most receiving yards by wr in first 14 seasons

Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in his first 14 seasons, with 17,612 yards.

Regular season

	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	17,612	206	1,139		15.5	85.5	164	614	81	7.6	3.0	10
2	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	15,545	218	1,234	2,042	12.6	71.3	110	68	20	3.4	0.3	0
3	Randy Moss R. Moss	15,292	218	982	1,616	15.6	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
4	Terrell Owens T. Owens	14,951	205	1,006	1,465	14.9	72.9	144	251	39	6.4	1.2	3
5	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	14,580	190	1,102	1,431	13.2	76.7	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
6	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	14,345	211	1,070	1,712	13.4	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
7	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	14,185	193	1,062	1,743	13.4	73.5	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
8	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	14,109	197	942	1,053	15.0	71.6	84	150	23	6.5	0.8	0
9	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	13,779	202	1,076	1,739	12.8	68.2	82	229	42	5.5	1.1	1
10	Julio Jones J. Jones	13,703	166	914	1,432	15.0	82.5	66	163	24	6.8	1.0	0
11	Torry Holt T. Holt	13,382	173	920	1,561	14.5	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
12	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	13,295	195	1,006	1,624	13.2	68.2	85	21	6	3.5	0.1	0
13	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	13,262	198	915	1,571	14.5	67.0	73	387	57	6.8	2.0	2
14	Tim Brown T. Brown	13,237	208	937	418	14.1	63.6	95	171	44	3.9	0.8	1
15	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,177	205	775		17.0	64.3	61	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
16	Mike Evans M. Evans	13,101	177	872	1,501	15.0	74.0	109	10	1	10.0	0.1	0
17	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,089	200	819		16.0	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
18	James Lofton J. Lofton	13,035	207	699		18.6	63.0	69	246	32	7.7	1.2	1
19	Cris Carter C. Carter	12,962	213	1,020	295	12.7	60.9	123	37	12	3.1	0.2	0
20	Davante Adams D. Adams	12,659	179	1,020	1,628	12.4	70.7	117	-1	3	-0.3	0.0	0
21	Andre Reed A. Reed	12,559	205	889		14.1	61.3	85	500	75	6.7	2.4	1
22	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	12,351	179	970	1,650	12.7	69.0	83	118	20	5.9	0.7	0
23	Antonio Brown A. Brown	12,291	146	928	1,406	13.2	84.2	83	128	35	3.7	0.9	0
24	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	12,287	178	862	1,012	14.3	69.0	67	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
25	Keenan Allen K. Allen	12,083	172	1,061	1,557	11.4	70.3	70	113	18	6.3	0.7	0

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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
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