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San Francisco 49ers Defense vs Wide Receivers (2025)

In 2025, the San Francisco 49ers allowed 146.6 receiving yards per game to wide receivers — #21 of 32 (1 = stingiest). Our persistence testing says single-season ranks like this mostly do NOT carry over year to year — use with that in mind.

Everything they allowed to wide receivers, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	17.5	15.2	15.0
Receptions allowed	11.8	9.8	10.0
Rec yds allowed	146.6	137.5	145.0
Rec TD allowed	0.9	0.8	0.5
Yards per target	8.4	9.0	9.7
Explosive receptions (20+)	2.0	2.0	2.5

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Los Angeles Rams

Wide Receivers they'll face first: Puka Nacua, Davante Adams.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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