Cris Carter

Graduel Christopher Darin Carter

Position: WR

6-3, 202lb (190cm, 91kg)

Born: November 25, 1965 in Troy, OH

College: Ohio St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 99 (154th overall since 1960)

High School: Middletown (OH)

Draft: Philadelphia Eagles in the 4th round (3rd overall) of the 1987 NFL Supplemental Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2013 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

234

135

Rec

1101

Yds

13899

Y/R

12.6

130

FantPt

2175.0

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1987	22	PHI	WR	80	9	0		5	84	16.8	2		25	0.6	9.3					0						5	16.8	84	2	0	1
1988	23	PHI	WR	80	16	16		39	761	19.5	6		80	2.4	47.6			1	1	0		1	1.0	0.1	0.1	40	19.1	762	6	0	7
1989	24	PHI	WR	80	16	15		45	605	13.4	11		42	2.8	37.8			2	16	0		11	8.0	1.0	0.1	47	13.2	621	11	1	6
1990	25	MIN	WR	80	16	5		27	413	15.3	3		78	1.7	25.8			2	6	0		8	3.0	0.4	0.1	29	14.4	419	3	0	4
1991	26	MIN	WR	80	16	16		72	962	13.4	5		50	4.5	60.1					0						72	13.4	962	5	1	11
1992	27	MIN	WR	80	12	12	92	53	681	12.8	6		44	4.4	56.8	57.6%	7.4	5	15	0		6	3.0	1.3	0.4	58	12.0	696	6	1	7
1993*	28	MIN	WR	80	16	16	143	86	1071	12.5	9		58	5.4	66.9	60.1%	7.5			0						86	12.5	1071	9	0	9	PB
1994*+	29	MIN	WR	80	16	16	188	122	1256	10.3	7	62	65	7.6	78.5	64.9%	6.7			0						122	10.3	1256	7	4	9	AP OPoY-4, AP1, PB
1995*	30	MIN	WR	80	16	16	197	122	1371	11.2	17	80	60	7.6	85.7	61.9%	7.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	123	11.1	1371	17	0	12	AP2, PB
1996*	31	MIN	WR	80	16	16	167	96	1163	12.1	10	57	43	6.0	72.7	57.5%	7.0			0						96	12.1	1163	10	1	9	PB
1997*	32	MIN	WR	80	16	16	158	89	1069	12.0	13	55	43	5.6	66.8	56.3%	6.8			0						89	12.0	1069	13	3	10	PB
1998*	33	MIN	WR	80	16	16	125	78	1011	13.0	12	57	54	4.9	63.2	62.4%	8.1	1	-1	0	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	79	12.8	1010	12	0	14	PB
1999*+	34	MIN	WR	80	16	16	137	90	1241	13.8	13	66	68	5.6	77.6	65.7%	9.1			0						90	13.8	1241	13	0	12	AP1, PB
2000*	35	MIN	WR	80	16	16	161	96	1274	13.3	9	72	53	6.0	79.6	59.6%	7.9			0						96	13.3	1274	9	3	15	PB
2001	36	MIN	WR	80	16	16	130	73	871	11.9	6	45	52	4.6	54.4	56.2%	6.7	1	4	0	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	74	11.8	875	6	2	8
2002	37	MIA	WR	88	5	1	17	8	66	8.3	1	5	15	1.6	13.2	47.1%	3.9			0						8	8.3	66	1	1	1
Career					234	209	1515	1101	13899	12.6	130	499	80	4.7	59.4	60.3%	7.3	13	41	0	0	11	3.2	0.2	0.1	1114	12.5	13940	130	17	135
12 yrs		MIN			188	177	1498	1004	12383	12.3	110	494	78	5.3	65.9	60.4%	7.3	10	24	0	0	8	2.4	0.1	0.1	1014	12.2	12407	110	15	120
3 yrs		PHI			41	31		89	1450	16.3	19	0	80	2.2	35.4	0%		3	17	0	0	11	5.7	0.4	0.1	92	15.9	1467	19	1	14
1 yr		MIA			5	1	17	8	66	8.3	1	5	15	1.6	13.2	47.1%	3.9			0						8	8.3	66	1	1	1

