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Which Player Has The Most Receiving Yards In A Super Bowl?
Quarterbacks notoriously win the Super Bowl MVP award, and yet, they wouldn’t get very far without at least one safe pair of hands to pass to.
Boasting the most receiving yards in a Super Bowl is a hefty feat because one legendary receiver stands as the record holder for most receiving stats at the big game.
We’ll have to see which players end up in the prop betting for Super Bowl LIX to challenge these records, but for now, these are the record holders for the most receiving yards in a Super Bowl and other related stat lines.
Who Has the Most Receiving Yards in a Super Bowl?
Jerry Rice stands as the player with the most receiving yards in a Super Bowl. The San Francisco 49ers legend secured 215 yards at Super Bowl XXIII in 1989.
He was the top target of Joe Montana – a two-time Super Bowl MVP – on the night, and yet, his mighty haul of receiving yards only resulted in one touchdown en route to the 20-16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
It was a monstrous effort from Rice: he just had to wait for the fourth quarter to see his team convert his efforts into a touchdown.
Most Receiving Yards in a Single Super Bowl List
With Rice up top by a good 22-yard margin, this is the list of the top ten players who rank with the most receiving yards in a Super Bowl:
- Jerry Rice: 215 yards, Super Bowl XXIII (1989)
- Ricky Sanders: 193 yards, Super Bowl XXII (1988)
- Isaac Bruce: 162 yards, Super Bowl XXXIV (2000)
- Lynn Swann: 161 yards, Super Bowl X (1976)
- Danny Amendola: 152 yards, Super Bowl LII (2018)
- Rod Smith: 152 yards, Super Bowl XXXIII (1999)
- Andre Reed: 152 yards, Super Bowl XXVII (1993)
- Jerry Rice: 149 yards, Super Bowl XXIX (1995)
- Jerry Rice: 148 yards, Super Bowl XXIV (1990)
- Deion Branch: 143 yards, Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004)
Who Has the Most Career Receiving Yards in the Super Bowl?
Featuring three times in the top ten list for the most receiving yards in a Super Bowl, it won’t come as a surprise that record-holder Jerry Rice is the career leader for Super Bowl receiving yards, totalling 589 yards.
His greatest haul came at Super Bowl XXIII with 215 yards, followed by another 148 yards the next year at Super Bowl XXIV in 1990 and another 149 yards in 1995’s Super Bowl XXIX.
Rice also logged a trip to the Super Bowl in 2003. For Super Bowl XXXVII, Rice was on the losing side of the Oakland Raiders’ battle with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that ended 48-21. Here, he tallied 77 yards and a touchdown.
Who Has the Most Receptions in a Super Bowl?
A component of one of the most memorable Super Bowl moments through his groundwork, James White of the New England Patriots actually holds the record for the most receptions in a Super Bowl with 14 at Super Bowl LI.
Tom Brady checking down to the versatile back was a big part of the Patriots’ epic comeback victory in overtime, and by the end, White had amassed 14 catches for 110 yards and a touchdown, as well as two rushing touchdowns on 29 yards from six carries.
Who Has the Most Career Receptions in the Super Bowl?
In a record that could be defeated at Super Bowl LIX if the NFL betting lines hold true and the Chiefs make it back to the big game in 2025, for now, Jerry Rice has the record for the most career receptions in the Super Bowl at 33.
His 33 catches in four games puts the former 49ers Super Bowl winner just two receptions ahead of Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce. If the Chiefs make it, you can be that Kelce will break Rice’s record in his fifth Super Bowl appearance.
Who Has the Longest Reception in a Super Bowl?
Muhsin Muhammad holds the record for the longest reception in a Super Bowl thanks to his 85-yard TD grab at Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004.
By the second play of the fourth quarter, the New England Patriots had pulled to a 21-10 lead over the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers responded just over two minutes later with a mighty 33-yard TD run from DeShaun Foster.
With the ball back around six minutes later and down by five – having missed a two-point attempt – quarterback Jake Delhomme found himself pinned in on the Carolina 15. He launched it to Muhammad on New England’s 35.
The speedster receiver grabbed the rock, stiff-armed away his defender, and outran him into the end zone. Missing the two-pointer again, the Panthers were up by one point at 22-21. Eventually, they lost 29-32 to the Patriots.
Who Has the Most Receiving Touchdowns in a Super Bowl?
He may have only collected one touchdown in his record-breaking game for the most receiving yards in a Super Bowl, but with eight overall, Jerry Rice also holds the record for the most career receiving TDs at the Super Bowl.
Rice nabbed one at Super Bowl XXIII with 215 yards, another at his final Super Bowl appearance (Super Bowl XXXVII), and three at both Super Bowl XXIV and Super Bowl XXIX, totalling eight Super Bowl receiving touchdowns.
In most major receiving Super Bowl records, Jerry Rice stands as the all-time leader.
