WIDE RECEIVERS 2002

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, 86 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
88-M.Harrison	IND	478	1	468	1	16.8%	12	16.2%	205	1722	2,027	11	70%
81-A.Toomer	NYG	402	2	411	2	24.9%	4	25.6%	134	1343	1,466	8	61%
86-H.Ward	PIT	378	3	368	4	18.0%	11	17.2%	160	1329	1,560	12	70%
87-L.Coles	NYJ	373	4	384	3	22.9%	6	24.0%	134	1264	1,403	5	66%
87-J.Horn	NO	329	5	302	8	14.7%	15	12.4%	150	1314	1,465	7	59%
80-P.Burress	PIT	323	6	336	5	14.6%	16	15.7%	144	1325	1,441	8	54%
80-D.Driver	GB	313	7	330	6	21.6%	9	23.5%	113	1064	1,206	9	62%
84-J.Porter	OAK	303	8	305	7	41.5%	2	41.8%	70	688	901	10	73%
86-D.Northcutt	CLE	289	9	288	10	61.0%	1	60.9%	50	604	745	5	78%
80-J.Rice	OAK	283	10	282	11	10.4%	19	10.2%	150	1211	1,419	7	61%
81-P.Price	BUF	278	11	292	9	10.2%	20	11.3%	148	1252	1,399	10	64%
81-T.Holt	STL	277	12	243	14	9.9%	21	7.2%	160	1302	1,404	5	57%
87-E.Kennison	KC	270	13	259	13	24.2%	5	22.7%	92	906	996	2	58%
81-T.Owens	SF	246	14	268	12	7.1%	28	8.8%	159	1300	1,377	13	63%
85-D.Mason	TEN	219	15	222	15	9.8%	22	10.1%	125	1020	1,116	6	63%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
80-W.Chrebet	NYJ	218	16	199	16	21.8%	7	18.8%	80	691	838	9	64%
85-C.Johnson	CIN	216	17	195	17	7.1%	27	5.1%	137	1166	1,212	5	50%
80-I.Bruce	STL	202	18	189	20	8.0%	25	6.6%	130	1075	1,093	8	61%
80-R.Smith	DEN	184	19	169	24	3.3%	37	2.0%	147	1027	1,207	5	61%
87-E.McCaffrey	DEN	177	20	194	18	9.2%	23	11.2%	103	903	923	2	67%
85-A.Lelie	DEN	170	21	179	22	30.6%	3	32.8%	53	525	571	2	66%
83-D.Stallworth	NO	168	22	160	26	18.9%	10	17.4%	69	594	682	8	61%
80-C.Conway	SD	162	23	180	21	9.1%	24	11.7%	94	852	842	5	61%
85-D.Bates	MIN	161	24	144	30	12.6%	17	10.0%	80	689	755	4	63%
81-K.Robinson	SEA	159	25	190	19	1.4%	40	4.1%	141	1240	1,156	5	55%
84-B.Engram	SEA	158	26	168	25	16.3%	13	18.2%	72	619	675	0	69%
82-J.Smith	JAC	156	27	153	29	1.9%	38	1.7%	138	1027	1,100	7	58%
81-Q.Morgan	CLE	152	28	173	23	6.8%	29	9.5%	97	964	859	7	58%
87-R.Wayne	IND	151	29	142	32	14.7%	14	13.0%	72	716	673	4	68%
81-T.Brown	OAK	147	30	144	31	1.7%	39	1.3%	127	930	1,053	2	64%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
83-J.Jurevicius	TB	135	31	138	33	21.6%	8	22.2%	52	423	521	4	71%
19-K.Johnson	TB	133	32	156	27	-0.7%	44	1.5%	140	1079	1,098	7	54%
86-B.Finneran	ATL	129	33	129	34	3.8%	35	3.8%	101	838	830	6	55%
84-R.Moss	MIN	127	34	98	41	-4.1%	59	-6.1%	186	1349	1,389	8	58%
80-P.Warrick	CIN	117	35	118	36	5.4%	32	5.6%	83	617	698	6	66%
80-E.Moulds	BUF	112	36	153	28	-4.9%	62	-2.0%	179	1283	1,334	10	55%
87-M.Muhammad	CAR	109	37	126	35	-0.3%	43	1.6%	109	843	884	4	59%
84-B.Schroeder	DET	105	38	114	37	5.1%	33	6.7%	77	595	635	6	47%
86-A.Freeman	PHI	102	39	95	42	4.1%	34	2.9%	80	600	649	4	58%
