Bill Brooks vs Ricky Sanders

Bill BrooksRicky Sanders

Bill Brooks and Ricky Sanders compared on their NFL careers: Bill Brooks played 11 seasons, 1986 to 1996, Ricky Sanders 10 seasons, 1986 to 1995. Bill Brooks has 583 receptions to Ricky Sanders's 483. Ricky Sanders won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bill Brooks and Ricky Sanders career totals
169GP134
8,001YDS6,477
46TD37
13.7AVG13.4

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Bill Brooks and Ricky Sanders postseason
6GP12
312YDS517
2TD2
11.6AVG16.7

Where each stands all time

Bill Brooks and Ricky Sanders all-time places
93rd (8,001)Receiving yards136th (6,477)
101st (583)Receptions168th (483)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Bill Brooks: 0 championships; none on file
  • Ricky Sanders: 2 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bill Brooks and Ricky Sanders season by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
1st1986651,13181986142862
2nd19875172231987376303
3rd19885486731988731,14812
4th19896391941989801,1384
5th19906282351990567273
6th19917288841991455805
7th19924446811992517073
8th19936071451993586384
9th19944248221994675991
10th1995537631119952240
11th1996172240————

What the columns mean: REC