most receiving yards in nfl from 1950 to 1995

Between the 1950 and 1995 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 15,123 yards.

Interpreted as:

most receiving yards by a player in NFL from 1950 to 1995

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	15,123	172	942	16.1	87.9	146	547	69	7.9	3.2	9
2	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764	18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
3	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,089	200	819	16.0	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
4	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940	13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
5	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	12,163	189	723	16.8	64.4	59	50	19	2.6	0.3	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	Gary Clark G. Clark	10,856	167	699	15.5	65.0	65	54	11	4.9	0.3	0
9	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,716	196	557	19.2	54.7	72	127	21	6.0	0.6	0
10	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	10,372	208	579	17.9	49.9	76	181	33	5.5	0.9	0
11	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	10,266	136	542	18.9	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
12	Andre Reed A. Reed	9,848	159	700	14.1	61.9	69	467	64	7.3	2.9	1
13	Drew Hill D. Hill	9,831	211	634	15.5	46.6	60	19	3	6.3	0.1	0
14	Raymond Berry R. Berry	9,275	154	631	14.7	60.2	68	0	0		0.0	0
15	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	9,110	165	649	14.0	55.2	79	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	11
16	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	8,985	182	590	15.2	49.4	79	64	9	7.1	0.4	0
17	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	8,974	158	582	15.4	56.8	84	108	14	7.7	0.7	0
18	Fred Biletnikoff F. Biletnikoff	8,974	190	589	15.2	47.2	76	0	0		0.0	0
19	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	8,966	150	559	16.0	59.8	56	84	16	5.3	0.6	0
20	Roy Green R. Green	8,965	190	559	16.0	47.2	66	140	23	6.1	0.7	1
21	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	8,916	177	562	15.9	50.4	58	184	38	4.8	1.0	1
22	Mark Duper M. Duper	8,869	146	511	17.4	60.7	59	-10	1	-10.0	-0.1	0
23	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	8,723	165	537	16.2	52.9	63	111	9	12.3	0.7	1
24	Cliff Branch C. Branch	8,685	183	501	17.3	47.5	67	70	11	6.4	0.4	0
25	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	8,565	157	427	20.1	54.6	85	204	22	9.3	1.3	0

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