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1988	23	PHI	WR	1	1		1	17	17.0	0	0	17	1.0	17.0					0						1	17.0	17	0	0
1989	24	PHI	WR	1	1		2	16	8.0	0	0	11	2.0	16.0					0						2	8.0	16	0	0
1992	27	MIN	WR	1	1	10	3	77	25.7	0	0	42	3.0	77.0	30.0%	7.7			0						3	25.7	77	0	0
1993*	28	MIN	WR	1	1	6	4	83	20.8	1	0	40	4.0	83.0	66.7%	13.8			0						4	20.8	83	1	1
1994*+	29	MIN	WR	1	1	16	8	61	7.6	1	4	19	8.0	61.0	50.0%	3.8			0						8	7.6	61	1	0
1996*	31	MIN	WR	1	1	7	3	36	12.0	1	1	30	3.0	36.0	42.9%	5.1			0						3	12.0	36	1	1
1997*	32	MIN	WR	2	2	25	12	176	14.7	2	7	66	6.0	88.0	48.0%	7.0			0						12	14.7	176	2	0
1998*	33	MIN	WR	2	2	17	11	149	13.5	0	7	45	5.5	74.5	64.7%	8.8			0						11	13.5	149	0	0
1999*+	34	MIN	WR	2	2	22	8	111	13.9	2	6	22	4.0	55.5	36.4%	5.0			0						8	13.9	111	2	0
2000*	35	MIN	WR	2	2	20	11	144	13.1	1	9	34	5.5	72.0	55.0%	7.2			0						11	13.1	144	1	0
Career				14	14	123	63	870	13.8	8	34	66	4.5	62.1	60.3%	7.3			0						63	13.8	870	8	2
8 yrs		MIN		12	12	123	60	837	14.0	8	34	66	5.0	69.8	48.8%	6.8			0						60	14.0	837	8	2
2 yrs		PHI		2	2		3	33	11.0	0	0	17	1.5	16.5	0%				0						3	11.0	33	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1987	22	PHI	WR	80	9	0			0			12	241	0	33	20.1	325
1996*	31	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	1166
Career					234	209			0			13	244	0	33	18.8	14184
12 yrs		MIN			188	177			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	12410
3 yrs		PHI			41	31			0			12	241	0	33	20.1	1708
1 yr		MIA			5	1			0					0			66

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1988	23	PHI	WR	80	16	16			0				0	1	0	1	0.0
1989	24	PHI	WR	80	16	15			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
1991	26	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1992	27	MIN	WR	80	12	12			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1993*	28	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1994*+	29	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0			0	4	0	0	0	0.0
1996*	31	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1997*	32	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0			0	3	0	0	0	0.0
2000*	35	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0			0	3	2	0	0	0.0
2001	36	MIN	WR	80	16	16			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2002	37	MIA	WR	88	5	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					234	209			0			0	17	6	0	1	0.0
12 yrs		MIN			188	177			0			0	15	4	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		PHI			41	31			0				1	2	0	1	0.0
1 yr		MIA			5	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1989	24	PHI	WR	1	1			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1993*	28	MIN	WR	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1996*	31	MIN	WR	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1999*+	34	MIN	WR	2	2			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career				14	14			0			0	2	2	0	0	0.0
8 yrs		MIN		12	12			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		PHI		2	2			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1987	22	PHI	WR	80	9	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career					234		0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
12 yrs		MIN			188	177
3 yrs		PHI			41	31	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1 yr		MIA			5	1

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	1D	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1988	23	PHI	WR	1	1	0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career				14	14	0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00
8 yrs		MIN		12	12	0-0	0
2 yrs		PHI		2	2	0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00

Scoring Summary

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1987	22	PHI	WR	80	9	0	2		2			12	1.3
1988	23	PHI	WR	80	16	16	6	1	7			42	2.6
1989	24	PHI	WR	80	16	15	11		11			66	4.1
1990	25	MIN	WR	80	16	5	3		3			18	1.1
1991	26	MIN	WR	80	16	16	5		5			30	1.9
1992	27	MIN	WR	80	12	12	6		6			36	3.0
1993*	28	MIN	WR	80	16	16	9		9			54	3.4
1994*+	29	MIN	WR	80	16	16	7		7	2		46	2.9
1995*	30	MIN	WR	80	16	16	17		17			102	6.4
1996*	31	MIN	WR	80	16	16	10		10			60	3.8
1997*	32	MIN	WR	80	16	16	13		13	3		84	5.3
1998*	33	MIN	WR	80	16	16	12		12			72	4.5
1999*+	34	MIN	WR	80	16	16	13		13			78	4.9
2000*	35	MIN	WR	80	16	16	9		9			54	3.4
2001	36	MIN	WR	80	16	16	6		6			36	2.3
2002	37	MIA	WR	88	5	1	1		1			6	1.2
Career					234	209	130	1	131	5	0	796	3.4
12 yrs		MIN			188	177	110		110	5	0	670	3.6
3 yrs		PHI			41	31	19	1	20		0	120	2.9
1 yr		MIA			5	1	1		1		0	6	1.2

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts	Pts/G
1993*	28	MIN	WR	1	1	1	1		6	6.0
1994*+	29	MIN	WR	1	1	1	1		6	6.0
1996*	31	MIN	WR	1	1	1	1	1	8	8.0
1997*	32	MIN	WR	2	2	2	2		12	6.0
1999*+	34	MIN	WR	2	2	2	2		12	6.0
2000*	35	MIN	WR	2	2	1	1		6	3.0
Career				14	14	8	8	1	50	3.6
8 yrs		MIN		12	12	8	8	1	50	4.2
2 yrs		PHI		2	2				0	0.0

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