Did you know....only 7 players in the entire NFL rushed for more than 1000yds this season??? Holy MOly! I think it is now safe to say no player will ever break Emmitt Smith career rushing record. Adrian Peterson is the last of a dead breed. 30years old and 10 season in the NFL...can the man surpass legendary rushing leaders Walter Payton, Barry Sanders or our very own Curtis Martin? The game has certainly changed a ton the last few years. All purpose yards is going to take over rushing yards as a stat and prestigious plateau for NFL running backs. The 'feature back' is dead, and the rushing stat on its own is becoming an anomaly. 2015 1 Adrian Peterson, RB MIN 327 ..1,485 2 Doug Martin, RB TB 288.. 1,402 3 Todd Gurley, RB STL 229.. 1,106 4 Darren McFadden, RB DAL 239.. 1,089 5 Chris Ivory, RB NYJ 247.. 1,070 6 Latavius Murray, RB OAK 266.. 1,066 7 Devonta Freeman, RB ATL 264 ..1,061 2014 1 DeMarco Murray, RB DAL 392 1,845 2 Le'Veon Bell, RB PIT 290 1,361 3 LeSean McCoy, RB PHI 312 1,319 4 Marshawn Lynch, RB SEA 280 1,306 5 Justin Forsett, RB BAL 235 1,266 6 Arian Foster, RB HOU 260 1,246 7 Eddie Lacy, RB GB 246 1,139 8 Jeremy Hill, RB CIN 222 1,124 9 Frank Gore, RB SF 255 1,106 10 Lamar Miller, RB MIA 216 1,099 11 Alfred Morris, RB WSH 265 1,074 12 Matt Forte, RB CHI 266 1,038 13 Jamaal Charles, RB KC 206 1,033 2013 1 LeSean McCoy, RB PHI 314 1,607 2 Matt Forte, RB CHI 289 1,339 3 Jamaal Charles, RB KC 259 1,287 4 Alfred Morris, RB WSH 276 1,275 5 Adrian Peterson, RB MIN 279 1,266 6 Marshawn Lynch, RB SEA 301 1,257 7 Ryan Mathews, RB SD 285 1,255 8 Eddie Lacy, RB GB 284 1,178 9 Frank Gore, RB SF 276 1,128 10 DeMarco Murray, RB DAL 217 1,121 11 Chris Johnson, RB TEN 279 1,077 12 Knowshon Moreno, RB DEN 241 1,038 13 Reggie Bush, RB DET 223 1,006 2012 1 Adrian Peterson, RB MIN 348 2,097 2 Alfred Morris, RB WSH 335 1,613 3 Marshawn Lynch, RB SEA 315 1,590 4 Jamaal Charles, RB KC 285 1,509 5 Doug Martin, RB TB 319 1,454 6 Arian Foster, RB HOU 351 1,424 7 Stevan Ridley, RB NE 290 1,263 8 C.J. Spiller, RB BUF 207 1,244 9 Chris Johnson, RB TEN 276 1,243 10 Frank Gore, RB SF 258 1,214 11 Ray Rice, RB BAL 257 1,143 12 Matt Forte, RB CHI 248 1,094 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB CIN 278 1,094 14 Shonn Greene, RB NYJ 276 1,063 15 Steven Jackson, RB STL 258 1,045 16 Ahmad Bradshaw, RB NYG 221 1,015 2011 1 Maurice Jones-Drew, RB JAX 343 1,606 2 Ray Rice, RB BAL 291 1,364 3 Michael Turner, RB ATL 301 1,340 4 LeSean McCoy, RB PHI 273 1,309 5 Arian Foster, RB HOU 278 1,224 6 Frank Gore, RB SF 282 1,211 7 Marshawn Lynch, RB SEA 285 1,204 8 Willis McGahee, RB DEN 249 1,199 9 Steven Jackson, RB STL 260 1,145 10 Ryan Mathews, RB SD 222 1,091 11 Reggie Bush, RB MIA 216 1,086 12 Cedric Benson, RB CIN 273 1,067 13 Shonn Greene, RB NYJ 253 1,054 14 Chris Johnson, RB TEN 262 1,047
