Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- UCLA
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- UCLA
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 108
- REC
- 267
- TGTS
- 0
- YDS
- 5,357
- AVG
- 20.1
- TD
- 28
- LNG
- 78
- FD
- 126
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (REC, TGTS, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 30+ TGTS; AVG: 4+ games, 30+ REC) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  LAR | 16 | 11 | 0 | 319 | 29.0 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 1989 | LAR | 16 | 44 | 0 | 1,146 | 26.0 | 5 | 78 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAR | 16 | 51 | 0 | 1,097 | 21.5 | 4 | 55 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAR | 12 | 32 | 0 | 530 | 16.6 | 1 | 54 | 25 |
| 1992 | LAR | 15 | 38 | 0 | 657 | 17.3 | 7 | 51 | 29 |
| 1993 | LAR | 15 | 37 | 0 | 552 | 14.9 | 4 | 56 | 29 |
| 1994 | LAR | 16 | 46 | 0 | 945 | 20.5 | 5 | 72 | 38 |
| 1995 | IND | 2 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 13.9 | 2 | 28 | 5 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- REC
- 7
- TGTS
- 0
- YDS
- 170
- AVG
- 24.3
- TD
- 2
- LNG
- 55
- FD
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 108
- REC
- 2.5
- TGTS
- 0
- YDS
- 49.6
- AVG
- 20.1
- TD
- 0.3
- LNG
- 78
- FD
- 1.2
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | LAR | 16 | 0.7 | 0 | 19.9 | 29.0 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 1989 | LAR | 16 | 2.8 | 0 | 71.6 | 26.0 | 0.3 | 78 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAR | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 68.6 | 21.5 | 0.3 | 55 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAR | 12 | 2.7 | 0 | 44.2 | 16.6 | 0.1 | 54 | 2.1 |
| 1992 | LAR | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 43.8 | 17.3 | 0.5 | 51 | 1.9 |
| 1993 | LAR | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 36.8 | 14.9 | 0.3 | 56 | 1.9 |
| 1994 | LAR | 16 | 2.9 | 0 | 59.1 | 20.5 | 0.3 | 72 | 2.4 |
| 1995 | IND | 2 | 4 | 0 | 55.5 | 13.9 | 1 | 28 | 2.5 |
What were Flipper Anderson's career stats?
Flipper Anderson played 8 seasons for the Rams and the Colts. He had 267 receptions for 5,357 yards and 28 receiving touchdowns. His best season was 1990: 51 receptions, 1,097 receiving yards and 4 receiving touchdowns.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1988 to 1995
All-time career rank
- 192nd in receiving yards (5,357)
Among the 3,371 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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