87-R.Proehl	STL	102	40	91	45	6.6%	30	4.6%	70	466	579	4	61%
89-T.Taylor	BAL	98	41	93	43	-2.3%	49	-2.7%	118	869	909	6	52%
86-D.Patten	NE	97	42	90	46	-2.5%	51	-3.3%	120	824	922	6	51%
87-T.Pinkston	PHI	97	43	64	54	-2.1%	48	-5.7%	113	798	885	7	53%
82-J.Reed	BUF	94	44	110	38	7.9%	26	11.3%	59	514	513	2	63%
81-B.Shaw	JAC	94	45	79	50	3.8%	36	1.1%	73	525	601	2	60%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
87-R.Gardner	WAS	92	46	89	47	-4.4%	60	-4.6%	141	1006	1,045	8	50%
84-S.Jefferson	ATL	87	47	69	52	11.9%	18	6.8%	49	394	417	1	55%
88-D.Thompson	WAS	85	48	87	48	-0.9%	45	-0.6%	93	773	716	4	57%
89-T.Streets	SF	84	49	109	39	-3.2%	55	-0.4%	109	762	848	5	66%
82-D.Jackson	SEA	81	50	103	40	-3.4%	57	-0.9%	112	877	837	4	55%
83-T.Glenn	GB	81	51	72	51	-3.2%	54	-4.2%	106	817	811	2	53%
83-S.Moss	NYJ	78	52	79	49	5.7%	31	5.9%	54	437	464	4	59%
89-S.Smith	CAR	73	53	92	44	-2.9%	52	-0.2%	97	867	711	3	56%
83-D.Bennett	TEN	68	54	50	59	1.3%	41	-2.3%	63	478	492	2	52%
81-F.Sanders	ARI	65	55	55	56	0.8%	42	-1.2%	58	400	488	2	59%
84-C.Chambers	MIA	62	56	67	53	-5.0%	63	-4.3%	100	735	746	3	52%
88-A.Bryant	DAL	56	57	46	61	-4.8%	61	-6.3%	93	735	666	6	47%
83-D.Branch	NE	55	58	53	58	-2.0%	47	-2.5%	68	489	503	2	63%
87-K.Dyson	TEN	54	59	54	57	-2.9%	53	-2.8%	69	460	528	4	59%
84-T.Houshmandzadeh	CIN	49	60	40	66	-3.5%	58	-5.3%	69	492	512	1	59%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
87-K.McCardell	TB	48	61	60	55	-6.6%	66	-5.0%	100	670	712	6	61%
82-A.Randle El	PIT	48	62	43	62	-3.3%	56	-4.3%	65	484	483	2	72%
80-B.Stokley	BAL	47	63	28	67	-1.5%	46	-5.9%	52	357	407	2	46%
85-T.Dwight	SD	43	64	48	60	-6.6%	67	-6.0%	93	623	647	3	54%
81-T.Gaylor	ATL	42	65	42	64	-2.3%	50	-2.3%	54	385	394	3	46%
80-J.Pathon	NO	37	66	28	68	-6.5%	65	-8.1%	80	523	551	5	54%
87-A.Davis	CLE	35	67	41	65	-6.4%	64	-5.3%	72	420	510	6	51%
84-J.Galloway	DAL	32	68	12	70	-9.2%	68	-11.3%	120	908	799	6	51%
80-T.Brown	NE	30	69	24	69	-10.0%	69	-10.5%	141	890	938	3	69%
86-M.Booker	CHI	21	70	42	63	-11.1%	70	-9.4%	167	1169	1,102	6	58%
89-D.Boston	ARI	7	71	-11	74	-11.4%	71	-14.5%	75	512	498	1	43%
85-C.Bradford	HOU	5	72	10	71	-12.1%	72	-11.5%	106	697	670	7	42%
80-J.Morton	KC	0	73	-12	75	-12.7%	73	-15.0%	64	397	406	1	45%
81-R.Dugans	CIN	-5	74	-14	78	-13.5%	74	-15.2%	73	421	446	2	64%
85-K.Johnson	CLE	-14	75	1	72	-14.1%	75	-12.6%	120	703	758	5	56%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
80-D.White	CHI	-16	76	-4	73	-14.9%	76	-13.3%	94	658	565	4	54%
81-A.Hakim	DET	-20	77	-18	79	-15.7%	77	-15.5%	82	541	491	4	45%
84-J.Walker	GB	-24	78	-12	76	-18.6%	80	-15.6%	50	319	292	1	46%
89-R.Ferguson	GB	-29	79	-13	77	-19.8%	82	-15.9%	52	293	290	3	42%
83-Q.Ismail	IND	-32	80	-45	83	-17.4%	78	-19.4%	84	462	495	3	52%
86-J.Gaffney	HOU	-41	81	-29	80	-19.2%	81	-17.3%	81	483	447	1	51%
