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WIDE RECEIVERS 2010

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 3/26/2011

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.

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.

Effective Yards, listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Effective Yards than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Effective Yards than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Effective Yards 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.
  • Because they run primarily from the backfield in option formations, Brad Smith and Josh Cribbs have their rushing rated as running backs, not wide receivers.
  • Clicking on a player's name will bring you to his FO player page with advanced stats through 2010.

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, 85 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
M.Wallace PIT 457 1 444 1 48.8% 1 47.1% 98 1257 1,279 10 61% 1
B.Lloyd DEN 414 2 401 2 20.0% 6 19.0% 152 1448 1,641 11 51% 0
G.Jennings GB 330 3 329 3 19.6% 7 19.6% 125 1265 1,317 12 61% 2
R.White ATL 294 4 291 6 8.3% 28 8.1% 180 1392 1,577 10 64% 1
A.Johnson HOU 284 5 245 11 13.2% 15 9.6% 139 1215 1,314 8 63% 1
H.Nicks NYG 276 6 301 4 14.6% 11 17.0% 128 1052 1,233 11 62% 1
C.Johnson DET 258 7 242 13 11.2% 20 9.8% 138 1122 1,260 12 57% 1
D.Bowe KC 255 8 294 5 11.9% 18 15.6% 133 1162 1,224 15 54% 1
K.Britt TEN 252 9 253 8 28.5% 2 28.7% 73 775 869 9 58% 1
J.Maclin PHI 251 10 246 10 15.5% 8 14.9% 115 964 1,097 10 61% 1
D.Branch NE 246 11 222 15 20.5% 5 17.2% 92 818 969 6 66% 1
S.Johnson BUF 236 12 214 18 8.7% 26 6.6% 142 1073 1,250 10 58% 1
M.Austin DAL 236 13 245 12 12.2% 17 13.1% 119 1047 1,120 7 58% 1
A.Collie IND 231 14 261 7 28.4% 3 33.7% 71 649 799 8 82% 1
M.Colston NO 220 15 247 9 8.6% 27 11.2% 132 1023 1,168 7 64% 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
D.Mason BAL 216 16 224 14 13.5% 14 14.5% 100 802 989 7 61% 0
J.Knox CHI 207 17 201 20 14.7% 9 13.9% 100 964 904 5 51% 1
L.Moore NO 205 18 218 17 14.6% 10 16.3% 94 763 914 8 70% 1
R.Meachem NO 187 19 190 21 22.7% 4 23.3% 66 638 708 5 67% 0
M.Manningham NYG 187 20 213 19 12.4% 16 15.9% 92 944 883 9 65% 1
M.Thomas JAC 185 21 179 22 11.2% 21 10.3% 102 828 907 4 66% 0
K.Walter HOU 183 22 178 23 14.0% 13 13.4% 80 621 826 5 64% 0
R.Wayne IND 180 23 218 16 0.3% 47 3.1% 175 1355 1,396 6 63% 1
W.Welker NE 166 24 122 35 4.2% 40 -0.2% 124 843 1,042 7 69% 1
H.Ward PIT 157 25 155 24 9.1% 25 8.8% 95 759 812 5 64% 1
J.Shipley CIN 156 26 138 28 14.1% 12 11.0% 74 600 706 3 70% 0
M.Sims-Walker JAC 154 27 134 31 11.5% 19 8.4% 79 550 745 7 53% 1
P.Harvin MIN 153 28 145 26 5.2% 36 4.3% 109 871 922 5 65% 0
A.Boldin BAL 152 29 137 29 4.8% 38 3.1% 109 837 932 7 59% 1
T.Owens CIN 140 30 117 37 -0.2% 49 -2.3% 139 983 1,123 9 52% 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
A.Armstrong WAS 133 31 125 33 7.4% 29 6.1% 86 873 737 3 51% 1
S.Holmes NYJ 128 32 140 27 4.3% 39 5.8% 96 746 805 6 54% 0
M.Floyd SD 128 33 147 25 9.1% 24 12.3% 77 717 669 6 48% 1
B.Marshall MIA 127 34 85 50 -1.8% 54 -5.4% 146 1014 1,136 3 59% 2
B.Edwards NYJ 125 35 136 30 2.4% 43 3.7% 101 904 864 7 52% 1
