before 2016 what wr had the most career receptions through first 5 seasons

Larry Fitzgerald made the most receptions by a wide receiver in his first 5 seasons, with 426 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
426
76
712
5,975
14.0
78.6
46
55
16
3.4
0.7
0
2Torry Holt
T. Holt
423
80
712
6,784
16.0
84.8
35
55
10
5.5
0.7
0
3A.J. Green
A.J. Green
415
76
705
6,171
14.9
81.2
45
93
11
8.5
1.2
0
4Julio Jones
J. Jones
414
65
650
6,201
15.0
95.4
34
94
14
6.7
1.4
0
5Randy Moss
R. Moss
414
80
602
6,743
16.3
84.3
60
141
17
8.3
1.8
0
6Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
413
75
688
5,033
12.2
67.1
28
107
18
5.9
1.4
0
7Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
413
68
692
5,458
13.2
80.3
29
130
24
5.4
1.9
0
8Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
413
76
362
5,554
13.4
73.1
47
12
6
2.0
0.2
0
9Andre Rison
A. Rison
394
79
5,365
13.6
67.9
52
9
4
2.3
0.1
0
10Antonio Brown
A. Brown
390
70
596
5,259
13.5
75.1
28
82
25
3.3
1.2
0
11Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
389
80
5,741
14.8
71.8
36
49
16
3.1
0.6
0
12Dez Bryant
D. Bryant
381
75
611
5,424
14.2
72.3
56
1
5
0.2
0.0
0
13Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
379
76
676
5,556
14.7
73.1
34
72
9
8.0
0.9
0
14Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
376
78
270
4,982
13.3
63.9
39
71
9
7.9
0.9
1
15Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
371
70
621
4,804
12.9
68.6
25
26
18
1.4
0.4
0
16Marques Colston
M. Colston
369
72
586
5,097
13.8
70.8
40
7
2
3.5
0.1
0
17Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
366
76
677
5,872
16.0
77.3
49
167
19
8.8
2.2
1
18Frank Sanders
F. Sanders
364
80
153
4,812
13.2
60.2
14
2
8
0.3
0.0
0
19Dwayne Bowe
D. Bowe
356
75
636
4,927
13.8
65.7
36
16
2
8.0
0.2
0
20Al Toon
A. Toon
355
69
4,574
12.9
66.3
23
7
4
1.8
0.1
0
21Art Powell
A. Powell
353
70
5,843
16.6
83.5
54
0
0
0.0
0
22Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
351
69
576
5,317
15.1
77.1
41
6
3
2.0
0.1
0
23Jerry Rice
J. Rice
346
76
6,364
18.4
83.7
66
289
42
6.9
3.8
4
24Jeremy Maclin
J. Maclin
343
75
569
4,771
13.9
63.6
36
30
6
5.0
0.4
0
25Laveranues Coles
L. Coles
342
77
605
4,656
13.6
60.5
20
198
31
6.4
2.6
0
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