994–2001 51.6 126
9 Gail Cogdill Gail Cogdill 1960–1968 50.7 103
10 Sam LaPorta Sam LaPorta 2023–2026 50.4 49
11 Jeff Chadwick 1983–1989 46.0 73
12 Freddie Scott 1978–1983 42.5 86
13 Charlie Sanders 1968–1977 37.6 128
14 Terry Barr Terry Barr 1957–1965 37.4 102
15 Brandon Pettigrew Brandon Pettigrew 2009–2015 34.5 86
16 Jahmyr Gibbs Jahmyr Gibbs 2023–2026 31.0 56
17 David Hill 1976–1982 30.5 100
18 Theo Riddick Theo Riddick 2013–2018 27.6 81
19 James Jones James Jones 1983–1988 27.3 85
20 Leonard Thompson 1975–1986 26.8 175
21 Jim Gibbons Jim Gibbons 1958–1968 25.4 140
22 Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 1989–1998 19.1 153

Single-season Lions records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season Y/G G
1 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2012 122.8 16
2 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2013 106.6 14
3 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2011 105.4 16
3 Herman Moore Herman Moore 1995 105.4 16
5 Amon-Ra St. Brown Amon-Ra St. Brown 2023 94.7 16
6 Brett Perriman 1995 93.0 16
7 Pat Studstill Pat Studstill 1966 90.4 14
8 Bob Mann Bob Mann 1949 84.5 12
9 Cloyce Box Cloyce Box 1950 84.1 12
10 Germane Crowell 1999 83.6 16
11 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2008 83.2 16
11 Golden Tate Golden Tate 2014 83.2 16
13 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2014 82.8 13
14 Amon-Ra St. Brown Amon-Ra St. Brown 2025 82.4 17
15 Roy Williams Roy Williams 2006 81.9 16
16 Herman Moore Herman Moore 1996 81.0 16
17 Herman Moore Herman Moore 1997 80.8 16
18 Herman Moore Herman Moore 1992 80.5 12
19 Terry Barr Terry Barr 1963 77.6 14
20 Cloyce Box Cloyce Box 1952 77.0 12
21 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2015 75.9 16
22 Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson 2010 74.7 15
23 Kenny Golladay Kenny Golladay 2019 74.4 16
24 Amon-Ra St. Brown Amon-Ra St. Brown 2024 74.3 17
25 Golden Tate Golden Tate 2018 73.9 7