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New England Patriots Yards per Reception Leaders

Career totals with the Patriots 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. Includes the club's AFL seasons (1960-1969), which the NFL's record book counts. Boston Patriots 1960-1970.

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Stanley Morgan holds the Patriots career record with 19.39 yards per reception. The single-season record is 26.11, by Ron Sellers in 1969.

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 Patriots leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club Y/R G
1 Stanley Morgan 1977–1989 19.39 180
2 Jim Colclough Jim Colclough 1960–1968 17.67 126
3 Irving Fryar Irving Fryar 1984–1992 15.77 129
4 Gino Cappelletti Gino Cappelletti 1960–1970 15.72 153
5 Russ Francis 1975–1988 15.25 92
6 Rob Gronkowski Rob Gronkowski 2010–2018 15.09 114
7 Randy Moss Randy Moss 2007–2010 15.07 52
8 Vincent Brisby 1993–1999 14.48 82
9 Terry Glenn Terry Glenn 1996–2001 14.19 67
10 Deion Branch Deion Branch 2002–2012 13.10 87
11 Jakobi Meyers Jakobi Meyers 2019–2022 11.74 53
12 Hunter Henry Hunter Henry 2021–2026 11.47 85
13 Troy Brown Troy Brown 1993–2007 11.41 189
14 Ben Coates Ben Coates 1991–1999 11.17 141
15 Wes Welker Wes Welker 2007–2012 11.08 93
16 Julian Edelman Julian Edelman 2009–2020 11.00 136
17 Danny Amendola Danny Amendola 2013–2017 10.36 68
18 Sam Cunningham Sam Cunningham 1973–1982 9.07 107
19 Tony Collins 1981–1987 9.03 102
20 Marv Cook 1989–1993 8.78 80
21 James White James White 2014–2021 8.60 93
22 Kevin Faulk Kevin Faulk 1999–2011 8.59 160
23 Rhamondre Stevenson Rhamondre Stevenson 2021–2026 7.28 77

Single-season Patriots records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season Y/R G
1 Ron Sellers Ron Sellers 1969 26.11 12
2 Stanley Morgan 1978 24.12 16
3 Stanley Morgan 1981 23.39 13
4 Stanley Morgan 1979 22.77 16
5 Shawn Jefferson 1998 22.68 16
6 Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 1979 22.51 16
7 Stanley Morgan 1980 22.02 16
8 Jim Colclough Jim Colclough 1962 21.70 14
9 Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 1980 21.06 16
10 Stanley Morgan 1982 20.86 9
11 Jim Colclough Jim Colclough 1964 20.53 14
12 Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 1978 20.08 16
13 Stanley Morgan 1985 19.49 15
14 Stanley Morgan 1984 18.66 13
15 Gino Cappelletti Gino Cappelletti 1965 18.38 14
16 David Patten David Patten 2004 18.18 15
17 Russ Francis 1975 18.17 14
18 Jim Colclough Jim Colclough 1961 18.02 14
19 Josh Gordon Josh Gordon 2018 18.00 11
20 Chris Hogan Chris Hogan 2016 17.89 15
21 Tony Romeo 1962 17.88 14
22 Stanley Morgan 1986 17.75 16
23 Gino Cappelletti Gino Cappelletti 1964 17.65 14
24 Don Hasselbeck Don Hasselbeck 1981 17.57 14
25 Shawn Jefferson 1999 17.45 16