before 2016 what wr had the most career receptions through first 6 seasons

Antonio Brown had the most receptions by a wide receiver in his first 6 seasons, with 526 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Antonio Brown
A. Brown
526
86
789
7,093
13.5
82.5
38
110
28
3.9
1.3
0
2Randy Moss
R. Moss
525
96
774
8,375
16.0
87.2
77
159
23
6.9
1.7
0
3Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
523
92
865
7,067
13.5
76.8
59
55
16
3.4
0.6
0
4Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
522
92
526
7,078
13.6
76.9
62
15
7
2.1
0.2
0
5Torry Holt
T. Holt
517
96
848
8,156
15.8
85.0
45
55
10
5.5
0.6
0
6Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
502
80
819
6,496
12.9
81.2
40
197
33
6.0
2.5
0
7Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
501
96
7,015
14.0
73.1
47
57
20
2.9
0.6
0
8Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
494
91
830
6,247
12.6
68.6
34
120
19
6.3
1.3
0
9Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
488
92
881
7,836
16.1
85.2
54
167
19
8.8
1.8
1
10Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
486
86
792
6,379
13.1
74.2
33
26
18
1.4
0.3
0
11Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
482
93
450
6,248
13.0
67.2
40
71
9
7.9
0.8
1
12Andre Rison
A. Rison
475
94
6,453
13.6
68.6
60
9
4
2.3
0.1
0
13Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
466
92
828
6,925
14.9
75.3
41
96
15
6.4
1.0
0
14Demaryius Thomas
D. Thomas
456
85
753
6,621
14.5
77.9
47
6
3
2.0
0.1
0
15Marques Colston
M. Colston
449
86
693
6,240
13.9
72.6
48
7
2
3.5
0.1
0
16Jerry Rice
J. Rice
446
92
7,866
17.6
85.5
79
289
44
6.6
3.1
4
17Wes Welker
W. Welker
442
93
608
4,809
10.9
51.7
16
101
13
7.8
1.1
0
18Jeremy Maclin
J. Maclin
430
90
693
5,859
13.6
65.1
44
44
9
4.9
0.5
0
19Roddy White
R. White
430
96
761
6,078
14.1
63.3
37
19
9
2.1
0.2
0
20Hines Ward
H. Ward
425
96
646
5,051
11.9
52.6
37
350
40
8.8
3.6
0
21Herman Moore
H. Moore
424
88
6,191
14.6
70.4
44
0
0
0.0
0
22Frank Sanders
F. Sanders
418
96
269
5,561
13.3
57.9
20
2
8
0.3
0.0
0
23A.J. Green
A.J. Green
415
76
705
6,171
14.9
81.2
45
93
11
8.5
1.2
0
24Dwayne Bowe
D. Bowe
415
88
750
5,728
13.8
65.1
39
16
2
8.0
0.2
0
25Laveranues Coles
L. Coles
415
93
737
5,501
13.3
59.2
25
198
31
6.4
2.1
0
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