Mark Carrier vs Yancey Thigpen

Mark CarrierYancey Thigpen

Mark Carrier and Yancey Thigpen compared on their NFL careers: Mark Carrier played 12 seasons, 1987 to 1998, Yancey Thigpen 9 seasons, 1992 to 2000. Mark Carrier has 569 receptions to Yancey Thigpen's 313.

Who has the better career numbers?

Mark Carrier and Yancey Thigpen career totals
177GP108
8,763YDS5,081
48TD30
15.4AVG16.2

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Mark Carrier and Yancey Thigpen postseason
4GP11
93YDS420
1TD3
10.3AVG12

Where each stands all time

Mark Carrier and Yancey Thigpen all-time places
69th (8,763)Receiving yards214th (5,081)
110th (569)Receptions—

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

  • Mark Carrier: 0 championships; Defensive Rookie of the Year
  • Yancey Thigpen: 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.

Mark Carrier and Yancey Thigpen 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.
1st19872642331992120
2nd1988579705199391543
3rd1989861,42291994365464
4th19904981341995851,3075
5th19914769821996122442
6th19925669241997791,3987
7th19934374631998384933
8th19942945251999386484
9th1995661,00232000152892
10th1996588086————
11th1997334362————
12th1998193012————

What the columns mean: REC