most receiving yards before 2004

Before 2004, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 22,466 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player before 2004
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
22,466
286
1,519
645
14.8
78.6
194
645
87
7.4
2.3
10
2Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,734
240
1,070
639
13.8
61.4
99
190
50
3.8
0.8
1
3James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
5Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,777
228
814
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
6Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
7Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
8Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,785
255
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
9Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
10Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
11Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
12Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
13Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
14Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
15Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
10,461
140
688
607
15.2
74.7
68
154
21
7.3
1.1
0
16Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
17Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
18Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,205
186
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
19Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
10,092
146
718
747
14.1
69.1
55
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
20Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
10,072
123
759
873
13.3
81.9
83
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
21Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
10,060
204
815
438
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
22Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
23Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
9,370
162
724
671
12.9
57.8
52
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
24Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
25Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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8
7
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7
8
0
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6
9
0
.400
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10
0
.333
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3
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