most receiving yards between 1966 to 2017 among wide receivers

From 1966 through 2017, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver, with 22,895 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	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	22,895	303	1,549	709	14.8	75.6	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
2	Terrell Owens T. Owens	15,934	219	1,078	1,604	14.8	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
3	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	15,545	218	1,234	2,042	12.6	71.3	110	68	20	3.4	0.3	0
4	Randy Moss R. Moss	15,292	218	982	1,616	15.6	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
5	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	15,208	223	1,024	1,210	14.9	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
6	Tim Brown T. Brown	14,934	255	1,094	670	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
7	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	14,731	219	1,031	1,745	14.3	67.3	81	387	57	6.8	1.8	2
8	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	14,580	190	1,102	1,431	13.2	76.7	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
9	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	14,345	211	1,070	1,712	13.4	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
10	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	14,185	193	1,062	1,743	13.4	73.5	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
11	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764		18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
12	Cris Carter C. Carter	13,899	234	1,101	442	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
13	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	13,779	202	1,076	1,739	12.8	68.2	82	229	42	5.5	1.1	1
14	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814		16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
15	Torry Holt T. Holt	13,382	173	920	1,561	14.5	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
16	Andre Reed A. Reed	13,198	234	951	111	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
17	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,089	200	819		16.0	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
18	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	12,785	255	851	122	15.0	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
19	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940		13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
20	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	12,287	178	862	1,012	14.3	69.0	67	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
21	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	12,215	172	959	1,627	12.7	71.0	82	118	20	5.9	0.7	0
22	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	12,146	239	750		16.2	50.8	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
23	Hines Ward H. Ward	12,083	217	1,000	1,524	12.1	55.7	85	428	57	7.5	2.0	1
24	Derrick Mason D. Mason	12,061	230	943	1,439	12.8	52.4	66	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
25	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	11,904	159	750	19	15.9	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0

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Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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