most receiving yards in nfl history through 1985

Before 1986, Don Maynard had the most receiving yards, with 11,834 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in NFL history through 1985
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
2Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
11,706
224
716
16.3
52.3
63
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
3Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
4Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
10,059
146
624
16.1
68.9
78
53
14
3.8
0.4
1
6Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
7Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
8Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
9Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
10James Lofton
J. Lofton
8,816
121
466
18.9
72.9
45
245
31
7.9
2.0
1
11Cliff Branch
C. Branch
8,685
183
501
17.3
47.5
67
70
11
6.4
0.4
0
12Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
8,565
157
427
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
13Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
14Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
8,410
152
495
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
15Carroll Dale
C. Dale
8,277
189
438
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
16Haven Moses
H. Moses
8,091
199
448
18.1
40.7
56
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
17Art Powell
A. Powell
8,046
117
479
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
18Don Hutson
D. Hutson
7,991
116
488
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
19Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
7,954
148
521
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
20Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
21Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
7,914
149
400
19.8
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
22Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
7,822
156
489
16.0
50.1
48
189
21
9.0
1.2
0
23John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
7,736
142
462
16.7
54.5
60
111
9
12.3
0.8
1
24Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
7,539
162
451
16.7
46.5
52
188
25
7.5
1.2
0
25Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
7,538
134
405
18.6
56.3
58
29
12
2.4
0.2
0
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10
7
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11
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
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11
6
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9
7
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8
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9
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.471
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9
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8
9
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11
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14
3
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12
5
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