before 2016 what wr had the most career receptions through first 8 seasons

Marvin Harrison had the most catches by a wide receiver in his first 8 seasons, with 759 receptions.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
759
123
873
10,072
13.3
81.9
83
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
2Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
712
123
1,187
9,050
12.7
73.6
57
118
20
5.9
1.0
0
3Torry Holt
T. Holt
712
126
1,190
10,675
15.0
84.7
64
57
11
5.2
0.5
0
4Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
693
124
1,192
9,615
13.9
77.5
73
55
16
3.4
0.4
0
5Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
673
115
1,101
9,164
13.6
79.7
50
46
22
2.1
0.4
0
6Wes Welker
W. Welker
650
124
904
7,226
11.1
58.3
32
131
17
7.7
1.1
0
7Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
650
111
1,055
8,357
12.9
75.3
51
211
38
5.6
1.9
1
8Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
643
119
1,166
10,405
16.2
87.4
74
167
19
8.8
1.4
1
9Randy Moss
R. Moss
634
125
984
10,147
16.0
81.2
98
159
23
6.9
1.3
0
10Roddy White
R. White
622
128
1,084
8,725
14.0
68.2
52
19
9
2.1
0.1
0
11Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
612
121
1,086
8,905
14.6
73.6
53
143
21
6.8
1.2
0
12Herman Moore
H. Moore
610
119
8,467
13.9
71.2
57
0
0
0.0
0
13Jerry Rice
J. Rice
610
124
10,273
16.8
82.8
103
349
54
6.5
2.8
5
14Marques Colston
M. Colston
607
117
933
8,337
13.7
71.3
63
7
2
3.5
0.1
0
15Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
603
119
665
7,936
13.2
66.7
48
71
9
7.9
0.6
1
16Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
595
112
8,134
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
17Terrell Owens
T. Owens
592
121
704
8,572
14.5
70.8
81
162
21
7.7
1.3
2
18Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
584
118
498
8,260
14.1
70.0
44
-3
1
-3.0
0.0
0
19Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
576
125
888
8,129
14.1
65.0
53
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
20Hines Ward
H. Ward
574
127
868
7,030
12.2
55.4
52
385
50
7.7
3.0
1
21Andre Rison
A. Rison
569
125
7,747
13.6
62.0
66
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
22Laveranues Coles
L. Coles
561
121
977
7,245
12.9
59.9
37
212
33
6.4
1.8
0
23Rod Smith
R. Smith
559
120
630
7,783
13.9
64.9
49
215
27
8.0
1.8
1
24Gary Clark
G. Clark
549
122
8,742
15.9
71.7
58
54
11
4.9
0.4
0
25Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
540
109
358
8,405
15.6
77.1
56
119
16
7.4
1.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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