83-J.Stokes	SF	-42	82	-38	82	-22.5%	83	-21.5%	55	332	284	1	58%
88-S.Anderson	DET	-48	83	-32	81	-23.0%	84	-19.6%	57	322	306	1	44%
80-J.Thrash	PHI	-49	84	-62	84	-18.2%	79	-19.8%	107	635	639	6	49%
83-J.McAddley	ARI	-101	85	-90	85	-30.8%	85	-28.8%	69	362	305	1	36%
88-M.Robinson	CHI	-108	86	-111	86	-39.5%	86	-40.1%	53	244	168	3	40%

RECEIVING, OTHERS: 10-49 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
85-M.Boerigter	KC	148	155	34.7%	37.1%	38	420	472	8	53%
86-R.Dixon	NYG	114	127	26.4%	30.6%	36	372	407	2	61%
83-D.Terrell	CHI	99	102	97.4%	101.5%	10	127	219	3	90%
88-I.Hilliard	NYG	97	106	13.8%	16.4%	47	386	440	2	57%
88-Q.McCord	ATL	93	99	46.8%	50.7%	19	253	263	1	58%
80-J.McKnight	MIA	80	78	9.7%	9.0%	46	528	410	2	63%
88-E.Parker	SD	73	75	16.4%	17.2%	30	268	311	1	57%
11-K.Kasper	ARI	70	77	21.4%	25.0%	24	180	270	3	63%
82-D.Hall	KC	65	59	12.5%	10.2%	35	322	306	3	57%
81-C.Walsh	MIN	57	51	26.1%	22.5%	19	172	203	1	74%
86-T.Walters	IND	41	41	7.1%	7.2%	25	207	228	0	72%
84-C.Wilson	SF	39	50	9.6%	15.6%	22	166	201	1	68%
86-Ja.Reed	NO	32	23	-3.4%	-5.9%	47	360	325	3	45%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
88-K.Hankton	CAR	29	27	8.0%	6.7%	17	146	156	0	53%
88-T.Mathis	PIT	28	24	-3.5%	-5.0%	39	218	291	3	59%
86-O.Gadsden	MIA	26	30	-1.1%	0.6%	29	228	225	0	55%
81-R.Hymes	BAL	22	16	11.1%	5.0%	13	123	109	0	46%
87-D.Givens	NE	19	15	2.4%	-1.0%	15	92	133	1	60%
85-D.McCants	WAS	19	10	-6.8%	-9.7%	41	256	295	2	51%
80-R.Swinton	DAL	19	17	12.0%	8.9%	10	63	90	0	70%
86-K.Williams	TB	16	22	6.8%	14.1%	11	77	92	1	64%
87-J.Dawson	HOU	13	21	-8.3%	-5.6%	39	286	257	0	54%
88-T.Edwards	STL	10	7	-7.2%	-9.2%	24	157	172	2	75%
85-D.Scott	DAL	8	8	-9.4%	-9.4%	35	218	217	1	63%
83-D.Farmer	CIN	-4	-1	-16.3%	-13.3%	15	115	95	0	60%
84-P.Johnson	JAC	-6	-6	-15.8%	-15.9%	24	187	145	2	38%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
19-N.Poole	ARI	-7	-2	-17.2%	-14.2%	22	108	121	1	59%
83-W.Jackson	WAS	-9	-10	-20.2%	-20.8%	14	58	82	1	50%
84-M.Lewis	NO	-9	-15	-19.8%	-24.3%	19	200	94	0	42%
16-K.Campbell	MIN	-10	-8	-16.5%	-15.6%	32	176	192	3	41%
82-M.Jenkins	ARI	-14	-22	-16.8%	-19.5%	43	250	248	1	51%
87-Daryl Jones	NYG	-16	-21	-28.2%	-32.5%	15	88	61	0	47%
88-A.Black	HOU	-23	-25	-35.8%	-37.1%	12	52	48	0	50%
83-R.Johnson	BAL	-24	-30	-24.3%	-27.2%	26	114	131	1	38%
88-C.Carter	MIA	-25	-23	-30.9%	-29.1%	17	66	76	1	47%
88-J.Williams	SEA	-33	-32	-34.1%	-33.3%	20	99	78	0	45%
87-K.Rambo	DAL	-35	-35	-28.0%	-27.9%	33	211	135	0	42%
82-K.Swayne	NYJ	-37	-37	-52.5%	-52.2%	12	78	21	0	42%
82-I.Byrd	CAR	-37	-24	-28.1%	-22.7%	31	164	141	1	45%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
82-R.Caldwell	SD	-38	-38	-23.7%	-23.8%	43	208	225	3	51%
87-L.Foster	DET	-40	-32	-29.8%	-26.5%	30	152	132	1	47%
