most receiving yards before 2005

Before 2005, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 22,895 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player before 2005
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
22,895
303
1,549
709
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
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
13Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
11,753
156
777
755
15.1
75.3
74
154
21
7.3
1.0
0
14Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
11,264
162
792
884
14.2
69.5
61
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
15Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
11,185
139
845
1,012
13.2
80.5
98
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
16Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
17Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
18Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
19Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
20Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,205
186
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
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
23Terrell Owens
T. Owens
9,772
135
669
831
14.6
72.4
95
157
24
6.5
1.2
2
24Rod Smith
R. Smith
9,772
151
712
880
13.7
64.7
59
346
42
8.2
2.3
1
25Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
9,763
169
755
729
12.9
57.8
53
6
2
3.0
0.0
0
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