2010 1 Arian Foster, RB HOU 327 1,616 2 Jamaal Charles, RB KC 230 1,467 3 Michael Turner, RB ATL 334 1,371 4 Chris Johnson, RB TEN 316 1,364 5 Maurice Jones-Drew, RB JAX 299 1,324 6 Adrian Peterson, RB MIN 283 1,298 7 Rashard Mendenhall, RB PIT 324 1,273 8 Steven Jackson, RB STL 330 1,241 9 Ahmad Bradshaw, RB NYG 276 1,235 10 Ray Rice, RB BAL 307 1,220 11 Peyton Hillis, RB CLE 270 1,177 12 Darren McFadden, RB OAK 223 1,157 13 Cedric Benson, RB CIN 321 1,111 14 LeSean McCoy, RB PHI 207 1,080 15 Matt Forte, RB CHI 237 1,069 16 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB NE 229 1,008 17 LeGarrette Blount, RB TB 201 1,007 2009 1 Chris Johnson, RB TEN 358 2,006 2 Steven Jackson, RB STL 324 1,416 3 Thomas Jones, RB NYJ 331 1,402 4 Maurice Jones-Drew, RB JAX 312 1,391 5 Adrian Peterson, RB MIN 314 1,383 6 Ray Rice, RB BAL 254 1,339 7 Ryan Grant, RB GB 282 1,253 8 Cedric Benson, RB CIN 301 1,251 9 Jonathan Stewart, RB CAR 221 1,133 10 Ricky Williams, RB MIA 241 1,121 11 Jamaal Charles, RB KC 190 1,120 Frank Gore, RB SF 229 1,120 13 DeAngelo Williams, RB CAR 216 1,117 14 Rashard Mendenhall, RB PIT 242 1,108 15 Fred Jackson, RB BUF 237 1,062 2008 1 Adrian Peterson, RB MIN 363 1,760 2 Michael Turner, RB ATL 376 1,699 3 DeAngelo Williams, RB CAR 273 1,515 4 Clinton Portis, RB WSH 342 1,487 5 Thomas Jones, RB NYJ 290 1,312 6 Steve Slaton, RB HOU 268 1,282 7 Matt Forte, RB CHI 316 1,238 8 Chris Johnson, RB TEN 251 1,228 9 Ryan Grant, RB GB 312 1,203 10 LaDainian Tomlinson, RB SD 292 1,110 11 Brandon Jacobs, RB NYG 219 1,089 12 Steven Jackson, RB STL 253 1,042 13 Marshawn Lynch, RB BUF 250 1,036 Frank Gore, RB SF 240 1,036 15 Derrick Ward, RB NYG 182 1,025 16 Jamal Lewis, RB CLE 279 1,002 2007 1 LaDainian Tomlinson, RB SD 315 1,474 2 Adrian Peterson, RB MIN 238 1,341 3 Brian Westbrook, RB PHI 278 1,333 4 Willie Parker, RB PIT 321 1,316 5 Jamal Lewis, RB CLE 298 1,304 6 Clinton Portis, RB WSH 325 1,262 7 Edgerrin James, RB ARI 324 1,222 8 Willis McGahee, RB BAL 294 1,207 9 Fred Taylor, RB JAX 223 1,202 10 Thomas Jones, RB NYJ 310 1,119 11 Marshawn Lynch, RB BUF 280 1,115 12 LenDale White, RB TEN 303 1,110 13 Frank Gore, RB SF 260 1,102 14 Joseph Addai, RB IND 261 1,072 15 Justin Fargas, RB OAK 222 1,009 Brandon Jacobs, RB NYG 202 1,009 17 Steven Jackson, RB STL 237 1,002
2006 1 LaDainian Tomlinson, RB SD 348 1,815 2 Larry Johnson, RB KC 416 1,789 3 Frank Gore, RB SF 312 1,695 4 Tiki Barber, RB NYG 327 1,662 5 Steven Jackson, RB STL 346 1,528 6 Willie Parker, RB PIT 337 1,494 7 Rudi Johnson, RB CIN 341 1,309 8 Brian Westbrook, RB PHI 240 1,217 9 Chester Taylor, RB MIN 303 1,216 10 Travis Henry, RB TEN 270 1,211 11 Thomas Jones, RB CHI 296 1,210 12 Edgerrin James, RB ARI 337 1,159 13 Ladell Betts, RB WSH 245 1,154 14 Fred Taylor, RB JAX 231 1,146 15 Warrick Dunn, RB ATL 286 1,140 16 Jamal Lewis, RB BAL 