WIDE RECEIVERS 2001

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 8/18/2008

Wide receivers are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the performance on plays where this WR caught the ball, compared to replacement level, adjusted for situation and opponent and then translated into yardage. DYAR (and its cousin, YAR, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here [1].

The other statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average WR in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here [2].

Equivalent Yards (EqYds), listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Equivalent Yards (EqYds) are not the best way to measure total value because they are more dependent on usage than DYAR.

DYAR and DVOA include all passes intended for the receiver, both complete and incomplete. Catch Rate represents the percentage of passes to this receiver completed. This is a reference to incomplete passes, not dropped passes: dropped passes are not specified in publicly available play-by-play, and unfortunately we cannot yet correct for this.

We cannot yet fully separate the performance of a receiver from the performance of his quarterback. Be aware that one will affect the other.
These statistics measure only passes thrown to a receiver, not performance on plays when he is not thrown the ball, such as blocking and drawing double teams.
All fumbles are considered equal, whether recovered by the offense or defense.

The simple version: DYAR means a wide receiver with more total value. DVOA means a wide receiver with more value per play.

RECEIVING: Minimum 50 passes, 76 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
88-M.Harrison	IND	537	1	511	1	28.5%	3	26.4%	164	1524	1,857	17	66%
81-T.Owens	SF	423	2	458	2	20.5%	10	23.2%	154	1412	1,664	18	60%
85-D.Mason	TEN	370	3	350	5	28.9%	2	26.6%	113	1128	1,272	9	65%
80-J.Rice	OAK	369	4	400	3	25.2%	4	28.4%	125	1139	1,337	9	66%
80-R.Smith	DEN	359	5	356	4	14.0%	13	13.8%	171	1343	1,627	11	66%
88-T.Holt	STL	339	6	348	6	20.6%	9	21.5%	133	1363	1,330	7	61%
82-Ji.Smith	JAC	311	7	284	12	10.6%	19	8.5%	176	1375	1,548	9	64%
89-D.Boston	ARI	304	8	301	9	9.6%	21	9.4%	175	1600	1,557	8	56%
81-T.Brown	OAK	293	9	335	7	13.2%	14	16.9%	140	1165	1,352	9	65%
85-K.Johnson	CLE	285	10	280	13	16.1%	11	15.6%	129	1097	1,225	9	65%
87-K.McCardell	JAC	280	11	248	16	11.7%	15	9.0%	145	1115	1,346	7	64%
80-T.Brown	NE	274	12	304	8	11.7%	16	14.4%	141	1199	1,317	6	72%
84-B.Schroeder	GB	273	13	287	10	23.5%	6	25.3%	93	918	1,017	9	57%
87-R.Proehl	STL	268	14	271	14	48.2%	1	48.8%	55	563	754	6	73%
80-I.Bruce	STL	263	15	285	11	20.6%	8	23.5%	103	1111	1,031	6	62%
84-R.Moss	MIN	256	16	260	15	8.2%	22	8.5%	153	1229	1,377	10	54%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
84-C.Chambers	MIA	249	17	241	17	22.2%	7	21.0%	90	883	948	8	53%
80-C.Conway	SD	229	18	218	18	11.2%	17	10.1%	126	1130	1,119	6	56%
87-J.Morton	DET	225	19	209	19	6.7%	26	5.3%	144	1154	1,276	4	53%
87-J.Horn	NO	188	20	189	20	2.5%	34	2.5%	156	1265	1,288	9	53%
87-L.Coles	NYJ	172	21	183	21	7.9%	23	9.1%	103	868	937	7	57%
87-Q.Ismail	BAL	160	22	176	23	2.0%	35	3.4%	134	1059	1,126	7	55%
80-P.Burress	PIT	159	23	178	22	4.2%	32	6.2%	120	1008	1,003	6	55%
82-M.Jenkins	ARI	155	24	146	25	23.6%	5	21.4%	54	518	577	3	59%
86-D.Scott	CIN	153	25	150	24	6.2%	27	5.8%	103	819	887	2	55%
