Jerry Rice has the most career receiving yards by a player older than 35, with 5,977 yards.

most receiving yards over 35 years old
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most receiving yards by a player over 35 years old
Rice Joiner Gonzalez Brown Smith Fitzgerald Gates Fryar Owens Watson Smith Mason Lofton Proehl Maynard Hill Monk Bruce McCardell Galloway Stokley Harrison Ellard Witten Muhammad Martin Driver 0 500 1k 2k 2k 3k 3k 4k 4k 5k 5k 6k 6.0k 2.7k 1.8k 1.7k 1.5k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 1.0k 972 969 968 936 848 772 700 693 681 659 636 600 598 581 548 522
NAME REC YDS GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
Jerry Rice Jerry Rice 5,977 108 465 709 12.9 55.3 39 31 6 5.2 0.3 0
Charlie Joiner Charlie Joiner 2,734 57 196 13.9 48.0 15 0 0 0.0 0
Tony Gonzalez Tony Gonzalez 1,789 32 176 245 10.2 55.9 16 0 0 0.0 0
Tim Brown Tim Brown 1,697 47 157 252 10.8 36.1 5 19 6 3.2 0.4 0
Steve Smith Sr. Steve Smith Sr. 1,469 21 116 174 12.7 70.0 8 0 0 0.0 0
Larry Fitzgerald Larry Fitzgerald 1,213 29 129 181 9.4 41.8 5 0 0 0.0 0
Antonio Gates Antonio Gates 1,197 46 111 190 10.8 26.0 12 0 0 0.0 0
Irving Fryar Irving Fryar 1,172 42 100 122 11.7 27.9 9 62 5 12.4 1.5 0
Terrell Owens Terrell Owens 1,122 18 84 163 13.4 62.3 11 -4 1 -4.0 -0.2 0
Benjamin Watson Benjamin Watson 1,095 42 113 149 9.7 26.1 6 0 0 0.0 0
Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith 1,023 16 70 128 14.6 63.9 6 0 0 0.0 0
Derrick Mason Derrick Mason 972 28 80 135 12.2 34.7 7 0 0 0.0 0
James Lofton James Lofton 969 26 65 14.9 37.3 6 0 0 0.0 0
Ricky Proehl Ricky Proehl 968 34 62 124 15.6 28.5 4 1 2 0.5 0.0 0
Don Maynard Don Maynard 936 30 51 18.4 31.2 4 2 1 2.0 0.1 0
Drew Hill Drew Hill 848 27 76 11.2 31.4 3 0 0 0.0 0
Art Monk Art Monk 772 24 63 12.3 32.2 3 0 0 0.0 0
Isaac Bruce Isaac Bruce 700 18 59 113 11.9 38.9 3 -11 2 -5.5 -0.6 0
Keenan McCardell Keenan McCardell 693 24 58 82 11.9 28.9 1 8 1 8.0 0.3 0
Joey Galloway Joey Galloway 681 27 49 118 13.9 25.2 0 0 0 0.0 0
Brandon Stokley Brandon Stokley 659 21 58 80 11.4 31.4 5 0 0 0.0 0
Marvin Harrison Marvin Harrison 636 15 60 107 10.6 42.4 5 0 0 0.0 0
Henry Ellard Henry Ellard 600 23 39 15.4 26.1 4 0 0 0.0 0
Jason Witten Jason Witten 598 32 76 100 7.9 18.7 6 0 0 0.0 0
Muhsin Muhammad Muhsin Muhammad 581 14 53 89 11.0 41.5 1 0 0 0.0 0
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