NFL rookie WRs with the most receiving yards in a single game ft. Ja'Marr Chase

NFL rookie record for most receiving yards in a single game

Here are the NFL rookies with the highest single-game receiving yardage totals of all time.

#3 - Jerry Rice, San Francisco 49ers - 241 receiving yards

NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice is the greatest wide receiver in NFL history. On his way to the Hall of Fame, he accumulated 1,549 receptions for 22,895 receiving yards and 208 total touchdowns. All of those are NFL records, and he holds many others as well. During his 1985 rookie season with the San Francisco 49ers, he recorded ten receptions for 241 yards and a touchdown in a single game against the Los Angeles Rams.

#2 - Jerry Butler, Buffalo Bills - 255 receiving yards

Prior to Week 17 of the 2021 NFL season, Buffalo Bills rookie wide receiver Jerry Butler held the NFL record for receiving yards in a single game by a rookie. In 1979 against the New York Jets, he recorded ten receptions for 255 receiving yards and four touchdowns. He has held the record for more than 42 years, and that game is still one of the greatest rookie performances in NFL history.

#1 - Ja'Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals - 266 receiving yards

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase

In Week 17 of the 2021 NFL season, the Cincinnati Bengals faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a record-setting game for Bengals rookie wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase. His massive performance included 11 receptions for 266 yards and three touchdowns. No rookie in NFL history has ever recorded more receiving yards in a single game.