80-W.Chrebet	NYJ	138	26	144	27	5.9%	29	6.7%	92	750	808	1	61%
88-W.Jackson	NO	137	27	143	28	0.6%	36	1.2%	134	997	1,045	5	60%
86-D.Patten	NE	136	28	144	26	5.2%	31	6.2%	93	749	821	5	55%
82-D.Jackson	SEA	136	29	134	29	0.3%	38	0.1%	131	1081	1,055	8	53%
84-J.Jurevicius	NYG	128	30	119	31	5.3%	30	3.9%	92	706	771	3	55%
88-I.Hilliard	NYG	127	31	112	35	6.1%	28	4.0%	87	659	735	6	60%
81-A.Toomer	NYG	121	32	83	43	-1.6%	42	-5.1%	140	1043	1,067	5	51%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
84-S.Jefferson	ATL	117	33	114	33	10.6%	18	10.0%	65	539	581	2	57%
87-E.Kennison	DEN	115	34	115	32	15.5%	12	15.4%	50	490	503	1	62%
86-H.Ward	PIT	112	35	121	30	-2.6%	45	-1.7%	144	1006	1,065	4	65%
87-K.Dyson	TEN	111	36	110	37	-0.1%	39	-0.2%	112	825	882	7	48%
82-M.Westbrook	WAS	110	37	113	34	2.5%	33	3.0%	91	664	749	6	63%
81-P.Price	BUF	103	38	97	40	-1.0%	41	-1.7%	111	895	858	8	50%
83-J.Stokes	SF	95	39	98	39	0.5%	37	0.8%	90	585	732	7	60%
85-C.Bradford	GB	91	40	110	36	6.8%	25	10.8%	58	526	517	3	53%
81-J.Graham	SD	91	41	72	44	-2.3%	43	-4.5%	110	811	844	5	47%
86-A.Freeman	GB	89	42	84	42	-2.4%	44	-3.0%	108	818	839	6	48%
86-M.Booker	CHI	86	43	94	41	-5.8%	50	-5.2%	157	1084	1,151	8	64%
85-T.Dwight	SD	85	44	64	45	10.3%	20	4.6%	49	406	427	0	51%
81-R.Ismail	DAL	80	45	105	38	-0.9%	40	2.7%	93	834	673	2	57%
84-B.Engram	SEA	78	46	63	46	7.7%	24	3.7%	51	400	429	0	57%
80-C.Carter	MIN	57	47	47	50	-7.1%	53	-8.2%	130	871	929	7	56%
81-F.Sanders	ARI	57	48	47	49	-2.8%	46	-4.6%	76	618	557	2	54%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
86-O.Gadsden	MIA	47	49	49	48	-6.3%	51	-6.1%	93	674	672	3	59%
80-T.Martin	ATL	43	50	41	52	-5.4%	48	-5.7%	77	548	543	3	48%
80-J.McKnight	MIA	41	51	35	53	-6.7%	52	-7.6%	90	684	617	4	61%
81-J.Green	TB	41	52	54	47	-3.8%	47	-0.8%	59	402	432	1	61%
81-A.Hakim	STL	30	53	29	55	-5.5%	49	-5.7%	53	374	379	3	74%
83-D.Terrell	CHI	24	54	16	59	-8.0%	54	-9.5%	63	415	459	4	54%
80-J.Thrash	PHI	22	55	34	54	-10.0%	56	-8.5%	107	769	712	6	58%
19-K.Johnson	TB	22	56	44	51	-11.2%	60	-9.6%	180	1279	1,195	1	59%
80-T.Wilkins	IND	19	57	-10	62	-8.3%	55	-14.9%	56	332	380	0	61%
87-T.Pinkston	PHI	17	58	26	56	-10.1%	57	-8.8%	84	586	565	4	50%
81-M.Minnis	KC	10	59	25	57	-10.8%	58	-8.0%	67	511	444	1	49%
82-D.Alexander	KC	9	60	-4	61	-11.0%	59	-13.4%	67	470	435	3	40%
82-I.Byrd	CAR	-3	61	19	58	-13.3%	61	-9.5%	71	492	469	1	52%
89-T.Streets	SF	-7	62	9	60	-14.4%	63	-10.6%	52	345	331	2	54%
80-E.Moulds	BUF	-11	63	-23	66	-13.7%	62	-14.8%	136	904	861	6	49%
85-C.Johnson	CIN	-14	64	-23	65	-15.7%	66	-17.6%	60	329	353	1	47%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
81-K.Robinson	SEA	-18	65	-31	68	-15.5%	65	-17.6%	77	541	484	1	51%
86-J.Reed	MIN	-20	66	-26	67	-17.8%	69	-19.3%	53	309	289	1	51%
84-J.Galloway	DAL	-22	67	-22	64	-15.1%	64	-15.2%	112	696	677	4	46%
89-T.Taylor	BAL	-28	68	-20	63	-16.4%	67	-15.3%	90	560	567	4	47%
81-T.Mathis	ATL	-38	69	-52	69	-17.3%	68	-19.0%	104	564	612	2	49%
87-R.Gardner	WAS	-57	70	-59	70	-19.7%	70	-20.0%	101	741	572	4	46%
80-D.White	CHI	-69	71	-90	73	-23.7%	73	-27.0%	82	428	406	0	55%
81-D.Hayes	CAR	-72	72	-62	71	-21.2%	71	-20.1%	105	597	573	4	50%
87-M.Muhammad	CAR	-75	73	-70	72	-23.1%	72	-22.4%	94	614	476	1	54%
84-S.Dawkins	JAC	-92	74	-96	74	-37.4%	76	-38.5%	49	234	168	0	41%
81-Q.Morgan	CLE	-125	75	-117	75	-36.2%	75	-34.7%	72	432	248	2	42%
80-P.Warrick	CIN	-194	76	-198	76	-31.3%	74	-31.7%	137	667	560	1	51%