M.Crabtree SF 120 36 115 38 2.8% 42 2.2% 100 741 811 6 55% 0
C.Ochocinco CIN 120 37 92 46 -0.5% 50 -3.3% 126 831 977 4 53% 0
E.Bennett CHI 118 38 124 34 9.2% 23 10.2% 70 564 615 3 66% 1
S.Moss WAS 117 39 132 32 -2.1% 55 -0.8% 145 1115 1,077 6 64% 3
J.Nelson GB 115 40 121 36 9.8% 22 10.9% 64 582 587 2 70% 1
B.Hartline MIA 113 41 90 47 6.2% 33 2.5% 73 615 654 1 59% 1
J.Avant PHI 113 42 113 40 6.6% 32 6.6% 75 574 644 1 68% 0
D.Bess MIA 111 43 81 51 -0.9% 53 -4.1% 126 817 934 5 63% 0
J.Gaffney DEN 109 44 107 41 -0.2% 48 -0.5% 112 875 877 2 58% 1
D.Jackson PHI 109 45 114 39 2.3% 44 3.0% 96 1056 754 6 49% 2
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
M.Jenkins ATL 108 46 86 49 5.8% 35 2.1% 73 505 634 2 56% 0
D.Bryant DAL 105 47 93 45 5.8% 34 3.8% 73 561 616 6 62% 0
B.White IND 90 48 96 43 7.0% 30 8.2% 57 355 507 5 63% 0
T.Houshmandzadeh BAL 89 49 87 48 6.7% 31 6.4% 57 399 504 3 53% 1
S.Smith NYG 88 50 98 42 1.9% 46 3.6% 75 529 621 3 64% 0
S.Breaston ARI 78 51 95 44 -0.7% 51 1.9% 87 718 646 1 54% 0
R.Williams DAL 77 52 65 56 3.2% 41 0.8% 64 542 509 5 58% 3
N.Washington TEN 74 53 71 53 -3.0% 58 -3.4% 94 687 733 6 45% 0
R.Moss MIN 72 54 62 57 2.0% 45 0.0% 63 393 504 5 44% 0
E.Sanders PIT 67 55 51 62 5.2% 37 0.8% 50 376 405 2 56% 0
M.Williams TB 65 56 62 58 -6.3% 65 -6.6% 128 964 931 11 50% 3
D.Gettis CAR 62 57 66 55 -0.8% 52 0.0% 67 508 519 3 55% 0
J.Jones GB 59 58 73 52 -4.0% 61 -1.9% 87 687 642 5 57% 3
J.Morgan SF 59 59 54 61 -3.2% 59 -3.9% 80 698 589 2 55% 1
N.Burleson DET 58 60 61 59 -4.3% 62 -3.8% 86 625 648 6 64% 2
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
P.Garcon IND 55 61 71 54 -7.0% 67 -5.3% 119 784 865 6 56% 0
D.Hester CHI 55 62 46 66 -3.2% 60 -4.7% 73 475 552 4 55% 0
J.Jones HOU 51 63 46 65 -4.4% 63 -5.1% 78 562 575 3 65% 1
M.Williams SEA 50 64 60 60 -6.7% 66 -5.5% 110 751 754 2 59% 0
R.Parrish BUF 42 65 38 70 -2.4% 56 -3.4% 52 415 394 2 63% 1
J.Ford OAK 39 66 41 68 -2.9% 57 -2.5% 54 470 385 2 46% 0
D.Henderson NO 33 67 47 64 -5.3% 64 -2.2% 59 464 412 1 58% 0
D.Driver GB 27 68 27 71 -8.7% 68 -8.6% 84 565 582 4 61% 1
L.Murphy OAK 23 69 39 69 -8.9% 69 -6.3% 78 609 527 2 53% 2
B.Gibson STL 20 70 48 63 -9.9% 70 -6.1% 91 620 627 2 58% 0
L.Fitzgerald ARI -3 71 46 67 -12.9% 71 -9.2% 172 1137 1,060 6 52% 0
M.Massoquoi CLE -8 72 -12 72 -14.0% 72 -14.7% 73 488 460 2 49% 1
L.Evans BUF -26 73 -34 75 -16.6% 73 -18.0% 84 578 490 4 44% 2
B.LaFell CAR -41 74 -28 73 -19.4% 75 -17.3% 77 468 434 1 49% 0
E.Royal DEN -43 75 -35 76 -17.9% 74 -17.0% 106 645 598 3 57% 1
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
D.Butler SEA -46 76 -34 74 -20.7% 77 -18.6% 70 385 398 4 51% 0
H.Douglas ATL -59 77 -59 78 -26.7% 80 -26.8% 53 294 253 1 42% 0
B.Berrian MIN -65 78 -75 80 -26.8% 81 -29.0% 54 252 277 0 52% 0
D.Amendola STL -70 79 -46 77 -19.8% 76 -17.4% 123 689 688 3 69% 1
J.Cotchery NYJ -70 80 -78 81 -23.1% 78 -24.3% 86 433 442 2 48% 0
C.Stuckey CLE -70 81 -78 82 -26.5% 79 -28.0% 64 362 312 0 64% 2
D.Heyward-Bey OAK -82 82 -63 79 -28.6% 82 -25.0% 64 366 298 1 41% 0
E.Doucet ARI -122 83 -106 83 -40.0% 85 -36.4% 59 291 183 1 44% 0
L.Robinson STL -141 84 -117 84 -36.6% 84 -32.6% 75 344 270 2 45% 0
S.Smith CAR -153 85 -156 85 -32.7% 83 -33.2% 99 554 393 2 46% 2

