most receptions from 1920 to 2011

Between the 1920 and 2011 seasons, Jerry Rice made the most catches, with 1,549 receptions.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player from 1920 to 2011
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
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
1,149
238
1,617
13,338
11.6
56.0
95
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
3Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,102
190
1,431
14,580
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
1,101
234
442
13,899
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
5Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,094
255
670
14,934
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
6Terrell Owens
T. Owens
1,078
219
1,604
15,934
14.8
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
7Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,024
223
1,210
15,208
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
8Hines Ward
H. Ward
1,000
217
1,524
12,083
12.1
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
9Randy Moss
R. Moss
954
202
1,566
14,858
15.6
73.6
153
159
25
6.4
0.8
0
10Andre Reed
A. Reed
951
234
111
13,198
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
11Derrick Mason
D. Mason
943
230
1,439
12,061
12.8
52.4
66
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
12Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
13Torry Holt
T. Holt
920
173
1,561
13,382
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
14Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
883
209
919
11,373
12.9
54.4
63
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
15Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
862
173
1,343
11,708
13.6
67.7
73
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
16Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
862
178
1,012
12,287
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
17Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
860
202
1,304
11,438
13.3
56.6
62
64
11
5.8
0.3
0
18Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
851
255
122
12,785
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
19Rod Smith
R. Smith
849
183
1,100
11,389
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
20Larry Centers
L. Centers
827
198
386
6,797
8.2
34.3
28
2,188
615
3.6
11.1
14
21Steve Largent
S. Largent
819
200
13,089
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
22Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
815
204
438
10,060
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
23Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
814
167
1,040
10,571
13.0
63.3
64
91
13
7.0
0.5
2
24Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
814
228
13,777
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
25Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
767
176
606
6,875
9.0
39.1
36
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
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