314 1,132 17 Julius Jones, RB DAL 267 1,084 18 Joseph Addai, RB IND 226 1,081 19 Ahman Green, RB GB 266 1,059 20 Deuce McAllister, RB NO 244 1,057 21 Mike Vick, QB ATL 123 1,039 22 Tatum Bell, RB DEN 233 1,025 23 Ronnie Brown, RB MIA 241 1,008 2005 1 Shaun Alexander, RB SEA 370 1,880 2 Tiki Barber, RB NYG 357 1,860 3 Larry Johnson, RB KC 336 1,750 4 Clinton Portis, RB WSH 352 1,516 5 Edgerrin James, RB IND 360 1,506 6 LaDainian Tomlinson, RB SD 339 1,462 7 Rudi Johnson, RB CIN 337 1,458 8 Warrick Dunn, RB ATL 280 1,416 9 Thomas Jones, RB CHI 314 1,335 10 Willis McGahee, RB BUF 325 1,247 11 Reuben Droughns, RB CLE 309 1,232 12 Willie Parker, RB PIT 255 1,202 13 Cadillac Williams, RB TB 290 1,178 14 Steven Jackson, RB STL 254 1,046 15 LaMont Jordan, RB OAK 272 1,025 16 Mike Anderson, RB DEN 239 1,014 2004 1 Curtis Martin, RB NYJ 371 1,697 2 Shaun Alexander, RB SEA 353 1,696 3 Corey Dillon, RB NE 345 1,635 4 Edgerrin James, RB IND 334 1,548 5 Tiki Barber, RB NYG 322 1,518 6 Rudi Johnson, RB CIN 361 1,454 7 LaDainian Tomlinson, RB SD 339 1,335 8 Clinton Portis, RB WSH 343 1,315 9 Reuben Droughns, RB DEN 275 1,240 10 Fred Taylor, RB JAX 260 1,224 11 Domanick Williams, RB HOU 302 1,188 12 Ahman Green, RB GB 259 1,163 13 Kevin Jones, RB DET 241 1,133 14 Willis McGahee, RB BUF 284 1,128 15 Warrick Dunn, RB ATL 265 1,106 16 Deuce McAllister, RB NO 269 1,074 17 Chris Brown, RB TEN 220 1,067 18 Jamal Lewis, RB BAL 235 1,006 2003 1 Jamal Lewis, RB BAL 387 2,066 2 Ahman Green, RB GB 355 1,883 3 LaDainian Tomlinson, RB SD 313 1,645 4 Deuce McAllister, RB NO 351 1,641 5 Clinton Portis, RB DEN 290 1,591 6 Fred Taylor, RB JAX 345 1,572 7 Stephen Davis, RB CAR 318 1,444 8 Shaun Alexander, RB SEA 326 1,435 9 Priest Holmes, RB KC 320 1,420 10 Ricky Williams, RB MIA 392 1,372 11 Travis Henry, RB BUF 331 1,356 12 Curtis Martin, RB NYJ 323 1,308 13 Edgerrin James, RB IND 310 1,259 14 Tiki Barber, RB NYG 278 1,216 15 Eddie George, RB TEN 312 1,031 Domanick Williams, RB HOU 238 1,031 17 Anthony Thomas, RB CHI 244 1,024 Kevan Barlow, RB SF 201 1,024 2002 1 Ricky Williams, RB MIA 383 1,853 2 LaDainian Tomlinson, RB SD 372 1,683 3 Priest Holmes, RB KC 313 1,615 4 Clinton Portis, RB DEN 273 1,508 5 Travis Henry, RB BUF 325 1,438 6 Deuce McAllister, RB NO 325 1,388 7 Tiki Barber, RB NYG 304 1,387 8 Jamal Lewis, RB BAL 308 1,327 9 Fred Taylor, RB JAX 287 1,314 10 Corey Dillon, RB CIN 314 1,311 11 Michael Bennett, RB MIN 255 1,296 12 Ahman Green, RB GB 286 1,240 13 Shaun Alexander, RB SEA 295 1,175 14 Eddie George, RB TEN 343 1,165 15 Curtis Martin, RB NYJ 261 1,094 16 Duce Staley, RB PHI 269 1,029 17 James Stewart, RB DET 231 1,021
Backs also seem to get hurt more frequently too these days. This year it was a who's who on the IR - Bell, Charles, Lynch, Foster, etc...that contributes. Even Forte and Gurley missed games.
