Receiving Success Rate (2017)

by Chase Stuart on March 15, 2018

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Yesterday, I wrote about Mike Evans and how 68 of his 71 receptions were “successful” receptions. Today, I’m going to present that data for all top wide receivers, tight ends, and running backs.

A “successful” reception is one that picked up a first down on 3rd or 4th down, gained 60% of the necessary yards on 2nd down, or 40% of the necessary yards on 3rd down.

Player	Pos	Tar	Rec	Yards	FD	TD	FD%	Yd/Rec	SR
Mike Evans	WR	136	71	1004	55	5	77%	14.1	96%
Marquise Goodwin	WR	104	56	962	46	2	82%	17.2	95%
Marvin Jones	WR	108	61	1101	44	9	72%	18.0	93%
Hunter Henry	TE	62	45	579	32	4	71%	12.9	93%
DeAndre Hopkins	WR	169	96	1378	70	13	73%	14.4	93%
Julio Jones	WR	148	88	1445	67	3	76%	16.4	92%
Kelvin Benjamin	WR	78	48	692	30	3	63%	14.4	92%
Kenny Stills	WR	103	58	847	38	6	66%	14.6	91%
Rob Gronkowski	TE	104	69	1083	57	8	83%	15.7	91%
Alshon Jeffery	WR	121	57	789	44	9	77%	13.8	91%
Keelan Cole	WR	75	40	735	31	3	78%	18.4	90%
Rishard Matthews	WR	87	53	795	36	4	68%	15.0	89%
Mike Wallace	WR	92	52	748	33	4	63%	14.4	88%
Seth Roberts	WR	65	43	455	22	1	51%	10.6	88%
Antonio Brown	WR	163	101	1533	72	9	71%	15.2	88%
Albert Wilson	WR	63	42	554	32	3	76%	13.2	88%
DeSean Jackson	WR	91	50	668	36	3	72%	13.4	88%
Stefon Diggs	WR	94	64	849	43	8	67%	13.3	88%
Cooper Kupp	WR	94	62	869	43	5	69%	14.0	87%
Jared Cook	TE	85	54	687	35	2	65%	12.7	87%
Ted Ginn	WR	70	53	787	32	4	60%	14.8	87%
Davante Adams	WR	118	74	885	46	10	62%	12.0	86%
Keenan Allen	WR	159	102	1395	74	6	73%	13.7	86%
Brandin Cooks	WR	113	65	1082	43	7	66%	16.6	86%
Devin Funchess	WR	109	63	840	41	8	65%	13.3	86%
Michael Thomas	WR	149	104	1245	70	5	67%	12.0	86%
Cameron Brate	TE	77	48	591	34	6	71%	12.3	85%
Paul Richardson	WR	75	41	638	30	6	73%	15.6	85%
A.J. Green	WR	141	75	1078	56	8	75%	14.4	85%
T.Y. Hilton	WR	102	54	936	35	4	65%	17.3	85%
Zach Ertz	TE	110	74	824	47	8	64%	11.1	85%
Mohamed Sanu	WR	95	67	703	41	5	61%	10.5	85%
Jordy Nelson	WR	89	53	482	38	6	72%	9.1	85%
Jermaine Kearse	WR	102	65	810	37	5	57%	12.5	85%
Michael Crabtree	WR	102	58	618	35	8	60%	10.7	84%
Kyle Rudolph	TE	82	57	532	32	8	56%	9.3	84%
Robby Anderson	WR	113	63	941	36	7	57%	14.9	84%
Danny Amendola	WR	85	61	662	40	2	66%	10.9	84%
Eric Decker	WR	83	54	563	31	1	57%	10.4	83%
Jimmy Graham	TE	89	53	459	29	10	55%	8.7	83%
Emmanuel Sanders	WR	94	47	555	30	2	64%	11.8	83%
Tyreek Hill	WR	105	75	1183	41	7	55%	15.8	83%
Pierre Garcon	WR	66	40	499	25	0	63%	12.5	83%
DeVante Parker	WR	96	57	671	33	1	58%	11.8	82%
Delanie Walker	TE	110	74	808	44	3	59%	10.9	82%
Adam Thielen	WR	143	91	1278	60	4	66%	14.0	82%
Marqise Lee	WR	95	56	702	40	3	71%	12.5	82%
Travis Kelce	TE	122	83	1038	55	8	66%	12.5	82%
