Hines Ward vs Laveranues Coles

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Hines Ward and Laveranues Coles compared on their NFL careers: Hines Ward played 14 seasons, 1998 to 2011, Laveranues Coles 10 seasons, 2000 to 2009. Hines Ward has 1,000 receptions to Laveranues Coles's 674. Hines Ward won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Hines Ward and Laveranues Coles career totals
217GP153
12,083YDS8,609
85TD49
12.1AVG12.8

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Hines Ward and Laveranues Coles postseason
18GP5
1,181YDS282
10TD1
13.4AVG10.4

Where each stands all time

Hines Ward and Laveranues Coles all-time places
30th (12,083)Receiving yards74th (8,609)
18th (1,000)Receptions67th (674)

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

  • Hines Ward: 2 championships; Super Bowl MVP
  • Laveranues Coles: 0 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.

Hines Ward and Laveranues Coles 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.
1st19981524602000223701
2nd19996163872001598687
3rd20004867242002891,2645
4th2001941,00342003821,2046
5th20021121,329122004909501
6th2003951,163102005738455
7th2004801,00442006911,0986
8th200569975112007556466
9th20067497562008708507
10th20077173272009435145
11th2008811,0437————
12th2009951,1676————
13th2010597555————
14th2011463812————

What the columns mean: REC