most career receptions by a 49ers player before 1983

Before 1983, Billy Wilson made the most catches for the 49ers, with 407 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
407
100
5,902
14.5
59.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
2Gene Washington
G. Washington
371
124
6,664
18.0
53.7
59
-1
5
-0.2
0.0
0
3Bernie Casey
B. Casey
277
79
4,008
14.5
50.7
27
23
1
23.0
0.3
0
4Ken Willard
K. Willard
273
125
2,156
7.9
17.2
16
5,930
1,582
3.7
47.4
45
5Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
249
107
3,487
14.0
32.6
25
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
6Dwight Clark
D. Clark
245
57
3,241
13.2
56.9
17
32
3
10.7
0.6
0
7Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
214
71
3,215
15.0
45.3
28
250
38
6.6
3.5
2
8Dave Parks
D. Parks
208
50
3,334
16.0
66.7
27
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
9Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
207
102
2,993
14.5
29.3
14
0
0
0.0
0
10Clyde Conner
C. Conner
203
80
2,643
13.0
33.0
18
0
0
0.0
0
11Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
195
97
2,666
13.7
27.5
15
4,288
877
4.9
44.2
35
12Joe Perry
J. Perry
185
131
1,280
6.9
9.8
7
7,344
1,475
5.0
56.1
50
13R.C. Owens
R.C. Owens
176
62
2,926
16.6
47.2
20
23
1
23.0
0.4
1
14Dick Witcher
D. Witcher
172
109
2,359
13.7
21.6
14
0
0
0.0
0
15Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
164
83
2,555
15.6
30.8
23
175
19
9.2
2.1
0
16Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
153
41
1,197
7.8
29.2
5
1,127
293
3.8
27.5
6
17Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
148
72
1,233
8.3
17.1
3
2,955
745
4.0
41.0
10
18Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
147
77
1,634
11.1
21.2
5
1,746
416
4.2
22.7
16
19Doug Cunningham
D. Cunningham
135
82
1,145
8.5
14.0
0
1,498
401
3.7
18.3
10
20J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
121
97
1,109
9.2
11.4
5
4,370
1,007
4.3
45.1
37
21John David Crow
J. David Crow
120
56
1,738
14.5
31.0
18
1,474
370
4.0
26.3
5
22Larry Schreiber
L. Schreiber
116
60
966
8.3
16.1
4
1,734
502
3.5
28.9
10
23Vic Washington
V. Washington
112
40
948
8.5
23.7
5
1,813
483
3.8
45.3
14
24Bob Windsor
B. Windsor
111
69
1,392
12.5
20.2
8
67
7
9.6
1.0
0
25Charle Young
C. Young
88
41
914
10.4
22.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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