RECEIVING, OTHERS: 10-49 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
P.Crayton SD 172 181 41.1% 43.9% 42 514 515 1 67% 0
A.Benn TB 113 111 23.7% 23.2% 38 395 419 2 66% 1
B.Obomanu SEA 110 111 15.8% 16.2% 49 494 477 4 61% 0
J.Simpson CIN 109 95 44.1% 36.6% 25 277 318 3 80% 2
V.Jackson SD 96 104 38.7% 42.7% 23 248 294 3 61% 0
K.Washington SD 96 96 80.0% 80.9% 14 173 225 1 93% 0
D.Nelson BUF 95 92 15.2% 14.6% 47 353 416 3 66% 0
B.Stokley SEA 91 95 16.5% 17.8% 43 354 387 0 72% 0
A.Caldwell CIN 91 87 16.9% 15.7% 37 345 385 0 68% 0
S.Ajirotutu SD 91 95 39.6% 42.0% 23 262 275 2 57% 0
A.Brown PIT 57 51 26.2% 22.6% 19 167 202 0 84% 0
J.Hill JAC 56 55 22.2% 21.4% 21 248 213 1 52% 0
D.Alexander STL 43 62 1.0% 7.0% 37 306 318 1 54% 0
B.Tate NE 41 24 -0.3% -5.5% 46 432 333 3 52% 1
J.Cribbs CLE 37 21 -0.3% -5.7% 39 292 301 1 59% 0
S.Rice MIN 37 18 -1.5% -7.0% 42 280 320 2 40% 0
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
G.Camarillo MIN 35 30 1.5% -0.5% 33 240 254 1 61% 0
R.Davis CHI 34 24 20.3% 10.7% 13 84 135 1 69% 0
M.Spurlock TB 25 20 -2.9% -4.5% 33 250 241 2 52% 0
D.Thomas DEN 23 7 -4.9% -10.2% 39 283 276 2 56% 1
B.Finneran ATL 23 33 -4.3% -0.4% 31 166 252 3 61% 0
L.Naanee SD 21 28 -6.8% -4.8% 46 371 323 1 50% 1
A.Randle El PIT 21 19 -5.8% -6.4% 39 254 279 0 56% 0
N.Roosevelt BUF 18 17 0.6% 0.0% 17 139 137 0 53% 0
D.Williams TEN 17 16 -4.5% -4.7% 28 219 192 0 57% 0
S.Stroughter TB 11 -1 -9.1% -13.0% 39 248 260 0 64% 0
D.Clowney CAR 6 6 -7.4% -7.7% 16 124 105 0 44% 0
S.Hurd DAL 5 7 -10.0% -9.3% 23 120 175 0 61% 0
R.Wallace MIA 4 3 -6.3% -8.4% 10 62 62 0 60% 0
R.Cooper PHI 4 9 -9.4% -5.8% 18 116 113 2 39% 0
B.Robiskie CLE 3 -15 -11.8% -16.6% 49 310 311 3 59% 0
M.Clayton STL 3 19 -11.9% -6.8% 42 306 276 2 55% 0
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
D.Anderson HOU 2 -4 -11.6% -15.2% 18 117 117 0 61% 0
J.Gage TEN 0 5 -12.5% -11.3% 43 266 275 1 47% 0
C.Davis SD -3 2 -13.8% -11.9% 39 259 228 1 54% 0
D.Zeigler SF -7 -4 -19.4% -16.1% 15 98 76 0 60% 0
M.Moore MIA -13 -11 -22.0% -20.3% 19 128 94 1 32% 0
P.Parker TB -16 -14 -30.8% -28.9% 10 49 47 0 50% 0
T.Copper KC -16 -9 -19.7% -16.4% 28 157 163 0 64% 0
J.Edelman NE -16 -21 -28.3% -33.1% 14 86 60 0 50% 0
C.Hall PHI -17 -1 -24.5% -13.3% 18 115 90 1 61% 0
D.Hagan NYG -17 -19 -17.6% -18.2% 43 231 253 1 58% 0
T.Underwood JAC -18 -21 -23.1% -25.1% 22 111 113 0 36% 0
B.James IND -21 -27 -36.0% -43.2% 11 40 41 0 55% 0
D.McCluster KC -21 -21 -19.7% -19.7% 39 209 206 1 54% 0
V.Tucker KC -21 -16 -27.6% -23.7% 19 114 85 1 32% 0
R.Williams WAS -23 -22 -29.4% -28.7% 18 109 78 0 44% 0
S.Williams ARI -26 -32 -26.1% -28.9% 23 101 120 0 39% 0
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
K.Osgood JAC -29 -30 -36.2% -37.1% 16 60 58 1 38% 0
C.Chambers KC -30 -23 -21.4% -19.4% 43 213 237 1 51% 0
D.Aromashodu CHI -31 -31 -29.2% -28.8% 24 149 108 0 42% 0
M.Gilyard STL -38 -39 -44.6% -45.0% 16 63 41 0 38% 0
G.Lewis MIN -40 -51 -26.9% -30.6% 37 197 171 0 46% 0
G.Tate SEA -42 -36 -26.5% -24.6% 40 230 184 0 55% 0
M.Komar ARI -44 -35 -38.3% -33.2% 22 117 75 0 55% 1
T.Ginn SF -61 -69 -35.9% -38.7% 35 163 124 1 34% 0
D.Jones BUF -76 -75 -35.4% -35.3% 41 213 159 1 44% 0
J.Galloway WAS -83 -85 -41.9% -42.6% 37 173 108 0 32% 0
J.Higgins OAK -85 -88 -47.4% -48.7% 30 103 73 0 33% 0
A.Roberts ARI -102 -69 -39.7% -31.0% 49 307 156 2 49% 1
B.Johnson DET -109 -126 -41.0% -45.5% 49 210 152 0 37% 0

