most receiving yards career 1950 to 1997

Between the 1950 and 1997 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 16,455 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player career 1950 to 1997
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
16,455
190
1,057
15.6
86.6
155
614
81
7.6
3.2
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
13,662
221
807
16.9
61.8
65
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
11,764
190
826
14.2
61.9
80
500
75
6.7
2.6
1
9 Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
11,427
209
736
15.5
54.7
75
180
39
4.6
0.9
1
10 Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
11 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
12 Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
10,680
139
666
16.0
76.8
61
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
13 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
14 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
15 Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
16 Cris Carter
C. Carter
9,436
165
756
12.5
57.2
89
38
11
3.5
0.2
0
17 Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
18 Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
19 Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
20 Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
21 Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
22 Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
23 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,966
150
559
16.0
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
24 Roy Green
R. Green
8,965
190
559
16.0
47.2
66
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
25 Mark Duper
M. Duper
8,869
146
511
17.4
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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