most receiving yards in nfl from 1950 to 2002

Between the 1950 and 2002 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 21,597 yards.

Interpreted as:

most receiving yards by a player in NFL from 1950 to 2002

	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	21,597	270	1,456	521	14.8	80.0	192	645	87	7.4	2.4	10
2	Tim Brown T. Brown	14,167	224	1,018	545	13.9	63.2	97	190	50	3.8	0.8	1
3	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764		18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
4	Cris Carter C. Carter	13,899	234	1,101	442	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
5	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814		16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
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	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	9,480	125	619	488	15.3	75.8	63	137	19	7.2	1.1	0
20	Rob Moore R. Moore	9,368	153	628	96	14.9	61.2	49	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
21	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	9,290	189	753	344	12.3	49.2	54	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
22	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	9,287	134	664	635	14.0	69.3	51	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
23	Raymond Berry R. Berry	9,275	154	631		14.7	60.2	68	0	0		0.0	0
24	Herman Moore H. Moore	9,174	146	670	122	13.7	62.8	62	0	0		0.0	0
25	Anthony Miller A. Miller	9,148	155	595		15.4	59.0	63	131	22	6.0	0.8	1

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