most receiving yards after age 27 in the nfl

Jerry Rice has the most career receiving yards by a player older than 27, with 16,182 yards.

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most receiving yards by a player after age 27 in the NFL

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	16,182	223	1,181	709	13.7	72.6	128	354	44	8.0	1.6	6
2	Tim Brown T. Brown	11,509	175	867	670	13.3	65.8	73	121	26	4.7	0.7	0
3	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	10,755	139	757	1,012	14.2	77.4	57	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
4	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	10,439	130	791	1,238	13.2	80.3	95	16	4	4.0	0.1	0
5	Terrell Owens T. Owens	10,134	132	684	1,241	14.8	76.8	97	168	29	5.8	1.3	2
6	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	9,885	139	835	1,175	11.8	71.1	66	14	7	2.0	0.1	2
7	Rod Smith R. Smith	9,820	141	757	1,100	13.0	69.6	53	331	38	8.7	2.3	1
8	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	9,806	142	687	1,189	14.3	69.1	51	220	29	7.6	1.5	0
9	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	9,799	174	615		15.9	56.3	50	-12	1	-12.0	-0.1	0
10	Cris Carter C. Carter	9,758	139	803	442	12.2	70.2	93	3	3	1.0	0.0	0
11	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	9,510	170	653	122	14.6	55.9	56	67	14	4.8	0.4	0
12	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	9,480	159	857	1,281	11.1	59.6	64	5	1	5.0	0.0	0
13	Derrick Mason D. Mason	9,430	154	760	1,219	12.4	61.2	49	9	7	1.3	0.1	0
14	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	9,416	147	539		17.5	64.1	37	44	7	6.3	0.3	0
15	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	9,407	125	718	1,167	13.1	75.3	48	4	3	1.3	0.0	0
16	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	9,288	155	819	1,297	11.3	59.9	56	13	4	3.3	0.1	0
17	Don Maynard D. Maynard	8,815	131	457		19.3	67.3	66	25	12	2.1	0.2	0
18	Drew Hill D. Hill	8,711	149	583		14.9	58.5	53	1	1	1.0	0.0	0
19	Donald Driver D. Driver	8,553	154	636	1,045	13.4	55.5	49	105	22	4.8	0.7	0
20	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	8,361	137	579	1,013	14.4	61.0	42	54	14	3.9	0.4	0
21	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	7,955	130	636	1,012	12.5	61.2	48	99	18	5.5	0.8	1
22	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	7,947	140	633	919	12.6	56.8	47	20	5	4.0	0.1	0
23	Joe Horn J. Horn	7,865	114	550	955	14.3	69.0	51	31	10	3.1	0.3	0
24	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	7,806	107	576	951	13.6	73.0	37	28	5	5.6	0.3	0
25	James Lofton J. Lofton	7,702	144	429		18.0	53.5	41	97	15	6.5	0.7	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Seahawks	14	3	.824
Rams	12	5	.706
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Cardinals	3	14	.176

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Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	8:35 PM
Sun 9/20	MIA	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 9/27	ARI	@	SF	4:05 PM
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1,595

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144.5

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176