Sterling Shepard	WR	84	59	731	36	2	61%	12.4	81%
JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	79	58	917	39	7	67%	15.8	81%
Demaryius Thomas	WR	138	83	950	54	5	65%	11.4	81%
Doug Baldwin	WR	112	72	956	43	8	60%	13.3	81%
Robert Woods	WR	85	56	781	37	5	66%	13.9	80%
Martavis Bryant	WR	83	50	603	30	3	60%	12.1	80%
Evan Engram	TE	114	64	722	37	6	58%	11.3	80%
Charles Clay	TE	73	49	558	29	2	59%	11.4	80%
Terrance Williams	WR	78	53	569	31	0	58%	10.7	79%
Amari Cooper	WR	94	48	680	30	7	63%	14.2	79%
Vernon Davis	TE	68	43	649	23	3	53%	15.1	79%
Adam Humphries	WR	83	61	631	35	1	57%	10.3	79%
Dez Bryant	WR	133	69	839	44	6	64%	12.2	78%
Julius Thomas	TE	61	41	388	18	3	44%	9.5	78%
Larry Fitzgerald	WR	161	109	1156	66	6	61%	10.6	78%
Ryan Grant	WR	65	45	573	29	4	64%	12.7	78%
Jason Witten	TE	88	63	560	26	5	41%	8.9	78%
Jack Doyle	TE	102	75	663	35	4	47%	8.8	77%
Tyrell Williams	WR	70	43	728	30	4	70%	16.9	77%
Jesse James	TE	64	43	372	20	3	47%	8.7	77%
Kendall Wright	WR	91	59	614	33	1	56%	10.4	75%
Nelson Agholor	WR	94	62	768	36	8	58%	12.4	74%
Jarvis Landry	WR	157	112	987	61	9	54%	8.8	74%
Trent Taylor	WR	61	43	431	27	2	63%	10.0	72%
Eric Ebron	TE	87	53	574	32	4	60%	10.8	72%
Tyler Kroft	TE	61	42	404	23	7	55%	9.6	71%
Christian McCaffrey	RB	114	80	651	36	5	45%	8.1	71%
Jamison Crowder	WR	104	66	800	37	3	56%	12.1	71%
Brandon LaFell	WR	84	52	548	25	3	48%	10.5	71%
Tyler Lockett	WR	64	41	488	22	2	54%	11.9	71%
Golden Tate	WR	120	92	1003	45	5	49%	10.9	71%
Todd Gurley	RB	88	64	788	31	6	48%	12.3	70%
Jeremy Maclin	WR	71	40	440	23	3	58%	11.0	70%
George Kittle	TE	63	43	515	23	2	53%	12.0	70%
LeVeon Bell	RB	105	85	655	31	2	36%	7.7	69%
Alvin Kamara	RB	101	81	827	38	5	47%	10.2	69%
Randall Cobb	WR	92	66	653	29	4	44%	9.9	67%
Austin Hooper	TE	65	49	526	19	3	39%	10.7	65%
Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	74	50	357	18	3	36%	7.1	64%
James White	RB	73	56	429	25	3	45%	7.7	63%
Duke Johnson	RB	92	74	693	34	3	46%	9.4	62%
Kareem Hunt	RB	65	53	455	18	3	34%	8.6	60%
Jerick McKinnon	RB	68	51	420	20	2	39%	8.2	59%
Carlos Hyde	RB	89	60	360	18	0	30%	6.0	58%
Melvin Gordon	RB	83	58	476	22	4	38%	8.2	57%
Theo Riddick	RB	71	53	444	20	2	38%	8.4	57%
LeSean McCoy	RB	77	59	448	23	2	39%	7.6	56%
Mark Ingram	RB	71	58	416	19	0	33%	7.2	55%
Shane Vereen	RB	53	44	254	8	0	18%	5.8	52%
Javorius Allen	RB	60	46	250	16	2	35%	5.4	50%
Giovani Bernard	RB	61	43	380	16	2	37%	8.8	49%
Tarik Cohen	RB	71	53	354	10	1	19%	6.7	40%

As for Bears rookie Tarik Cohen, he had just 40% of his 53 receptions be successful! That was remarkable, but you can view all of his receptions here and see the results for yourself, including seven catches for zero or negative yards.

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