its sad. I always loved the RB position. Ivory leading the AFC in rushing just goes to show how disposable the position has become
Agree with the premise but you can't say AP is the last of a dead breed when the number 3 guy is a 21 yr old rookie who did all that in only 12 games.
No, not really. Just a really bad year for injuries. Most of the backs who would have rushed for 1,000+ were injured. Either sent to IR or missed several games. Le'Veon Bell, Mark Ingram, Jonathon Stewart, Lynch, Jamaal Charles, Chris Johnson, Foster, Matt Forte, Justin Forsett All those guys would have finished with 1,000+ if they didn't get hurt.
I mentioned this to my friends Sunday night of week 17. Look at 2003, and then look at this year. It's crazy. Then look at 1,000 yard wr from 2003, and then this year.
It's not like Ivory isn't a talented back, though. That being said, Ivory had the weirdest 1,070 rushing yards this year. He utterly dominated the first 6 weeks, then was literally on and off after that (mostly off).
Yeah but let's be honest, David Johnson probably will be a 1000 yard rusher next year assuming health, along with whoever Seattle's starting RB is since Lynch got hurt (and Rawls too). Charles and Bell were obviously out for much of the season too. Stewart was a workhorse back and fell just short of 1000 yards (by 11) cause he missed the final three games. Of the final eight teams only NE, Denver and Green Bay had true platoons or close enough and GB wasn't supposed to have a platoon. Neither was Denver really but CJ got hurt on and off all year.
Ask and thou shalt receive (slow day at work)..... (The stat line reads Receptions, Targets and then yards, respectively..."Targets" was not an official recorded stat until 2006). 1000 yd, single season, receivers club: 2015 1 Julio Jones, WR ATL 136 204 1,871 2 Antonio Brown, WR PIT 136 195 1,834 3 DeAndre Hopkins, WR HOU 111 192 1,521 4 Brandon Marshall, WR NYJ 109 174 1,502 5 Odell Beckham Jr., WR NYG 96 159 1,450 6 Allen Robinson, WR JAX 80 153 1,400 7 Demaryius Thomas, WR DEN 105 176 1,304 8 A.J. Green, WR CIN 86 132 1,297 9 Larry Fitzgerald, WR ARI 109 145 1,215 10 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 88 150 1,214 11 Mike Evans, WR TB 74 147 1,206 12 Rob Gronkowski, TE NE 72 120 1,176 13 Jarvis Landry, WR MIA 110 165 1,157 14 Brandin Cooks, WR NO 84 129 1,138 15 Emmanuel Sanders, WR DEN 76 137 1,135 16 T.Y. Hilton, WR IND 69 135 1,124 17 Greg Olsen, TE CAR 77 123 1,104 18 Delanie Walker, TE TEN 94 133 1,088 Jeremy Maclin, WR KC 87 124 1,088 20 Amari Cooper, WR OAK 72 130 1,070 21 Doug Baldwin, WR SEA 78 104 1,069 22 Sammy Watkins, WR BUF 60 95 1,047 23 Gary Barnidge, TE CLE 79 123 1,043 24 Allen Hurns, WR JAX 64 104 1,031 25 Eric Decker, WR NYJ 80 131 1,027 26 John Brown, WR ARI 65 101 1,003 2014 1 Antonio Brown, WR PIT 129 182 1,698 2 Demaryius Thomas, WR DEN 111 184 1,619 3 Julio Jones, WR ATL 104 164 1,593 4 Jordy Nelson, WR GB 98 151 1,519 5 Emmanuel Sanders, WR