most receiving yards 1990 to 2020

Between the 1990 and 2020 seasons, Larry Fitzgerald had the most yards on receptions, with 17,492 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1990 to 2020
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
17,492
263
1,432
2,335
12.2
66.5
121
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16,531
227
1,203
709
13.7
72.8
131
356
45
7.9
1.6
6
3Terrell Owens
T. Owens
15,934
219
1,078
1,604
14.8
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
4Randy Moss
R. Moss
15,292
218
982
1,616
15.6
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
5Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,208
223
1,024
1,210
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
6Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
7Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14,731
219
1,031
1,745
14.3
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
8Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
9Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
14,345
211
1,070
1,712
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
10Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,201
238
1,050
670
13.5
59.7
95
140
36
3.9
0.6
0
11Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
14,185
193
1,062
1,743
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
12Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13,779
202
1,076
1,739
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
13Torry Holt
T. Holt
13,382
173
920
1,561
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
14Jason Witten
J. Witten
13,046
271
1,228
1,723
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
15Julio Jones
J. Jones
12,896
135
848
1,322
15.2
95.5
60
118
19
6.2
0.9
0
16Cris Carter
C. Carter
12,449
193
1,012
442
12.3
64.5
111
24
10
2.4
0.1
0
17Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
12,351
179
970
1,650
12.7
69.0
83
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
18Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
19Hines Ward
H. Ward
12,083
217
1,000
1,524
12.1
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
20Derrick Mason
D. Mason
12,061
230
943
1,439
12.8
52.4
66
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
21Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
22Antonio Brown
A. Brown
11,746
139
886
1,344
13.3
84.5
79
122
34
3.6
0.9
0
23Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
11,619
135
731
1,315
15.9
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
24Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
11,438
202
860
1,304
13.3
56.6
62
64
11
5.8
0.3
0
25Rod Smith
R. Smith
11,389
183
849
1,100
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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