most receptions career nfl history from 1920 to 2015

Between the 1920 and 2015 seasons, Jerry Rice made the most receptions, with 1,549 receptions.

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most receptions by a player career NFL history from 1920 to 2015

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,549	303	709	22,895	14.8	75.6	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
2	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,325	270	1,862	15,127	11.4	56.0	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
3	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	1,102	190	1,431	14,580	13.2	76.7	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
4	Cris Carter C. Carter	1,101	234	442	13,899	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
5	Tim Brown T. Brown	1,094	255	670	14,934	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
6	Terrell Owens T. Owens	1,078	219	1,604	15,934	14.8	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
7	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	1,070	211	1,712	14,345	13.4	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
8	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	1,053	185	1,720	14,100	13.4	76.2	68	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
9	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	1,024	223	1,210	15,208	14.9	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
10	Jason Witten J. Witten	1,020	207	1,441	11,215	11.0	54.2	60	0	0		0.0	0
11	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	1,018	186	1,731	13,366	13.1	71.9	98	63	18	3.5	0.3	0
12	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	1,009	186	1,644	13,195	13.1	70.9	74	229	42	5.5	1.2	1
13	Hines Ward H. Ward	1,000	217	1,524	12,083	12.1	55.7	85	428	57	7.5	2.0	1
14	Randy Moss R. Moss	982	218	1,616	15,292	15.6	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
15	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	961	205	1,644	13,932	14.5	68.0	76	387	57	6.8	1.9	2
16	Andre Reed A. Reed	951	234	111	13,198	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
17	Derrick Mason D. Mason	943	230	1,439	12,061	12.8	52.4	66	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
18	Art Monk A. Monk	940	224		12,721	13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
19	Torry Holt T. Holt	920	173	1,561	13,382	14.5	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
20	Wes Welker W. Welker	903	175	1,276	9,924	11.0	56.7	50	151	19	7.9	0.9	0
21	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	883	209	919	11,373	12.9	54.4	63	20	5	4.0	0.1	0
22	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	882	152	1,466	11,273	12.8	74.2	79	118	20	5.9	0.8	0
23	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	862	178	1,012	12,287	14.3	69.0	67	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
24	Muhsin Muhammad M. Muhammad	860	202	1,304	11,438	13.3	56.6	62	64	11	5.8	0.3	0
25	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	851	255	122	12,785	15.0	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1

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