DEN 101 141 1,404 6 T.Y. Hilton, WR IND 82 130 1,345 7 Golden Tate, WR DET 99 142 1,331 8 Dez Bryant, WR DAL 88 138 1,320 9 Jeremy Maclin, WR PHI 85 143 1,318 10 Odell Beckham Jr., WR NYG 91 132 1,305 11 Randall Cobb, WR GB 91 126 1,287 12 DeAndre Hopkins, WR HOU 76 127 1,210 13 DeSean Jackson, WR WSH 56 94 1,169 14 Alshon Jeffery, WR CHI 85 145 1,133 15 Rob Gronkowski, TE NE 82 130 1,124 16 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 71 128 1,077 17 Steve Smith Sr., WR BAL 79 133 1,065 18 Anquan Boldin, WR SF 83 130 1,062 19 Mike Evans, WR TB 68 124 1,051 20 A.J. Green, WR CIN 69 116 1,041 21 Greg Olsen, TE CAR 84 122 1,008 Kelvin Benjamin, WR CAR 73 146 1,008 23 Vincent Jackson, WR TB 70 143 1,002
2013 1 Josh Gordon, WR CLE 87 159 1,646 2 Antonio Brown, WR PIT 110 165 1,499 3 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 84 156 1,492 4 Demaryius Thomas, WR DEN 92 143 1,430 5 A.J. Green, WR CIN 98 180 1,426 6 Alshon Jeffery, WR CHI 89 150 1,421 7 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 109 181 1,407 8 Pierre Garcon, WR WSH 113 184 1,346 9 DeSean Jackson, WR PHI 82 126 1,332 10 Jordy Nelson, WR GB 85 126 1,314 11 Brandon Marshall, WR CHI 100 163 1,295 12 Eric Decker, WR DEN 87 137 1,288 13 Dez Bryant, WR DAL 93 160 1,233 14 Vincent Jackson, WR TB 78 159 1,224 15 Jimmy Graham, TE NO 86 144 1,215 16 Anquan Boldin, WR SF 85 130 1,179 17 Torrey Smith, WR BAL 65 139 1,128 18 T.Y. Hilton, WR IND 82 138 1,083 19 Kendall Wright, WR TEN 94 140 1,079 20 Harry Douglas, WR ATL 85 133 1,067 21 Julian Edelman, WR NE 105 151 1,056 22 Keenan Allen, WR SD 71 105 1,046 23 Michael Floyd, WR ARI 65 112 1,041 24 Brian Hartline, WR MIA 76 134 1,016 2012 1 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 122 205 1,964 2 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 112 164 1,598 3 Brandon Marshall, WR CHI 118 194 1,508 4 Demaryius Thomas, WR DEN 94 141 1,434 5 Vincent Jackson, WR TB 72 147 1,384 6 Dez Bryant, WR DAL 92 138 1,382 7 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 106 194 1,355 8 Wes Welker, WR NE 118 174 1,354 9 Roddy White, WR ATL 92 143 1,351 10 A.J. Green, WR CIN 97 164 1,350 11 Julio Jones, WR ATL 79 129 1,198 12 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 73 138 1,174 13 Marques Colston, WR NO 83 132 1,154 14 Michael Crabtree, WR SF 85 126 1,105 15 Victor Cruz, WR NYG 86 143 1,092 16 Brian Hartline, WR MIA 74 128 1,083 17 Eric Decker, WR DEN 85 123 1,064 18 Stevie Johnson, WR BUF 79 148 1,046 19 Lance Moore, WR NO 65 105 1,041 20 Jason Witten, TE DAL 110 150 1,039 2011 1 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 96 158 1,681 2 Wes Welker, WR NE 122 172 1,569 3 Victor Cruz, WR NYG 82 131 1,536 4 Larry Fitzgerald, WR ARI 80 153 1,411 5 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 79 129 1,394 6 Rob Gronkowski, TE NE 90 124 1,327 7 Jimmy Graham, TE NO 99 149 1,310 8 Roddy White, WR ATL 100 181 1,296 9 Jordy Nelson, WR GB 68 96 1,263 10 Brandon Marshall, WR