most receiving yards before 1987

Before 1987, Charlie Joiner had the most receiving yards, with 12,146 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player before 1987
NAME REC YDS GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
2 Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
3 Steve Largent
S. Largent
11,129
162
694
16.0
68.7
87
53
14
3.8
0.3
1
4 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
5 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
6 James Lofton
J. Lofton
9,656
136
530
18.2
71.0
49
245
31
7.9
1.8
1
7 Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
8 Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
9 Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
10 Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
11 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
8,692
144
435
20.0
60.4
57
133
20
6.7
0.9
0
12 Cliff Branch
C. Branch
8,685
183
501
17.3
47.5
67
70
11
6.4
0.4
0
13 Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
8,565
157
427
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
14 Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
15 Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
8,410
152
495
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
16 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,316
134
516
16.1
62.1
54
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
17 Carroll Dale
C. Dale
8,277
189
438
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
18 John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
8,202
153
496
16.5
53.6
61
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
19 Haven Moses
H. Moses
8,091
199
448
18.1
40.7
56
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
20 Art Powell
A. Powell
8,046
117
479
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
21 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
7,991
116
488
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
22 Tony Hill
T. Hill
7,988
141
479
16.7
56.7
51
84
14
6.0
0.6
0
23 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
7,954
148
521
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
24 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
25 Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
7,914
149
400
19.8
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.571
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10
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.769
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6
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.462
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10
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8
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.615
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8
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.615
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6
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.462
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12
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.923
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.615

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