most receiving yards in nfl from 1950 to 1987

Between the 1950 and 1987 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 1987
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
2Steve Largent
S. Largent
12,041
175
752
16.0
68.8
95
86
16
5.4
0.5
1
3Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
4James Lofton
J. Lofton
10,536
148
571
18.5
71.2
54
246
32
7.7
1.7
1
5Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
6Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
7Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
9,364
154
475
19.7
60.8
60
133
20
6.7
0.9
0
8Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
9Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
10Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
11Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
12Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,933
146
555
16.1
61.2
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
13John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
8,723
165
537
16.2
52.9
63
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
14Cliff Branch
C. Branch
8,685
183
501
17.3
47.5
67
70
11
6.4
0.4
0
15Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
8,565
157
427
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
16Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
17Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
8,410
152
495
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
18Carroll Dale
C. Dale
8,277
189
438
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
19Haven Moses
H. Moses
8,091
199
448
18.1
40.7
56
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
20Art Powell
A. Powell
8,046
117
479
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
21Tony Hill
T. Hill
7,988
141
479
16.7
56.7
51
84
14
6.0
0.6
0
22Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
7,954
148
521
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
23Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
24Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
7,914
149
400
19.8
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
25Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
7,822
156
489
16.0
50.1
48
189
21
9.0
1.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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