MIA 81 145 1,214 11 Mike Wallace, WR PIT 72 113 1,193 12 Hakeem Nicks, WR NYG 76 133 1,192 13 Dwayne Bowe, WR KC 81 141 1,159 14 Marques Colston, WR NO 80 107 1,143 15 Antonio Brown, WR PIT 69 123 1,108 16 Vincent Jackson, WR SD 60 115 1,106 17 A.J. Green, WR CIN 65 116 1,057 18 Nate Washington, WR TEN 74 121 1,023 19 Stevie Johnson, WR BUF 76 135 1,004 2010 1 Brandon Lloyd, WR DEN 77 153 1,448 2 Roddy White, WR ATL 115 179 1,389 3 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 111 173 1,355 4 Greg Jennings, WR GB 76 125 1,265 5 Mike Wallace, WR PIT 60 100 1,257 6 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 86 138 1,216 7 Dwayne Bowe, WR KC 72 132 1,162 8 Larry Fitzgerald, WR ARI 90 174 1,137 9 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 77 137 1,120 10 Santana Moss, WR WSH 93 146 1,115 11 Stevie Johnson, WR BUF 82 143 1,073 12 DeSean Jackson, WR PHI 47 97 1,056 13 Hakeem Nicks, WR NYG 79 128 1,052 14 Miles Austin, WR DAL 69 119 1,041 15 Marques Colston, WR NO 84 133 1,023 16 Brandon Marshall, WR MIA 86 147 1,014 17 Jason Witten, TE DAL 94 128 1,002
2009 1 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 101 170 1,569 2 Wes Welker, WR NE 123 162 1,348 3 Miles Austin, WR DAL 81 125 1,320 4 Sidney Rice, WR MIN 83 122 1,312 5 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 100 149 1,264 Randy Moss, WR NE 83 138 1,264 7 Santonio Holmes, WR PIT 79 138 1,248 8 Steve Smith, WR NYG 107 159 1,220 9 Hines Ward, WR PIT 95 136 1,167 Vincent Jackson, WR SD 68 107 1,167 11 Antonio Gates, TE SD 79 114 1,157 12 DeSean Jackson, WR PHI 62 117 1,156 13 Roddy White, WR ATL 85 165 1,153 14 Brandon Marshall, WR DEN 101 154 1,120 15 Greg Jennings, WR GB 68 118 1,113 16 Dallas Clark, TE IND 100 132 1,106 17 Larry Fitzgerald, WR ARI 97 153 1,092 18 Marques Colston, WR NO 70 106 1,074 19 Donald Driver, WR GB 70 112 1,061 20 Chad Johnson, WR CIN 72 128 1,047 21 Jason Witten, TE DAL 94 125 1,030 22 Derrick Mason, WR BAL 73 132 1,028 23 Anquan Boldin, WR ARI 84 126 1,024 2008 1 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 115 170 1,575 2 Larry Fitzgerald, WR ARI 96 154 1,431 3 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 78 129 1,421 4 Roddy White, WR ATL 88 148 1,382 5 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 78 151 1,331 6 Greg Jennings, WR GB 80 139 1,292 7 Brandon Marshall, WR DEN 104 183 1,265 8 Antonio Bryant, WR TB 83 137 1,248 9 Wes Welker, WR NE 111 150 1,165 10 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 82 131 1,145 11 Vincent Jackson, WR SD 59 100 1,098 12 Tony Gonzalez, TE KC 96 154 1,058 13 Terrell Owens, WR DAL 69 140 1,052 14 Santana Moss, WR WSH 79 137 1,044 15 Hines Ward, WR PIT 81 124 1,043 16 Anquan Boldin, WR ARI 89 127 1,038 17 Derrick Mason, WR BAL 80 121 1,037 18 Dwayne Bowe, WR KC 86 158 1,022 19 Lee Evans, WR BUF 63 101 1,017 20 Donald Driver, WR GB 74 115 1,012 21 Randy Moss, WR NE 69 125 1,008 22 Steve Breaston, WR ARI 77 113 1,006 2007 1 