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Players 2016 final

Wide receivers — 2016 · ranked by Rec yards

#PlayerTmG Grade Yds/gm Rec/gm Tgt/gm Rec yds Rec TD Y/R Catch% Tgt share WOPR
1 T.Y. Hilton IND 16 78 90.5 5.7 9.7 1448 91 6 15.9 58.7% 27.2% 0.69
2 Julio Jones ATL 14 79 100.6 5.9 9.2 1409 83 6 17.0 64.3% 27.1% 0.70
3 Odell Beckham Jr. NYG 16 81 85.4 6.3 10.6 1367 101 10 13.5 59.8% 28.6% 0.70
4 Mike Evans TB 16 83 82.6 6.0 10.8 1321 96 12 13.8 55.5% 30.4% 0.76
5 Antonio Brown PIT 15 91 85.6 7.1 10.3 1284 106 12 12.1 68.8% 27.7% 0.66
6 Jordy Nelson GB 16 85 78.6 6.1 9.5 1257 97 14 13.0 63.8% 25.6% 0.62
7 Brandin Cooks NO 15 75 78.2 5.2 7.8 1173 78 8 15.0 66.7% 18.8% 0.51
8 Amari Cooper LV 16 70 72.1 5.2 8.2 1153 83 5 13.9 62.9% 22.2% 0.52
9 Michael Thomas NO 15 75 75.8 6.1 8.1 1137 92 9 12.4 76.0% 19.6% 0.45
10 Jarvis Landry MIA 16 70 71.0 5.9 8.2 1136 94 4 12.1 71.8% 27.6% 0.57
11 Doug Baldwin SEA 16 74 70.5 5.9 7.8 1128 94 7 12.0 75.2% 22.5% 0.49
12 Julian Edelman NE 16 72 69.1 6.1 9.9 1106 98 3 11.3 61.6% 29.3% 0.67
13 Demaryius Thomas DEN 16 69 67.7 5.6 9.0 1083 90 5 12.0 62.5% 26.3% 0.61
14 Golden Tate DET 16 69 67.3 5.7 8.4 1077 91 4 11.8 67.4% 23.7% 0.53
15 Tyrell Williams LAC 16 67 66.2 4.3 7.4 1059 69 7 15.3 58.0% 21.4% 0.51
16 Pierre Garcon WAS 16 65 65.1 4.9 7.1 1041 79 3 13.2 69.3% 20.3% 0.46
17 Emmanuel Sanders DEN 15 67 68.8 5.3 9.1 1032 79 5 13.1 57.7% 27.0% 0.66
18 Larry Fitzgerald ARI 16 72 63.9 6.7 9.4 1023 107 6 9.6 71.3% 23.5% 0.49
19 Mike Wallace BAL 16 64 63.6 4.5 7.2 1017 72 4 14.1 62.1% 17.6% 0.45
20 Terrelle Pryor CLE 16 63 62.9 4.8 8.8 1007 77 4 13.1 55.0% 24.7% 0.65
21 DeSean Jackson WAS 15 61 67.0 3.7 6.7 1005 56 4 17.9 56.0% 18.2% 0.48
22 Michael Crabtree LV 16 71 62.7 5.6 9.1 1003 89 8 11.3 61.4% 24.7% 0.61
23 Kenny Britt LAR 15 66 66.8 4.5 7.4 1002 68 5 14.7 61.3% 22.6% 0.58
24 Davante Adams GB 16 73 62.3 4.7 7.6 997 75 12 13.3 62.0% 19.6% 0.48
25 Adam Thielen MIN 16 63 60.4 4.3 5.8 967 69 5 14.0 75.0% 15.6% 0.41
26 A.J. Green CIN 10 76 96.4 6.6 10.0 964 66 4 14.6 66.0% 30.4% 0.74
27 DeAndre Hopkins HOU 16 65 59.6 4.9 9.4 954 78 4 12.2 51.7% 26.2% 0.64
28 Rishard Matthews TEN 16 68 59.1 4.1 6.8 945 65 9 14.5 60.2% 22.2% 0.55
29 Kelvin Benjamin CAR 16 64 58.8 3.9 7.4 941 63 7 14.9 53.4% 21.4% 0.50
30 Marvin Jones DET 15 60 62.0 3.7 6.9 930 55 4 16.9 53.4% 19.0% 0.53
31 Stefon Diggs MIN 13 68 69.5 6.5 8.6 903 84 3 10.8 75.0% 23.7% 0.56
32 Willie Snead NO 15 65 59.7 4.8 6.9 895 72 4 12.4 69.2% 17.2% 0.37
33 Cameron Meredith CHI 14 63 63.4 4.7 6.9 888 66 4 13.5 68.0% 19.2% 0.44
34 Allen Robinson JAX 16 64 55.2 4.6 9.4 883 73 6 12.1 48.3% 24.2% 0.63
35 Brandon LaFell CIN 16 62 53.9 4.0 6.7 862 64 6 13.5 59.8% 20.5% 0.50
36 Quincy Enunwa NYJ 16 59 53.6 3.6 6.6 857 58 4 14.8 55.2% 19.2% 0.42
37 Marqise Lee JAX 16 59 53.2 3.9 6.6 851 63 3 13.5 60.0% 17.3% 0.43
38 Jamison Crowder WAS 16 62 52.9 4.2 6.2 847 67 7 12.6 67.7% 16.3% 0.35
39 Cole Beasley DAL 16 61 52.1 4.7 6.1 833 75 5 11.1 76.5% 20.7% 0.42
40 Alshon Jeffery CHI 12 62 68.4 4.3 7.8 821 52 2 15.8 55.3% 23.0% 0.59
41 Dontrelle Inman LAC 16 58 50.6 3.6 6.1 810 58 4 14.0 59.8% 17.0% 0.41
42 Steve Smith BAL 14 66 57.1 5.0 7.2 799 70 5 11.4 69.3% 18.3% 0.42
43 Dez Bryant DAL 13 67 61.2 3.8 7.4 796 50 8 15.9 52.1% 24.6% 0.66
44 Brandon Marshall NYJ 15 58 52.5 3.9 8.5 788 59 3 13.4 46.1% 24.9% 0.62
45 Ted Ginn CAR 16 57 47.0 3.4 5.9 752 54 4 13.9 56.8% 17.4% 0.40
46 DeVante Parker MIA 15 58 49.6 3.7 5.8 744 56 4 13.3 64.4% 19.5% 0.49
47 Kenny Stills MIA 16 60 45.4 2.6 5.1 726 42 9 17.3 51.9% 17.4% 0.48
48 Sterling Shepard NYG 16 61 42.7 4.1 6.6 683 65 8 10.5 61.9% 17.3% 0.40
49 Chris Hogan NE 15 55 45.3 2.5 3.9 680 38 4 17.9 65.5% 11.5% 0.31
50 Travis Benjamin LAC 14 57 48.4 3.4 5.4 677 47 4 14.4 62.7% 15.8% 0.39
51 Jeremy Kerley SF 16 56 41.7 4.0 7.2 667 64 3 10.4 55.7% 24.4% 0.55
52 Mohamed Sanu ATL 15 57 43.5 3.9 5.4 653 59 4 11.1 72.8% 16.0% 0.34
53 Will Fuller HOU 14 54 45.4 3.4 6.6 635 47 2 13.5 51.1% 18.2% 0.49
54 Adam Humphries TB 15 54 41.5 3.7 5.5 622 55 2 11.3 66.3% 14.6% 0.27
55 Robert Woods BUF 13 56 47.2 3.9 5.8 613 51 1 12.0 67.1% 19.9% 0.46
56 Randall Cobb GB 13 60 46.9 4.6 6.5 610 60 4 10.2 71.4% 16.1% 0.33
57 Tyler Boyd CIN 16 52 37.7 3.4 5.1 603 54 1 11.2 66.7% 14.8% 0.33
58 Tyler Lockett SEA 15 52 39.8 2.7 4.4 597 41 1 14.6 62.1% 13.1% 0.30
59 Terrance Williams DAL 15 53 39.6 2.9 4.1 594 44 4 13.5 72.1% 14.0% 0.37
60 Eli Rogers PIT 13 56 45.7 3.7 5.1 594 48 3 12.4 72.7% 13.8% 0.31

