Editing Cris Carter (section)

==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}

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|-
! {{nfly|1987}} || [[1987 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| 9 || 0 || rowspan = 5 | —{{efn|Data for the Targets statistic prior to the [[1992 NFL season|1992 season]] is missing from the [[Pro-Football-Reference.com|Pro Football Reference]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lynch|first=Mike|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2016/01/find-nfl-yards-per-target-leaders-since-1992/|title=Find NFL Yards Per Target Leaders Since 1992|publisher=Sports-Reference|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=September 26, 2017}}</ref>}} || 5 || 84 || 16.8 || 9.3 || 2 
|-
! {{nfly|1988}} || [[1988 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| 16 || 16 || 39 || 761 || '''19.5''' || 47.6 || 6
|-
! {{nfly|1989}} || [[1989 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| 16 || 15 || 45 || 605 || 13.4 || 37.8 || 11
|-
! {{nfly|1990}} || [[1990 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 5 || 27 || 413 || 15.3 || 25.8 || 3
|-
! {{nfly|1991}} || [[1991 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 72 || 962 || 13.4 || 60.1 || 5
|-
! {{nfly|1992}} || [[1992 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 12 || 12 || 92 || 53 || 681 || 12.8 || 56.8 || 6
|-
! {{nfly|1993}} || [[1993 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 143 || 86 || 1,071 || 12.5 || 66.9 || 9
|-
! {{nfly|1994}} || [[1994 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 188 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''122''' || 1,256 || 10.3 || 78.5 || 7
|-
! {{nfly|1995}} || [[1995 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || '''197''' || '''122''' || '''1,371''' || 11.2 || '''85.7''' || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''17'''
|-
! {{nfly|1996}} || [[1996 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 167 || 96 || 1,163 || 12.1 || 72.7 || 10
|-
! {{nfly|1997}} || [[1997 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 158 || 89 || 1,069 || 12.0 || 66.8 || style="background:#cfecec;"|13
|-
! {{nfly|1998}} || [[1998 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 125 || 78 || 1,011 || 13.0 || 63.2 || 12
|-
! {{nfly|1999}} || [[1999 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 137 || 90 || 1,241 || 13.8 || 77.6 || style="background:#cfecec;"|13
|-
! {{nfly|2000}} || [[2000 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 161 || 96 || 1,274 || 13.3 || 79.6 || 9
|-
! {{nfly|2001}} || [[2001 Minnesota Vikings season|MIN]]
| 16 || 16 || 130 || 73 || 871 || 11.9 || 54.4 || 6
|-
! {{nfly|2002}} || [[2002 Miami Dolphins season|MIA]]
| 5 || 1 || 17 || 8 || 66 || 8.3 || 13.2 || 1
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan="2"| Career || 234 || 209 || 1,515 || 1,101 || 13,899 || 12.6 || 59.4 || 130
|}

===Career notables===
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* One of four players to record at least 120 receptions in a season twice, 1994 and 1995 ([[Wes Welker]], [[Antonio Brown]], [[Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993)|Michael Thomas]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-seasons-with-120-receptions|title=Most seasons with 120 receptions|website=StatMuse.com|publisher=StatMuse|access-date=November 6, 2023}}</ref> 
* Most games with at least 12 receptions in a single season (4) in 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-12-reception-games-in-a-single-season|title=Most 12 reception games in a single season|website=StatMuse.com|publisher=StatMuse|access-date=November 6, 2023}}</ref> 
* One of three players (Clarke Gaines and Jerry Rice) to record at least 12 receptions in consecutive games
* Most consecutive games with 2 touchdown receptions (4) – tied with Calvin Johnson and Doug Baldwin
* Most consecutive seasons with at least 5 touchdown receptions, 1991–2001 (11) – [[Terrell Owens]], [[Jerry Rice]], [[Marvin Harrison]], [[Don Hutson]], and [[Tim Brown (American football)|Tim Brown]]
* Most consecutive seasons with at least 5 touchdowns, 1991–2001 (11) – Terrell Owens, Jerry Rice, Marvin Harrison, Don Hutson, Tim Brown, and [[Frank Gore]]
* First player to record a 150-yard receiving game in three different decades (Jerry Rice is the only other player to do so)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/cris-carter-150-yard-receiving-games|title=Cris Carter 150 yard receiving games|website=StatMuse.com|publisher=StatMuse|access-date=November 6, 2023}}</ref>
* Member of 2013 Hall of Fame Class
*Only guest on Good Morning Football to get the ball on the peg during The Long Show on February 2, 2022.