RUSHING BY WIDE RECEIVERS: Minimum 5 carries

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Rk Runs Yards EYds Rk TD FUM
J.Ford OAK 112 1 113 1 236.9% 1 240.1% 1 10 155 261 1 2 0
P.Harvin MIN 94 2 92 2 63.5% 7 61.6% 7 18 107 208 2 1 0
D.Jackson PHI 72 3 76 3 49.5% 9 54.9% 9 16 104 173 3 1 0
M.Thomas JAC 57 4 59 4 53.8% 8 55.6% 8 12 114 139 4 0 0
S.Logan DET 49 5 52 5 30.4% 10 33.6% 10 15 95 122 5 0 0
M.Austin DAL 49 6 47 6 77.0% 5 74.0% 6 7 93 116 6 1 0
D.Amendola STL 47 7 47 7 81.4% 3 81.4% 3 7 81 112 7 0 0
B.Tate NE 45 8 44 8 129.0% 2 127.4% 2 5 62 106 8 0 0
N.Burleson DET 43 9 44 9 71.6% 6 74.4% 5 7 81 103 9 0 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Rk Runs Yards EYds Rk TD FUM
M.Wallace PIT 26 10 24 10 81.0% 4 75.7% 4 5 39 61 10 0 0
D.Hester CHI 17 11 17 11 9.5% 11 11.4% 11 7 30 42 11 0 0
A.Benn TB 15 12 17 12 0.1% 12 4.4% 12 6 35 39 12 0 0
C.Hall PHI 12 13 14 13 -19.9% 14 -17.8% 14 9 29 36 13 0 0
D.Stallworth BAL 8 14 7 14 -10.2% 13 -14.4% 13 5 45 21 14 0 1
E.Royal DEN 0 15 0 15 -37.7% 15 -36.8% 15 5 45 3 15 0 1
D.McCluster KC -6 16 -3 16 -45.5% 16 -42.4% 16 17 67 -4 16 0 1
S.Moss WAS -16 17 -18 17 -105.6% 17 -115.1% 17 5 -6 -33 17 0 0