most receiving yards career 1950 to 1996

Between the 1950 and 1996 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 16,377 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player career 1950 to 1996
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
16,377
188
1,050
15.6
87.1
154
624
80
7.8
3.3
10
2 James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
3 Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,177
205
775
17.0
64.3
61
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
4 Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
5 Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
6 Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
7 Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
8 Andre Reed
A. Reed
10,884
175
766
14.2
62.2
75
489
72
6.8
2.8
1
9 Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
10 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
11 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
12 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
13 Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
10,111
193
650
15.6
52.4
69
180
39
4.6
0.9
1
14 Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
15 Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
9,500
123
591
16.1
77.2
52
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
16 Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
17 Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
18 Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
19 Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
20 Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
21 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,966
150
559
16.0
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
22 Roy Green
R. Green
8,965
190
559
16.0
47.2
66
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
23 Mark Duper
M. Duper
8,869
146
511
17.4
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
24 John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
8,723
165
537
16.2
52.9
63
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
25 Cliff Branch
C. Branch
8,685
183
501
17.3
47.5
67
70
11
6.4
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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