most receiving yards from 1920 to 2009

Between the 1920 and 2009 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 22,895 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player from 1920 to 2009
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
2Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,208
223
1,024
1,210
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
3Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14,951
205
1,006
1,465
14.9
72.9
144
251
39
6.4
1.2
3
4Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
5Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
6Randy Moss
R. Moss
14,465
186
926
1,503
15.6
77.8
148
159
25
6.4
0.9
0
7James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
8Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
9Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,777
228
814
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
10Torry Holt
T. Holt
13,382
173
920
1,561
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
11Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
12Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
13Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,785
255
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
14Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
15Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
16Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
17Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
18Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
19Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
11,807
206
999
1,393
11.8
57.3
82
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
20Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
11,438
202
860
1,304
13.3
56.6
62
64
11
5.8
0.3
0
21Rod Smith
R. Smith
11,389
183
849
1,100
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
22Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
11,373
209
883
919
12.9
54.4
63
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
23Derrick Mason
D. Mason
11,089
202
863
1,304
12.8
54.9
59
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
24Hines Ward
H. Ward
10,947
186
895
1,367
12.2
58.9
78
430
56
7.7
2.3
1
25Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
7
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6
11
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14
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11
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9
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12
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4
13
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11
6
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9
7
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9
8
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8
9
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8
9
0
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8
9
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6
11
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14
3
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12
5
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