most receiving yards in nfl from 1950 to 1986

Between the 1950 and 1986 seasons, Charlie Joiner had the most yards on receptions, with 12,146 yards.

Interpreted as:

most receiving yards by a player in NFL from 1950 to 1986

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	12,146	239	750	16.2	50.8	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
2	Don Maynard D. Maynard	11,834	186	633	18.7	63.6	88	70	24	2.9	0.4	0
3	Steve Largent S. Largent	11,129	162	694	16.0	68.7	87	53	14	3.8	0.3	1
4	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	10,372	208	579	17.9	49.9	76	181	33	5.5	0.9	0
5	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	10,266	136	542	18.9	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
6	James Lofton J. Lofton	9,656	136	530	18.2	71.0	49	245	31	7.9	1.8	1
7	Raymond Berry R. Berry	9,275	154	631	14.7	60.2	68	0	0		0.0	0
8	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	9,110	165	649	14.0	55.2	79	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	11
9	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	8,985	182	590	15.2	49.4	79	64	9	7.1	0.4	0
10	Fred Biletnikoff F. Biletnikoff	8,974	190	589	15.2	47.2	76	0	0		0.0	0
11	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	8,692	144	435	20.0	60.4	57	133	20	6.7	0.9	0
12	Cliff Branch C. Branch	8,685	183	501	17.3	47.5	67	70	11	6.4	0.4	0
13	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	8,565	157	427	20.1	54.6	85	204	22	9.3	1.3	0
14	Billy Howton B. Howton	8,459	142	503	16.8	59.6	61	29	5	5.8	0.2	0
15	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	8,410	152	495	17.0	55.3	84	22	17	1.3	0.1	0
16	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	8,316	134	516	16.1	62.1	54	84	16	5.3	0.6	0
17	Carroll Dale C. Dale	8,277	189	438	18.9	43.8	52	30	4	7.5	0.2	0
18	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	8,202	153	496	16.5	53.6	61	111	9	12.3	0.7	1
19	Haven Moses H. Moses	8,091	199	448	18.1	40.7	56	43	18	2.4	0.2	1
20	Art Powell A. Powell	8,046	117	479	16.8	68.8	81	0	0		0.0	0
21	Tony Hill T. Hill	7,988	141	479	16.7	56.7	51	84	14	6.0	0.6	0
22	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	7,954	148	521	15.3	53.7	65	2,735	513	5.3	18.5	18
23	Jackie Smith J. Smith	7,918	210	480	16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
24	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	7,914	149	400	19.8	53.1	66	122	15	8.1	0.8	0
25	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	7,822	156	489	16.0	50.1	48	189	21	9.0	1.2	0

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