RECEIVING, OTHERS: 10-49 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
86-B.Finneran	ATL	134	148	32.6%	37.4%	41	491	439	3	56%
86-J.Pathon	IND	126	108	41.5%	33.6%	32	330	376	3	75%
82-B.Shaw	PIT	89	80	14.3%	11.4%	44	409	400	2	55%
86-K.Williams	TB	57	58	5.6%	5.8%	41	314	339	1	59%
88-J.Williams	SEA	55	58	32.9%	34.9%	17	212	181	1	71%
83-D.Farmer	CIN	55	51	16.8%	14.7%	23	233	232	1	65%
83-T.Insley	IND	52	47	18.8%	15.5%	21	165	213	2	67%
82-G.Crowell	DET	51	60	4.4%	7.1%	38	289	321	3	58%
19-D.Bennett	TEN	47	51	0.5%	1.5%	46	329	362	1	52%
80-D.Driver	GB	46	45	18.1%	17.5%	19	167	190	1	68%
87-D.Bates	CHI	44	47	30.9%	34.3%	14	160	147	1	64%
80-D.Howard	DET	42	43	25.7%	26.0%	14	133	153	1	71%
84-R.Germany	BUF	40	32	13.2%	8.2%	21	203	185	0	57%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
89-S.Smith	CAR	38	38	10.1%	9.9%	20	154	191	1	50%
88-T.Glenn	NE	37	44	6.7%	10.5%	24	204	208	1	58%
86-J.McDaniel	BUF	31	38	16.2%	23.5%	14	129	131	0	79%
80-B.Stokley	BAL	24	23	-5.6%	-6.0%	46	344	319	2	52%
80-R.Wilson	NO	24	23	-4.7%	-4.8%	38	277	276	0	55%
88-J.Dawson	CLE	23	32	-4.0%	-0.4%	34	281	246	1	65%
86-R.Dixon	NYG	15	8	-1.6%	-6.7%	19	152	133	1	42%
80-R.Swinton	DAL	14	13	-0.3%	-1.8%	16	117	116	1	44%
83-K.Lockett	WAS	14	13	-8.1%	-8.6%	41	296	269	0	54%
82-K.Kasper	DEN	12	10	-0.2%	-2.0%	12	84	96	0	67%
87-R.Wayne	IND	6	10	-11.0%	-10.0%	49	345	322	0	55%
81-R.Dugans	CIN	2	-6	-12.0%	-14.6%	45	251	278	2	62%
87-C.Thomas	KC	1	-1	-12.4%	-12.9%	38	247	247	1	50%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
83-A.Connell	NO	-1	-2	-13.1%	-13.8%	28	191	163	2	43%
83-P.Johnson	BAL	-4	1	-16.9%	-11.5%	12	57	71	1	42%
82-T.Gaylor	SD	-5	-13	-14.5%	-17.8%	34	217	207	0	41%
89-A.Black	BUF	-6	-1	-18.2%	-13.4%	14	90	78	0	57%
81-L.Foster	DET	-8	-8	-15.1%	-14.9%	46	283	267	1	48%
84-F.Mitchell	PHI	-9	-6	-15.2%	-14.6%	43	283	263	1	49%
87-D.Ward	MIA	-11	-22	-16.2%	-20.0%	40	209	230	0	53%
83-W.McGarity	DAL	-12	-8	-25.2%	-21.0%	12	43	59	1	58%
81-C.Walsh	MIN	-12	-6	-23.4%	-18.5%	14	67	73	1	64%
84-A.King	CLE	-12	-8	-22.2%	-18.8%	17	149	85	0	65%
84-T.Houshmandzadeh	CIN	-14	-13	-16.8%	-16.6%	42	228	251	0	50%
87-F.Murphy	TB	-14	-19	-23.0%	-26.3%	17	71	91	1	47%
84-J.Porter	OAK	-16	-5	-18.2%	-14.3%	37	220	217	0	51%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
81-C.Sanders	TEN	-20	-24	-26.4%	-28.8%	18	74	89	0	28%
81-K.Poole	DEN	-21	-20	-39.1%	-38.1%	10	38	34	0	50%
81-T.Edwards	PIT	-22	-25	-21.7%	-22.6%	35	283	167	0	54%
85-N.Brown	PHI	-26	-28	-30.8%	-32.3%	17	95	77	0	41%
88-M.Robinson	CHI	-27	-2	-21.1%	-13.3%	42	269	218	2	55%
84-C.Cole	DEN	-29	-21	-33.7%	-28.4%	19	128	68	0	47%
81-C.Johnson	NE	-29	-29	-27.6%	-27.5%	25	111	116	1	56%
85-R.Anthony	TB	-37	-40	-25.4%	-26.5%	34	162	182	0	38%
83-B.Emanuel	DET	-39	-42	-23.5%	-24.2%	45	246	237	0	47%
88-S.Anderson	DET	-43	-48	-28.5%	-30.4%	34	211	157	1	35%
81-M.Hatchette	NYJ	-43	-40	-46.4%	-44.1%	15	44	41	0	13%
83-S.Montgomery	DEN	-45	-50	-42.3%	-45.8%	22	99	57	0	50%
82-K.Swayne	NYJ	-49	-48	-30.8%	-30.4%	36	203	148	0	36%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
84-A.Jackson	ARI	-51	-52	-55.7%	-56.3%	15	44	21	0	60%
86-D.Northcutt	CLE	-52	-57	-31.8%	-33.4%	35	211	146	0	51%
85-D.Chiaverini	DAL	-57	-62	-37.1%	-39.3%	32	107	105	3	31%
83-P.Jeffers	CAR	-60	-51	-35.8%	-32.2%	33	127	123	1	42%
83-S.Moss	NYJ	-66	-71	-66.0%	-70.1%	17	40	3	0	12%
80-L.Parker	KC	-72	-58	-35.6%	-31.1%	39	199	150	2	38%

