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The 'NFL receiving leaders by season' quiz
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The 'NFL receiving leaders by season' quiz

Happy 53rd birthday to two-time Pro Bowler, one-time All-Pro selection and the NFL’s leading receiver in 2004, Muhsin Muhammad!

Muhammad was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the franchise's second-ever Draft in 1996 out of Michigan State, and he saw limited action as a rookie in 1996. He established himself as a full-time starter in Carolina by 1998, and he posted his first of three 1,000-receiving-yard seasons in 1999 with 1,253. 

In the 2003-04 season he made his first mark in the NFL Playoffs, catching 15 passes for 352 yards over four games and leading the Panthers with 140 yards and a touchdown in the Super Bowl XXXVIII loss to New England. The next year he led the NFL in both yards (1,405) and set a still-standing franchise record with 16 touchdowns. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. How many of the players to lead the NFL in receiving yards for each season of the Super Bowl Era can you name in seven minutes? 
Good luck!

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2025 / SEA / 1,793 / #11
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
2024 / CIN / 1,708 / #1
Ja'Marr Chase
2023 / MIA / 1,799 / #10
Tyreek Hill
2022 / MIN / 1,809 / #18
Justin Jefferson
2021 / LAR / 1,947 / #10
Cooper Kupp
2020 / BUF / 1,535 / #14
Stefon Diggs
2019 / NO / 1,725 / #13
Michael Thomas
2018 / ATL / 1,677 / #11
Julio Jones
2017 / PIT / 1,533 / #84
Antonio Brown
2016 / IND / 1,448 / #13
T.Y. Hilton
2015 / ATL / 1,871 / #11
Julio Jones
2014 / PIT / 1,698 / #84
Antonio Brown
2013 / CLE / 1,646 / #12
Josh Gordon
2012 / DET / 1,964 / #81
Calvin Johnson
2011 / DET / 1,681 / #81
Calvin Johnson
2010 / DEN / 1,448 / #84
Brandon Lloyd
2009 / HOU / 1,569 / #80
Andre Johnson
2008 / HOU / 1,575 / #80
Andre Johnson
2007 / IND / 1,510 / #87
Reggie Wayne
2006 / CIN / 1,369 / #85
Chad Johnson
2005 / CAR / 1,563 / #89
Steve Smith Sr.
2004 / CAR / 1,405 / #87
Muhsin Muhammad
2003 / STL / 1,696 / #81
Torry Holt
2002 / IND / 1,722 / #88
Marvin Harrison
2001 / ARZ / 1,598 / #89
David Boston
2000 / STL / 1,635 / #88
Torry Holt
1999 / IND / 1,663 / #88
Marvin Harrison
1998 / GB / 1,424 / #86
Antonio Freeman
1997 / ARZ / 1,584 / #85
Rob Moore
1996 / STL / 1,338 / #80
Isaac Bruce
1995 / SF / 1,848 / #80
Jerry Rice
1994 / SF / 1,499 / #80
Jerry Rice
1993 / SF / 1,503 / #80
Jerry Rice
1992 / GB / 1,461 / #84
Sterling Sharpe
1991 / DAL / 1,523 / #88
Michael Irvin
1990 / SF / 1,502 / #80
Jerry Rice
1989 / SF / 1,483 / #80
Jerry Rice
1988 / LARM / 1,414 / #80
Henry Ellard
1987 / STL / 1,117 / #84
J.T. Smith
1986 / SF / 1,570 / #80
Jerry Rice
1985 / SEA / 1,287 / #80
Steve Largent
1984 / STL / 1,555 / #81
Roy Green
1983 / PHI / 1,409 / #82
Mike Quick
1982 / SD / 1,032 / #89
Wes Chandler
1981 / ATL / 1,358 / #84
Alfred Jenkins
1980 / SD / 1,340 / #83
John Jefferson
1979 / SEA / 1,237 / #80
Steve Largent
1978 / NYJ / 1,169 / #85
Wesley Walker
1977 / DAL / 870 / #88
Drew Pearson
1976 / BLC / 1,112 / #81
Roger Carr
1975 / HOU / 1,063 / #00
Ken Burrough
1974 / OAK / 1,092 / #21
Cliff Branch
1973 / PHI / 1,116 / #17
Harold Carmichael
1972 / PHI / 1,048 / #29
Harold Jackson
1971 / KC / 1,110 / #89
Otis Taylor
1970 / SF / 1,100 / #18
Gene Washington
1969 / PHI / 1,116 / #29
Harold Jackson
1968 / PIT / 1,074 / #87
Roy Jefferson
1967 / PHI / 1,265 / #18
Ben Hawkins
1966 / DET / 1,266 / #25
Pat Studstill

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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