rookie receiving leaders in the nfl 2021

Ja'Marr Chase had the most receiving yards by a rookie in 2021, with 1,455 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
1,455
2021
17
81
128
18.0
85.6
13
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
2Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
1,026
2021
17
68
110
15.1
60.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
3Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
1,015
2021
16
104
140
9.8
63.4
6
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
4DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
916
2021
17
64
104
14.3
53.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
5Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
912
2021
17
90
119
10.1
53.6
5
61
7
8.7
3.6
1
6Elijah Moore
E. Moore
538
2021
11
43
77
12.5
48.9
5
54
5
10.8
4.9
1
7Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
515
2021
12
46
68
11.2
42.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
497
2021
16
60
79
8.3
31.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
9Najee Harris
N. Harris
467
2021
17
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
1,200
307
3.9
70.6
7
10Nico Collins
N. Collins
446
2021
14
33
60
13.5
31.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Rondale Moore
R. Moore
435
2021
14
54
64
8.1
31.1
1
76
18
4.2
5.4
0
12Kadarius Toney
K. Toney
420
2021
10
39
57
10.8
42.0
0
6
3
2.0
0.6
0
13Joshua Palmer
J. Palmer
353
2021
17
33
49
10.7
20.8
4
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
14Michael Carter
M. Carter
325
2021
14
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
639
147
4.3
45.6
4
15Javonte Williams
J. Williams
316
2021
17
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
903
203
4.4
53.1
4
16Jauan Jennings
J. Jennings
282
2021
16
24
38
11.8
17.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
17Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
253
2021
16
33
50
7.7
15.8
1
291
68
4.3
18.2
5
18John Bates
J. Bates
249
2021
17
20
25
12.5
14.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Antoine Wesley
A. Wesley
208
2021
15
19
32
10.9
13.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Demetric Felton
D. Felton
181
2021
16
18
21
10.1
11.3
2
24
7
3.4
1.5
0
21Tommy Tremble
T. Tremble
180
2021
16
20
35
9.0
11.3
1
11
3
3.7
0.7
1
22Brevin Jordan
B. Jordan
178
2021
9
20
28
8.9
19.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
23Chuba Hubbard
C. Hubbard
174
2021
17
25
37
7.0
10.2
1
612
172
3.6
36.0
5
24Dyami Brown
D. Brown
165
2021
15
12
25
13.8
11.0
0
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
25Chris Evans
C. Evans
151
2021
14
15
17
10.1
10.8
2
77
17
4.5
5.5
0
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More Bengals Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,640

Flacco

Joe Flacco

RUSH

846

Brown

Chase Brown

REC

1,256

Chase

Ja'Marr Chase
Team Rankings

PPG

23.9

13th

OPP PPG

30.5

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

88.6

31st

PASS YDS/G

245.3

8th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
Bengals Bengals
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

5 - 10

45

Final

21

MIA Dolphins

6 - 9

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
4
0
.733
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
13-44
Sat
9/20
@
15-16
Sat
9/20
@
14-31
Sat
9/20
@
22-9
Sun
9/21
@
38-30

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM