most receptions 1920 to 2004

Between the 1920 and 2004 seasons, Jerry Rice made the most catches, with 1,549 receptions.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player 1920 to 2004
NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,549
303
709
22,895
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Cris Carter
C. Carter
1,101
234
442
13,899
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
3Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,094
255
670
14,934
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
4Andre Reed
A. Reed
951
234
111
13,198
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
5Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
6Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
851
255
122
12,785
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
7Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
845
139
1,012
11,185
13.2
80.5
98
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
8Larry Centers
L. Centers
827
198
386
6,797
8.2
34.3
28
2,188
615
3.6
11.1
14
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
819
200
13,089
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
10Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
815
204
438
10,060
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
11Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
814
228
13,777
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
12Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
792
162
884
11,264
14.2
69.5
61
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
13Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
777
156
755
11,753
15.1
75.3
74
154
21
7.3
1.0
0
14James Lofton
J. Lofton
764
233
14,004
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
15Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
755
169
729
9,763
12.9
57.8
53
6
2
3.0
0.0
0
16Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
750
159
19
11,904
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
17Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
750
239
12,146
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
18Andre Rison
A. Rison
743
186
115
10,205
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
19Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
723
160
548
6,584
9.1
41.2
35
11,987
2,771
4.3
74.9
100
20Rod Smith
R. Smith
712
151
880
9,772
13.7
64.7
59
346
42
8.2
2.3
1
21Gary Clark
G. Clark
699
167
10,856
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
22Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
689
206
424
8,809
12.8
42.8
63
97
14
6.9
0.5
2
23Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
673
135
789
8,917
13.2
66.1
54
84
11
7.6
0.6
1
24Herman Moore
H. Moore
670
146
122
9,174
13.7
62.8
62
0
0
0.0
0
25Terrell Owens
T. Owens
669
135
831
9,772
14.6
72.4
95
157
24
6.5
1.2
2
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