Carolina Panthers Yards per Reception Leaders

Career totals with the Panthers and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 29: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Steve Smith holds the Panthers career record with 14.58 yards per reception. The single-season record is 18.77, by Willie Green in 1995.

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 Panthers leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/R	G
1	Steve Smith	2001–2013	14.58	182
2	DJ Moore	2018–2022	14.29	80
3	Muhsin Muhammad	1996–2009	13.30	155
4	Greg Olsen	2011–2019	12.33	126
5	Wesley Walls	1996–2002	12.04	96
6	Christian McCaffrey	2017–2022	8.44	64

Single-season Panthers records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/R	G
1	Willie Green	1995	18.77	16
2	Steve Smith	2008	18.17	14
3	DJ Moore	2020	18.08	15
4	Steve Smith	2011	17.65	16
5	Patrick Jeffers	1999	17.17	14
6	Brandon LaFell	2011	17.03	15
7	Ted Ginn	2015	16.80	15
8	Steve Smith	2002	16.15	15
9	Steve Smith	2012	16.08	16
10	Keary Colbert	2004	16.04	15
11	Muhsin Muhammad	2003	15.50	15
12	Ted Ginn	2013	15.44	16
13	Brandon LaFell	2012	15.39	13
14	Devin Funchess	2015	15.26	16
15	Mark Carrier	1995	15.18	16
16	Steve Smith	2005	15.17	16
17	Steve Smith	2009	15.11	15
18	Muhsin Muhammad	2004	15.11	16
19	DJ Chark	2023	15.00	14
20	Jalen Coker	2024	14.94	11
21	Kelvin Benjamin	2016	14.94	16
22	Kelvin Benjamin	2017	14.84	8
23	Rocket Ismail	1998	14.84	16
24	Ricky Proehl	2004	14.62	15
25	Ed Dickson	2017	14.57	14