What this is. Finished box-score production from 2016, ranked by Rec yards. Per-game columns divide by games played, not games on the schedule, so a player who missed time is measured on the games he was in — and his season totals still show the games he missed. Minimum 4 games to be ranked, otherwise one big afternoon tops every list.

What it isn’t. None of this is a projection, a pick, or a prop recommendation — it is what already happened. Last season’s rate is a starting point for what a player does in a game, not a forecast of the next one: offense, role, and health all move underneath it. Target share and WOPR describe a player’s share of his own team’s passing game, so they compare roles, not players across teams.

About the grade. 0–100, where 50 is average for the position and 85+ is elite. It is box production, scaled by the defense it came against, pulled toward the positional average when a player has few games, then ranked within position — so a 90 quarterback and a 90 kicker are each elite for their own spot and are not comparable to each other in any other way. It needs 6 games, so players below that show — rather than a number built on a hot month.

What the grade can’t see. There is no charting behind it, so it rewards production over technique: the receiver who ran the route that freed someone else, and the back who picked up the blitz, get nothing for it. It is role-dependent by construction — a back on a run-heavy team gets more chances than an equally good back who touches it half as often. Kickers are not opponent-adjusted, because field goals are contested by distance and weather, not by the defense across the ball. And it grades a season already played; it is not a projection of the next one.

Regular season and postseason are kept separate on purpose. Playoff samples are small and the opponents are better; blending them into a season rate quietly flatters the players who got there. The grade is regular-season only, so it is not offered on the postseason split.