most receiving yards in the nfl before age 37

Jerry Rice has the most career receiving yards by a player younger than 37, with 17,802 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in the NFL before age 37
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
17,802
211
1,159
43
15.4
84.4
165
616
82
7.5
2.9
10
2Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
17,083
250
1,378
2,263
12.4
68.3
120
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
3Terrell Owens
T. Owens
15,912
217
1,077
1,598
14.8
73.3
153
251
39
6.4
1.2
3
4Randy Moss
R. Moss
15,292
218
982
1,616
15.6
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
5Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,188
221
1,023
1,206
14.8
68.7
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
6Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
7Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
14,345
211
1,070
1,712
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
8Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
14,268
254
1,242
1,741
11.5
56.2
103
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
9Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
14,185
193
1,062
1,743
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
10Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,167
224
1,018
545
13.9
63.2
97
190
50
3.8
0.8
1
11Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
13,932
205
961
1,644
14.5
68.0
76
387
57
6.8
1.9
2
12Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,864
230
1,096
430
12.6
60.3
129
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
13James Lofton
J. Lofton
13,821
223
750
18.4
62.0
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
14Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13,779
202
1,076
1,739
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
15Julio Jones
J. Jones
13,703
166
914
1,432
15.0
82.5
66
163
24
6.8
1.0
0
16Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,662
221
807
16.9
61.8
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
17Torry Holt
T. Holt
13,382
173
920
1,561
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
18DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
13,295
195
1,006
1,624
13.2
68.2
85
21
6
3.5
0.1
0
19Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
20Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
21Mike Evans
M. Evans
13,052
176
866
1,494
15.1
74.2
108
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
22Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
13,002
192
1,080
1,508
12.0
67.7
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
23Davante Adams
D. Adams
12,633
178
1,017
1,622
12.4
71.0
117
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
24Art Monk
A. Monk
12,561
218
929
13.5
57.6
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
25Jason Witten
J. Witten
12,448
239
1,152
1,623
10.8
52.1
68
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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