Brandin Cooks vs Emmanuel Sanders

Brandin CooksEmmanuel Sanders

Brandin Cooks and Emmanuel Sanders compared on their NFL careers: Brandin Cooks played 12 seasons, 2014 to 2025, Emmanuel Sanders 12 seasons, 2010 to 2021. Brandin Cooks has 734 receptions to Emmanuel Sanders's 704. Emmanuel Sanders won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brandin Cooks and Emmanuel Sanders career totals
173GP172
9,811YDS9,245
60TD51
13.4AVG13.1

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Brandin Cooks and Emmanuel Sanders postseason
9GP15
572YDS622
0TD1
14.3AVG12

Where each stands all time

Brandin Cooks and Emmanuel Sanders all-time places
55th (9,811)Receiving yards60th (9,245)
50th (734)Receptions58th (704)

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

  • Brandin Cooks: 0 championships; none on file
  • Emmanuel Sanders: 1 championship; 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.

Brandin Cooks and Emmanuel 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.
1st20145355032010283762
2nd2015841,13892011222882
3rd2016781,17382012446261
4th2017651,08272013677406
5th2018801,204520141011,4049
6th20194258322015761,1356
7th2020811,15062016791,0325
8th2021901,03762017475552
9th20225769932018718684
10th20235465782019668695
11th20242625932020617265
12th20252427902021426264

What the columns mean: REC