{"id":285394,"date":"2025-11-15T04:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285394\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T04:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:09:07","slug":"who-has-the-most-receiving-yards-in-a-single-nfl-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285394\/","title":{"rendered":"Who has the most receiving yards in a single NFL game?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Willie “Flipper” Anderson<\/a> was a late addition to the starting lineup when he and the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> hit the road to face the New Orleans Saints<\/a> on Nov. 26, 1989. An injury to three-time Pro Bowler Henry Ellard<\/a> cleared a path for Anderson to shine on a nationally televised stage on a Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Anderson caught 15 passes on 20 targets from quarterback Jim Everett<\/a> for 336 yards and a touchdown in the prime-time matchup. His 15-yard score late in the fourth quarter and kicker Mike Lansford’s subsequent extra point tied the score at 17 apiece and sent the game into overtime.<\/p>\n

Anderson had 40 receiving yards in the extra period as the Rams escaped New Orleans with a 20-17 win following a 31-yard field goal by Lansford.<\/p>\n

Anderson was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. His 336 receiving yards that night remain an NFL single-game record.<\/p>\n

The most recent player to get close to Anderson’s feat was Calvin Johnson<\/a>, who had 329 receiving yards that lifted his Detroit Lions<\/a> to victory over the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> in a 2013 matchup. Check out which other players have the most receiving yards in a single game in NFL history below:<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

336 – Flipper Anderson (Los Angeles Rams) at New Orleans Saints on Nov. 26, 1989<\/p>\n

329 – Calvin Johnson<\/a> (Detroit Lions<\/a>) vs. Dallas Cowboys<\/a> on Oct. 27, 2013<\/p>\n

309 – Stephone Paige (Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>) vs. San Diego Chargers on Dec. 22, 1985<\/p>\n

303 – Jim Benton (Cleveland Rams) at Detroit Lions on Nov. 22, 1945<\/p>\n

302 – Cloyce Box (Detroit Lions) at Baltimore Colts on Dec. 3, 1950<\/p>\n

300 – Julio Jones<\/a> (Atlanta Falcons<\/a>) vs. Carolina Panthers<\/a> on Oct. 2, 2016<\/p>\n

291 – Jimmy Smith<\/a> (Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>) at Baltimore Ravens<\/a> on Sept. 10, 2000<\/p>\n

289 – Jerry Rice<\/a> (San Francisco 49ers<\/a>) vs. Minnesota Vikings<\/a> on Dec. 18, 1995<\/p>\n

286 – John Taylor<\/a> (San Francisco 49ers) at Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 11, 1989<\/p>\n

284 – Antonio Brown<\/a> (Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>) vs. Oakland Raiders on Nov. 8, 2015<\/p>\n

Check out the ESPN NFL hub page<\/a> for scores<\/a>, standings<\/a>, stats<\/a>, schedules<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Willie “Flipper” Anderson was a late addition to the starting lineup when he and the Los Angeles Rams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-285394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}