most receiving yards 1932 to 1996

Between the 1932 and 1996 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 16,377 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1932 to 1996
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16,377
188
1,050
15.6
87.1
154
624
80
7.8
3.3
10
2James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
3Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,177
205
775
17.0
64.3
61
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
4Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
5Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
6Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
7Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
8Andre Reed
A. Reed
10,884
175
766
14.2
62.2
75
489
72
6.8
2.8
1
9Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
10Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
11Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
12Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
13Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
10,111
193
650
15.6
52.4
69
180
39
4.6
0.9
1
14Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
15Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
9,500
123
591
16.1
77.2
52
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
16Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
17Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
18Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
19Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
20Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
21Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,966
150
559
16.0
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
22Roy Green
R. Green
8,965
190
559
16.0
47.2
66
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
23Mark Duper
M. Duper
8,869
146
511
17.4
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
24John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
8,723
165
537
16.2
52.9
63
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
25Cliff Branch
C. Branch
8,685
183
501
17.3
47.5
67
70
11
6.4
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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