RUSHING BY WIDE RECEIVERS: Minimum 5 carries

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Rk	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	Rk	TD	FUM
81-P.Price	BUF	58	1	59	1	159.0%	1	160.4%	1	6	97	137	1	0	0
86-D.Patten	NE	52	2	55	2	126.0%	2	132.8%	2	5	67	124	2	1	0
87-L.Coles	NYJ	50	3	53	3	53.0%	9	58.8%	9	10	108	121	3	0	1
80-C.Conway	SD	48	4	49	4	76.5%	6	80.6%	6	7	116	114	4	1	0
86-H.Ward	PIT	43	5	43	6	35.4%	11	35.9%	12	10	83	104	5	0	0
84-E.Conwell	STL	39	6	44	5	92.2%	4	105.9%	4	7	28	68	9	1	0
89-T.Taylor	BAL	37	7	35	8	87.6%	5	83.6%	5	5	46	87	6	0	0
80-J.Thrash	PHI	33	8	35	9	117.9%	3	123.3%	3	6	57	71	8	0	0
80-T.Brown	NE	32	9	37	7	12.5%	15	20.6%	13	11	91	80	7	0	1
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Rk	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	Rk	TD	FUM
80-J.McKnight	MIA	26	10	30	10	51.3%	10	63.0%	7	6	39	64	10	0	0
81-T.Edwards	PIT	21	11	22	11	62.3%	7	62.9%	8	5	28	51	11	1	0
80-D.Howard	DET	20	12	19	13	56.2%	8	50.7%	10	5	25	47	12	0	0
89-D.Boston	ARI	18	13	19	12	32.5%	12	36.2%	11	5	35	43	14	0	0
89-S.Smith	CAR	17	14	18	14	18.7%	13	19.6%	14	5	45	43	13	0	0
81-R.Ismail	DAL	15	15	16	15	14.8%	14	17.0%	15	8	31	38	15	0	0
80-P.Warrick	CIN	6	16	3	16	-23.5%	16	-30.5%	16	8	14	17	16	0	0
84-J.Lewis	BAL	-14	17	-8	17	-75.9%	18	-61.6%	17	9	33	-28	17	0	1
81-A.Hakim	STL	-17	18	-17	18	-69.2%	17	-69.6%	18	11	44	-32	18	0	2