most receptions by a running back before 1990

Before 1990, Walter Payton made the most receptions by a running back, with 492 catches.

NAME REC GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Walter Payton
W. Payton
492
190
4,538
9.2
23.9
15
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
2 Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
490
170
4,066
8.3
23.9
9
4,072
1,031
3.9
24.0
34
3 Roger Craig
R. Craig
483
110
4,241
8.8
38.6
16
6,625
1,545
4.3
60.2
49
4 James Wilder
J. Wilder
430
113
3,492
8.1
30.9
9
5,957
1,575
3.8
52.7
37
5 Rickey Young
R. Young
408
131
3,285
8.1
25.1
16
3,666
1,011
3.6
28.0
23
6 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
398
173
3,554
8.9
20.5
13
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
7 Joe Washington
J. Washington
395
119
3,413
8.6
28.7
18
4,839
1,195
4.0
40.7
12
8 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
388
105
3,661
9.4
34.9
16
7,275
1,781
4.1
69.3
63
9 Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
383
123
3,592
9.4
29.2
16
3,543
732
4.8
28.8
16
10 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
376
111
3,203
8.5
28.9
17
6,534
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
11 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
350
109
3,156
9.0
29.0
23
5,950
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
12 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
347
143
2,882
8.3
20.2
5
9,317
2,274
4.1
65.2
69
13 Ted Brown
T. Brown
339
104
2,850
8.4
27.4
13
4,546
1,117
4.1
43.7
40
14 Don McCauley
D. McCauley
333
156
3,026
9.1
19.4
17
2,627
770
3.4
16.8
40
15 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
328
158
3,069
9.4
19.4
18
5,672
1,196
4.7
35.9
27
16 James Brooks
J. Brooks
315
125
3,005
9.5
24.0
24
6,343
1,320
4.8
50.7
42
17 Franco Harris
F. Harris
307
173
2,287
7.4
13.2
9
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
18 Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
288
104
2,456
8.5
23.6
6
4,451
1,157
3.8
42.8
34
19 MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
287
133
2,786
9.7
20.9
7
4,656
1,206
3.9
35.0
30
20 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
287
112
3,535
12.3
31.6
20
4,630
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
21 James Jones
J. Jones
286
87
2,326
8.1
26.7
10
3,452
960
3.6
39.7
23
22 Bill Brown
B. Brown
286
194
3,183
11.1
16.4
23
5,838
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
23 William Andrews
W. Andrews
277
87
2,647
9.6
30.4
11
5,986
1,315
4.6
68.8
30
24 Ken Willard
K. Willard
277
132
2,184
7.9
16.5
17
6,105
1,622
3.8
46.3
45
25 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
273
107
2,502
9.2
23.4
12
6,789
1,540
4.4
63.4
45
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7
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9
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