Comebacks & leaps
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The biggest single-season statistical rebounds in NFL history — measured as per-game improvement from a genuine down year, normalized against the player's own career baseline. Only consecutive seasons with ≥8 games qualify.
Measures consecutive-season per-game rebounds after a genuine down year. Known event-ledger seasons are attached to rows as context badges, so injury/comeback-award context stays visible instead of becoming anonymous stat movement.
1 2014 → 2015 · Rec Yds/G:17.3 → 65.2 per game · +277% from career median 30.3
2 1952 → 1953 · Rec Yds/G:18.3 → 87.4 per game · +378% from career median 44.7
3 1983 → 1984 · Rec Yds/G:17.0 → 48.9 per game · +188% from career median 22.3
4 2014 → 2015 · Rec Yds/G:9.7 → 51.6 per game · +432% from career median 31.5
5 2010 → 2011 · Rec Yds/G:12.7 → 33.0 per game · +160% from career median 15.9
6 1995 → 1996 · Rec Yds/G:3.8 → 27.7 per game · +629% from career median 16.6
7 2012 → 2013 · Rec Yds/G:17.4 → 61.1 per game · +251% from career median 33.3
8 2014 → 2015 · Rec Yds/G:9.9 → 43.8 per game · +342% from career median 26.3
9 1998 → 1999 · Rec Yds/G:14.6 → 36.9 per game · +153% from career median 18.9
10 2019 → 2020 · Rec Yds/G:13.3 → 41.9 per game · +215% from career median 24.8
11 2010 → 2011 · Rec Yds/G:29.7 → 81.9 per game · +176% from career median 47.4
12 1998 → 1999 · Rec Yds/G:2.2 → 34.9 per game · +1486% from career median 27.2
13 2019 → 2020 · Rec Yds/G:11.1 → 39.1 per game · +252% from career median 25.5
14 1988 → 1989 · Rec Yds/G:6.7 → 24.9 per game · +272% from career median 19.1
15 2010 → 2011 · Rec Yds/G:24.3 → 66.3 per game · +173% from career median 33.9
16 2001 → 2002 · Rec Yds/G:12.3 → 33.9 per game · +176% from career median 21.8
17 1998 → 1999 · Rec Yds/G:9.5 → 29.9 per game · +215% from career median 15.7
18 1989 → 1990 · Rec Yds/G:2.8 → 25.3 per game · +804% from career median 25.3
19 2008 → 2009 · Rec Yds/G:27.5 → 60.3 per game · +119% from career median 37.7
20 1994 → 1995 · Rec Yds/G:2.1 → 15.9 per game · +657% from career median 15.9
21 2007 → 2008 · Rec Yds/G:13.0 → 34.9 per game · +168% from career median 20.8
22 1996 → 1997 · Rec Yds/G:24.1 → 49.2 per game · +104% from career median 29.2
23 2000 → 2001 · Rec Yds/G:5.0 → 26.9 per game · +438% from career median 25.7
24 2012 → 2013 · Rec Yds/G:16.3 → 47.4 per game · +191% from career median 36.8
25 1984 → 1985 · Rec Yds/G:8.5 → 21.2 per game · +149% from career median 15.0
26 1997 → 1998 · Rec Yds/G:6.9 → 23.6 per game · +242% from career median 19.8
27 2023 → 2024 · Rec Yds/G:14.3 → 32.1 per game · +124% from career median 18.6
28 2018 → 2019 · Rec Yds/G:20.9 → 52.4 per game · +151% from career median 33.0
29 1993 → 1994 · Rec Yds/G:3.7 → 23.2 per game · +527% from career median 23.4
30 1989 → 1990 · Rec Yds/G:14.1 → 41.1 per game · +191% from career median 32.6
31 2016 → 2017 · Rec Yds/G:10.3 → 24.4 per game · +137% from career median 15.0
32 2005 → 2006 · Rec Yds/G:20.8 → 44.7 per game · +115% from career median 25.5
33 2022 → 2023 · Rec Yds/G:15.8 → 44.8 per game · +184% from career median 35.3
34 2015 → 2016 · Rec Yds/G:4.9 → 20.3 per game · +314% from career median 15.6
35 2017 → 2018 · Rec Yds/G:34.3 → 86.1 per game · +151% from career median 65.0
36 1991 → 1992 · Rec Yds/G:16.5 → 37.2 per game · +125% from career median 26.3
37 2002 → 2003 · Rec Yds/G:11.9 → 33.5 per game · +182% from career median 23.0
38 1964 → 1965 · Rec Yds/G:29.0 → 58.1 per game · +100% from career median 38.8
39 2023 → 2024 · Rec Yds/G:16.3 → 41.6 per game · +155% from career median 31.8
40 1984 → 1985 · Rec Yds/G:5.5 → 16.6 per game · +202% from career median 15.1
41 2017 → 2018 · Rec Yds/G:10.2 → 27.4 per game · +169% from career median 23.4
42 1994 → 1995 · Rec Yds/G:6.1 → 29.4 per game · +382% from career median 31.9
43 1992 → 1993 · Rec Yds/G:10.7 → 41.2 per game · +285% from career median 41.9
44 2012 → 2013 · Rec Yds/G:4.8 → 26.5 per game · +452% from career median 24.6
45 2001 → 2002 · Rec Yds/G:20.6 → 52.3 per game · +154% from career median 44.7
46 2010 → 2011 · Rec Yds/G:34.1 → 82.9 per game · +143% from career median 69.7
47 1982 → 1983 · Rec Yds/G:11.8 → 26.3 per game · +123% from career median 20.9
48 2011 → 2012 · Rec Yds/G:14.4 → 39.1 per game · +172% from career median 35.5
49 1990 → 1991 · Rec Yds/G:5.1 → 15.8 per game · +210% from career median 15.8
50 1984 → 1985 · Rec Yds/G:14.9 → 29.9 per game · +101% from career median 22.2
50 comebacks shown · StatVault encyclopedia
Rankings as of 2026-10-15 , as declared by the corpus that produced them.