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 104 157 1,510 2 Randy Moss, WR NE 98 160 1,493 3 Chad Johnson, WR CIN 93 161 1,440 4 Larry Fitzgerald, WR ARI 100 167 1,409 5 Terrell Owens, WR DAL 81 144 1,355 6 Brandon Marshall, WR DEN 102 170 1,325 7 Braylon Edwards, WR CLE 80 154 1,289 8 Roddy White, WR ATL 83 137 1,202 Marques Colston, WR NO 98 144 1,202 10 Torry Holt, WR STL 93 147 1,189 11 Wes Welker, WR NE 112 145 1,175 12 Tony Gonzalez, TE KC 99 156 1,172 13 Bobby Engram, WR SEA 94 134 1,147 14 Jason Witten, TE DAL 96 142 1,145 15 T.J. Houshmandzadeh, WR CIN 112 169 1,143 16 Jerricho Cotchery, WR NYJ 82 127 1,130 17 Kevin Curtis, WR PHI 77 136 1,110 18 Kellen Winslow, TE CLE 82 149 1,106 19 Derrick Mason, WR BAL 103 164 1,087 20 Donald Driver, WR GB 82 122 1,048 21 Plaxico Burress, WR NYG 70 141 1,025 22 Joey Galloway, WR TB 57 98 1,014 23 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 87 149 1,002 2006 1 Chad Johnson, WR CIN 87 151 1,369 2 Marvin Harrison, WR IND 95 147 1,366 3 Roy Williams, WR DET 82 152 1,310 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 86 137 1,310 5 Donald Driver, WR GB 92 173 1,295 6 Lee Evans, WR BUF 82 138 1,292 7 Anquan Boldin, WR ARI 83 153 1,203 8 Torry Holt, WR STL 93 178 1,188 9 Terrell Owens, WR DAL 85 153 1,180 10 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 83 140 1,166 11 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 103 166 1,147 12 Isaac Bruce, WR STL 74 125 1,098 Laveranues Coles, WR NYJ 91 152 1,098 14 Mike Furrey, WR DET 98 143 1,086 15 Javon Walker, WR DEN 69 125 1,084 16 T.J. Houshmandzadeh, WR CIN 90 132 1,081 17 Joey Galloway, WR TB 62 142 1,057 18 Terry Glenn, WR DAL 70 112 1,047 19 Marques Colston, WR NO 70 115 1,038
2005 (target stat does not exist) 1 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 103 0 1,563 2 Santana Moss, WR WSH 84 0 1,483 3 Chad Johnson, WR CIN 97 0 1,432 4 Larry Fitzgerald, WR ARI 103 0 1,409 5 Anquan Boldin, WR ARI 102 0 1,402 6 Torry Holt, WR STL 102 0 1,331 7 Joey Galloway, WR TB 83 0 1,287 8 Donald Driver, WR GB 86 0 1,221 9 Plaxico Burress, WR NYG 76 0 1,214 10 Marvin Harrison, WR IND 82 0 1,146 11 Terry Glenn, WR DAL 62 0 1,136 12 Chris Chambers, WR MIA 82 0 1,118 13 Rod Smith, WR DEN 85 0 1,105 14 Eddie Kennison, WR KC 68 0 1,102 15 Antonio Gates, TE SD 89 0 1,101 16 Derrick Mason, WR BAL 86 0 1,073 17 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 83 0 1,055 18 Jimmy Smith, WR JAX 70 0 1,023 19 Antonio Bryant, WR CLE 69 0 1,009 20 Randy Moss, WR OAK 60 0 1,005 2004 1 Muhsin Muhammad, WR CAR 93 0 1,405 2 Joe Horn, WR NO 94 0 1,399 3 Javon Walker, WR GB 89 0 1,382 4 Torry Holt, WR STL 94 0 1,372 5 Isaac Bruce, WR STL 89 0 1,292 6 Chad Johnson, WR CIN 95 0 1,274 7 Tony Gonzalez, TE KC 102 0 1,258 8 Drew Bennett, WR TEN 80 0 1,247 9 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 77 0 1,210 10 Donald Driver, WR GB 84 0 1,208 11 Terrell Owens, WR PHI 77 0 1,200 12 Darrell Jackson, WR SEA 87 0 1,199 13 Michael