most receiving yards 1932 to 2015

Between the 1932 and 2015 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 22,895 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1932 to 2015
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
22,895
303
1,549
709
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Terrell Owens
T. Owens
15,934
219
1,078
1,604
14.8
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
3Randy Moss
R. Moss
15,292
218
982
1,616
15.6
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
4Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,208
223
1,024
1,210
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
5Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
6Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
7Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
8Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
14,345
211
1,070
1,712
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
9Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
14,100
185
1,053
1,720
13.4
76.2
68
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
10James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
11Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
13,932
205
961
1,644
14.5
68.0
76
387
57
6.8
1.9
2
12Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
13Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,777
228
814
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
14Torry Holt
T. Holt
13,382
173
920
1,561
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
15Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
13,366
186
1,018
1,731
13.1
71.9
98
63
18
3.5
0.3
0
16Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
17Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13,195
186
1,009
1,644
13.1
70.9
74
229
42
5.5
1.2
1
18Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
19Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,785
255
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
20Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
21Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
22Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
23Hines Ward
H. Ward
12,083
217
1,000
1,524
12.1
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
24Derrick Mason
D. Mason
12,061
230
943
1,439
12.8
52.4
66
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
25Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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