most receiving yards in nfl from 1950 to 2001

Between the 1950 and 2001 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 20,386 yards.

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most receiving yards by a player in NFL from 1950 to 2001

	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	20,386	254	1,364	371	14.9	80.3	185	625	84	7.4	2.5	10
2	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764		18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
3	Cris Carter C. Carter	13,833	229	1,093	425	12.7	60.4	129	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
4	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814		16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
5	Tim Brown T. Brown	13,237	208	937	418	14.1	63.6	95	171	44	3.9	0.8	1
6	Andre Reed A. Reed	13,198	234	951	111	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
7	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,089	200	819		16.0	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
8	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	12,785	255	851	122	15.0	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
9	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940		13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
10	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	12,146	239	750		16.2	50.8	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
11	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	11,904	159	750	19	15.9	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
12	Don Maynard D. Maynard	11,834	186	633		18.7	63.6	88	70	24	2.9	0.4	0
13	Gary Clark G. Clark	10,856	167	699		15.5	65.0	65	54	11	4.9	0.3	0
14	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,716	196	557		19.2	54.7	72	127	21	6.0	0.6	0
15	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	10,372	208	579		17.9	49.9	76	181	33	5.5	0.9	0
16	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	10,266	136	542		18.9	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
17	Andre Rison A. Rison	10,205	186	743	115	13.7	54.9	84	23	9	2.6	0.1	0
18	Drew Hill D. Hill	9,831	211	634		15.5	46.6	60	19	3	6.3	0.1	0
19	Rob Moore R. Moore	9,368	153	628	96	14.9	61.2	49	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
20	Raymond Berry R. Berry	9,275	154	631		14.7	60.2	68	0	0		0.0	0
21	Herman Moore H. Moore	9,174	145	670	119	13.7	63.3	62	0	0		0.0	0
22	Anthony Miller A. Miller	9,148	155	595		15.4	59.0	63	131	22	6.0	0.8	1
23	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	9,110	165	649		14.0	55.2	79	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	11
24	Tony Martin T. Martin	9,065	177	593	257	15.3	51.2	56	-3	6	-0.5	0.0	0
25	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	8,985	182	590		15.2	49.4	79	64	9	7.1	0.4	0

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