most receiving yards after age 23 in the nfl

Jerry Rice has the most career receiving yards by a player older than 23, with 21,245 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player after age 23 in the NFL
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
21,245
281
1,466
709
14.5
75.6
186
590
77
7.7
2.1
9
2Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14,628
190
994
1,604
14.7
77.0
142
251
39
6.4
1.3
3
3Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
4Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
14,357
218
1,202
1,944
11.9
65.9
97
13
4
3.3
0.1
0
5Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,201
238
1,050
670
13.5
59.7
95
140
36
3.9
0.6
0
6Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
13,705
189
967
1,628
14.2
72.5
78
348
52
6.7
1.8
2
7Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
13,579
189
1,015
1,623
13.4
71.8
80
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
8Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
13,289
223
1,157
1,754
11.5
59.6
96
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
9Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
13,002
191
1,080
1,508
12.0
68.1
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
10Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
12,887
200
764
16.9
64.4
59
48
13
3.7
0.2
0
11Torry Holt
T. Holt
12,594
157
868
1,464
14.5
80.2
68
32
8
4.0
0.2
0
12Cris Carter
C. Carter
12,552
197
1,020
442
12.3
63.7
114
24
10
2.4
0.1
0
13Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
12,402
186
975
1,574
12.7
66.7
74
189
37
5.1
1.0
1
14Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
12,353
186
834
1,210
14.8
66.4
72
120
21
5.7
0.6
0
15Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
171
862
1,012
14.3
71.9
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
16James Lofton
J. Lofton
12,218
201
664
18.4
60.8
65
234
28
8.4
1.2
1
17Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
12,067
161
917
1,486
13.2
75.0
60
52
14
3.7
0.3
0
18Derrick Mason
D. Mason
11,875
214
929
1,439
12.8
55.5
66
10
8
1.3
0.0
0
19Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
11,841
223
795
122
14.9
53.1
76
226
35
6.5
1.0
0
20Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,750
173
628
18.7
67.9
88
25
12
2.1
0.1
0
21Julio Jones
J. Jones
11,546
137
781
1,208
14.8
84.3
48
77
12
6.4
0.6
0
22Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,452
221
931
1,416
12.3
51.8
114
0
0
0.0
0
23Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
11,423
219
706
16.2
52.2
60
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
24Rod Smith
R. Smith
11,389
183
849
1,100
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
25Steve Largent
S. Largent
11,388
168
711
16.0
67.8
84
97
13
7.5
0.6
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StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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