84-J.Hunter	BAL	-46	-47	-65.5%	-66.4%	11	35	3	0	45%
86-J.McCareins	TEN	-52	-64	-26.1%	-29.4%	48	301	237	2	40%
82-M.Westbrook	CIN	-52	-60	-36.5%	-39.9%	26	94	101	2	31%
81-D.Hayes	NE	-59	-51	-37.6%	-34.4%	31	133	105	2	39%
84-F.Mitchell	PHI	-59	-62	-43.8%	-45.3%	24	105	67	0	50%
82-G.Crowell	DET	-66	-80	-30.9%	-35.1%	47	201	196	1	47%
80-J.Green	DET	-67	-65	-53.7%	-52.7%	21	94	34	0	24%
83-K.Lockett	JAC	-67	-60	-34.0%	-31.5%	42	205	158	4	38%
81-A.Merritt	CHI	-73	-79	-48.7%	-51.6%	26	106	57	0	54%
82-D.Alexander	MIN	-74	-75	-34.8%	-35.0%	39	134	163	2	36%
84-C.Doering	WAS	-76	-80	-36.2%	-37.5%	42	192	150	2	43%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
80-W.Jackson	ATL	-79	-80	-39.7%	-40.3%	39	199	120	0	46%
87-D.Ward	MIA	-87	-81	-41.1%	-38.9%	39	172	121	0	49%

RUSHING BY WIDE RECEIVERS: Minimum 5 carries

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Rk	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	Rk	TD	FUM
82-A.Randle El	PIT	95	1	90	1	57.5%	14	53.0%	14	19	134	228	1	0	0
80-J.Thrash	PHI	84	2	85	2	31.2%	18	31.5%	18	18	126	207	2	2	0
86-H.Ward	PIT	83	3	83	3	79.6%	11	79.6%	10	12	142	199	3	0	0
80-J.Morton	KC	74	4	74	4	109.2%	4	109.4%	4	10	124	176	4	0	0
80-C.Conway	SD	61	5	62	5	153.6%	1	158.1%	1	7	53	116	8	2	0
86-D.Northcutt	CLE	59	6	57	6	143.8%	2	137.6%	2	7	91	139	5	1	0
89-T.Taylor	BAL	52	7	45	9	46.6%	15	33.9%	17	11	105	127	6	0	0
81-T.Owens	SF	50	8	53	7	98.4%	7	107.4%	6	7	79	119	7	1	0
84-C.Chambers	MIA	48	9	48	8	96.7%	8	97.5%	7	6	78	114	9	0	0
80-D.Driver	GB	42	10	41	11	87.0%	10	83.0%	9	8	70	101	10	0	0
82-T.Wilkins	STL	41	11	43	10	102.7%	5	108.6%	5	6	56	97	11	0	0
84-E.Conwell	STL	41	12	37	15	87.5%	9	73.9%	11	6	30	67	21	1	0
84-R.Moss	MIN	38	13	36	16	100.3%	6	93.2%	8	5	49	91	13	0	0
88-D.Thompson	WAS	38	14	39	13	23.6%	20	24.0%	20	10	77	95	12	0	0
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Rk	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	Rk	TD	FUM
85-T.Dwight	SD	36	15	40	12	40.8%	16	48.3%	15	12	97	76	18	1	1
12-C.Chandler	CHI	35	16	37	14	36.6%	17	42.6%	16	6	35	85	15	0	0
80-J.McKnight	MIA	35	17	36	17	61.2%	13	66.3%	13	7	58	83	16	0	0
83-S.Moss	NYJ	34	18	35	18	116.1%	3	119.9%	3	5	44	81	17	0	0
82-D.Hall	KC	31	19	30	21	12.4%	21	9.9%	22	11	54	86	14	0	0
81-K.Robinson	SEA	31	20	31	19	23.8%	19	24.5%	19	8	56	75	19	0	0
87-L.Coles	NYJ	30	21	30	20	73.1%	12	73.0%	12	6	39	72	20	0	0
87-E.Kennison	KC	22	22	22	22	10.9%	22	11.2%	21	7	58	55	22	0	0
80-P.Warrick	CIN	7	23	6	23	-13.3%	23	-14.4%	23	5	22	18	23	0	0
81-T.Brown	OAK	3	24	4	24	-29.1%	24	-25.3%	24	6	19	9	24	0	0
80-B.Stokley	BAL	1	25	0	25	-34.5%	25	-37.9%	25	6	33	6	25	0	1
88-A.Bryant	DAL	-7	26	-7	26	-57.2%	26	-58.3%	26	6	40	-12	26	0	1
80-R.Smith	DEN	-9	27	-8	27	-76.5%	27	-70.7%	27	6	9	-15	27	0	0