most receptions from 1932 to 2016

Between the 1932 and 2016 seasons, Jerry Rice made the most receptions, with 1,549 catches.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player from 1932 to 2016
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
1,325
270
1,862
15,127
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
3Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
1,125
202
1,881
14,389
12.8
71.2
104
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
4Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,102
190
1,431
14,580
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
5Cris Carter
C. Carter
1,101
234
442
13,899
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
6Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,094
255
670
14,934
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
7Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,089
223
1,536
11,888
10.9
53.3
63
0
0
0.0
0
8Terrell Owens
T. Owens
1,078
219
1,604
15,934
14.8
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
9Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
1,076
202
1,739
13,779
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
10Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
1,070
211
1,712
14,345
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
11Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,062
193
1,743
14,185
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
12Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1,031
219
1,745
14,731
14.3
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
13Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,024
223
1,210
15,208
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
14Hines Ward
H. Ward
1,000
217
1,524
12,083
12.1
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
15Randy Moss
R. Moss
982
218
1,616
15,292
15.6
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
16Andre Reed
A. Reed
951
234
111
13,198
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
17Derrick Mason
D. Mason
943
230
1,439
12,061
12.8
52.4
66
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
18Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
941
167
1,594
12,061
12.8
72.2
82
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
19Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
20Torry Holt
T. Holt
920
173
1,561
13,382
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
21Wes Welker
W. Welker
903
175
1,276
9,924
11.0
56.7
50
151
19
7.9
0.9
0
22Antonio Gates
A. Gates
897
204
1,361
11,192
12.5
54.9
111
0
0
0.0
0
23Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
883
209
919
11,373
12.9
54.4
63
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
24Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
862
178
1,012
12,287
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
25Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
860
202
1,304
11,438
13.3
56.6
62
64
11
5.8
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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