Jerry Rice stats

Wide Receiver

Age 64 · 6' 2"

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Jerry Rice played 20 NFL seasons, 1985 to 2004.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
303
REC
1,549
TGTS
0
YDS
22,895
AVG
14.8
TD
197
LNG
96
FD
742

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.

Totals by season
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, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
1985SF1649092718.93660
1986SF168601,57018.315660
1987SF126501,07816.622570
1988SF166401,30620.49960
1989SF168201,48318.117680
1990SF1610001,50215.013640
1991SF168001,20615.1147354
1992SF168401,20114.3108058
1993SF169801,50315.3158072
1994SF1611201,49913.4136977
1995SF1612201,84815.1158175
1996SF1610801,25411.683972
1997SF2707811.11164
1998SF168201,15714.197555
1999SF1667083012.456241
2000SF1675080510.776848
2001LV168301,13913.794062
2002LV169201,21113.277559
2003LV1663086913.824744
2004LV/SEA630042914.335621

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career Postseason

GP
28
REC
151
TGTS
0
YDS
2,245
AVG
14.9
TD
22
LNG
72
FD
69

Per game

Career regular season

GP
303
REC
5.1
TGTS
0
YDS
75.6
AVG
14.8
TD
0.7
LNG
96
FD
2.4

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
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, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
1985SF163.1057.918.90.2660.0
1986SF165.4098.118.30.9660.0
1987SF125.4089.816.61.8570.0
1988SF164.0081.620.40.6960.0
1989SF165.1092.718.11.1680.0
1990SF166.3093.915.00.8640.0
1991SF165.0075.415.10.9733.4
1992SF165.3075.114.30.6803.6
1993SF166.1093.915.30.9804.5
1994SF167.0093.713.40.8694.8
1995SF167.60115.515.10.9814.7
1996SF166.8078.411.60.5394.5
1997SF23.5039.011.10.5162.0
1998SF165.1072.314.10.6753.4
1999SF164.2051.912.40.3622.6
2000SF164.7050.310.70.4683.0
2001LV165.2071.213.70.6403.9
2002LV165.8075.713.20.4753.7
2003LV163.9054.313.80.1472.8
2004LV/SEA65.0071.514.30.5563.5

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
292
PPR
5,141.8
HALF
4,367.3
STD
3,592.8
PPG
17.6

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Ranked among NFL players with 4+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
1985SF16168.3143.8119.310.5
1986SF16346.8303.8260.821.7
1987SF12315.9283.4250.926.3
1988SF16263.9231.9199.916.5
1989SF16335.6294.6253.621
1990SF16328.2278.2228.220.5
1991SF16284.8244.8204.817.8
1992SF16273.9231.9189.917.1
1993SF16351.2302.2253.222
1994SF16361.2305.2249.222.6
1995SF16414.0353.0292.025.9
1996SF16295.1241.1187.118.4
1997SF219.816.312.89.9
1998SF16251.7210.7169.715.7
1999SF16181.3147.8114.311.3
2000SF16193.3155.8118.312.1
2001LV16250.9209.4167.915.7
2002LV16255.1209.1163.115.9
2003LV16159.9128.496.910
2004LV/SEA690.975.960.915.2

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
64 yearsOct 13, 1962
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1985
Birthplace
Crawford, MS
College
Mississippi Valley State
Offensive Player of the Year
2x
Super Bowl MVP
1988

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentRECYDSTD
Sat, Jan 08vsLARL 27-20———
Sun, Jan 02vsATLW 28-26———
Sun, Dec 26vsARIW 24-21———
Sun, Dec 19atNYJL 37-143251
Sun, Dec 12atMINW 27-235520
Mon, Dec 06vsDALL 43-3981451

What were Jerry Rice's career stats?

ESPN's season-by-season log for Jerry Rice covers 20 seasons with the 49ers, the Raiders and the Seahawks; its career totals count every season. He had 1,549 receptions for 22,895 yards and 197 receiving touchdowns. His best season was 1995: 122 receptions, 1,848 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 14 postseasons, 1985 to 2004

Jerry Rice sits top 10 all time in receiving yards and receptions.

Championships ×3

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 1st in receiving yards (22,895)
  • 1st in receptions (1,549)

Among the 3,726 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Jerry Rice

Playoff games

Jerry Rice played 14 games across 7 NFL postseasons — 8 won, 6 lost.

Jerry Rice's line in each playoff game
CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
2004LARL 27-20000
2002NYJW 30-100471
2002TENW 41-240790
2002TBL 48-210771
2001NYJW 38-2401831
2001NEL 16-13 OT0480
1998GBW 30-27060
1998ATLL 20-180631
1996PHIW 14-00501
1996GBL 35-140360
1995GBL 27-1711170
1994CHIW 44-150480
1994DALW 38-280361
1994LACW 49-2611493

What the columns mean: CAR

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.