Clayton, WR TB 80 0 1,193 14 Jimmy Smith, WR JAX 74 0 1,172 15 Derrick Mason, WR TEN 96 0 1,168 16 Rod Smith, WR DEN 79 0 1,144 17 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 79 0 1,142 18 Marvin Harrison, WR IND 86 0 1,113 19 Eddie Kennison, WR KC 62 0 1,086 20 Ashley Lelie, WR DEN 54 0 1,084 21 Brandon Stokley, WR IND 68 0 1,077 22 Eric Moulds, WR BUF 88 0 1,043 23 Nate Burleson, WR MIN 68 0 1,006 24 Hines Ward, WR PIT 80 0 1,004 2003 1 Torry Holt, WR STL 117 0 1,696 2 Randy Moss, WR MIN 111 0 1,632 3 Anquan Boldin, WR ARI 101 0 1,377 4 Chad Johnson, WR CIN 90 0 1,355 5 Derrick Mason, WR TEN 95 0 1,303 6 Marvin Harrison, WR IND 94 0 1,272 7 Laveranues Coles, WR WSH 82 0 1,204 8 Keenan McCardell, WR TB 84 0 1,174 9 Hines Ward, WR PIT 95 0 1,163 10 Darrell Jackson, WR SEA 68 0 1,137 11 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 88 0 1,110 12 Santana Moss, WR NYJ 74 0 1,105 13 Terrell Owens, WR SF 80 0 1,102 14 Amani Toomer, WR NYG 63 0 1,057 2002 1 Marvin Harrison, WR IND 143 0 1,722 2 Randy Moss, WR MIN 106 0 1,347 3 Amani Toomer, WR NYG 82 0 1,343 4 Hines Ward, WR PIT 112 0 1,329 5 Plaxico Burress, WR PIT 78 0 1,325 6 Joe Horn, WR NO 88 0 1,312 7 Torry Holt, WR STL 91 0 1,302 8 Terrell Owens, WR SF 100 0 1,300 9 Eric Moulds, WR BUF 100 0 1,292 10 Laveranues Coles, WR NYJ 89 0 1,264 11 Peerless Price, WR BUF 94 0 1,252 12 Koren Robinson, WR SEA 78 0 1,240 13 Jerry Rice, WR OAK 92 0 1,211 14 Marty Booker, WR CHI 97 0 1,189 15 Chad Johnson, WR CIN 69 0 1,166 16 Keyshawn Johnson, WR TB 76 0 1,088 17 Isaac Bruce, WR STL 79 0 1,075 18 Donald Driver, WR GB 70 0 1,064 19 Rod Smith, WR DEN 89 0 1,027 Jimmy Smith, WR JAX 80 0 1,027 21 Derrick Mason, WR TEN 79 0 1,012 22 Rod Gardner, WR WSH 71 0 1,006
One thing that stuck out was the 1500yd receiver club: 2015 1 Julio Jones, WR ATL 136 204 1,871 2 Antonio Brown, WR PIT 136 195 1,834 3 DeAndre Hopkins, WR HOU 111 192 1,521 4 Brandon Marshall, WR NYJ 109 174 1,502 2014 1 Antonio Brown, WR PIT 129 182 1,698 2 Demaryius Thomas, WR DEN 111 184 1,619 3 Julio Jones, WR ATL 104 164 1,593 4 Jordy Nelson, WR GB 98 151 1,519 2013 1 Josh Gordon, WR CLE 87 159 1,646 2012 1 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 122 205 1,964 2 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 112 164 1,598 3 Brandon Marshall, WR CHI 118 194 1,508 2011 1 Calvin Johnson, WR DET 96 158 1,681 2 Wes Welker, WR NE 122 172 1,569 3 Victor Cruz, WR NYG 82 131 1,536 2010 No 1500 yd receivers 2009 1 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 101 170 1,569 2008 1 Andre Johnson, WR HOU 115 170 1,575 2007 1 Reggie Wayne, WR IND 104 157 1,510 2006 No 1500 yd receivers 2005 (target stat does not exist) 1 Steve Smith Sr., WR CAR 103 0 1,563 2004 No 1500 yd receiver 2003 1 Torry Holt, WR STL 117 0 1,696 2 Randy Moss, WR MIN 111 0 1,632 2002 1 Marvin Harrison, WR IND 143 0 1,722
Right around the time they changed the rules forbidding defenders from even looking at receivers after 5 yards.