most receptions nfl history 1920 to 1987

From 1920 through 1987, Steve Largent had the most catches, with 752 receptions.

Regular season

	NAME	REC	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Steve Largent S. Largent	752	175	12,041	16.0	68.8	95	86	16	5.4	0.5	1
2	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	750	239	12,146	16.2	50.8	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
3	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	649	165	9,110	14.0	55.2	79	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	11
4	Don Maynard D. Maynard	633	186	11,834	18.7	63.6	88	70	24	2.9	0.4	0
5	Raymond Berry R. Berry	631	154	9,275	14.7	60.2	68	0	0		0.0	0
6	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	590	182	8,985	15.2	49.4	79	64	9	7.1	0.4	0
7	Fred Biletnikoff F. Biletnikoff	589	190	8,974	15.2	47.2	76	0	0		0.0	0
8	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	579	208	10,372	17.9	49.9	76	181	33	5.5	0.9	0
9	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	575	150	7,073	12.3	47.2	42	135	18	7.5	0.9	2
10	James Lofton J. Lofton	571	148	10,536	18.5	71.2	54	246	32	7.7	1.7	1
11	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	567	121	7,195	12.7	59.5	45	20	4	5.0	0.2	0
12	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	555	146	8,933	16.1	61.2	56	84	16	5.3	0.6	0
13	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	542	136	10,266	18.9	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
14	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	541	109	6,741	12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
15	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	537	165	8,723	16.2	52.9	63	111	9	12.3	0.7	1
16	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	521	148	7,954	15.3	53.7	65	2,735	513	5.3	18.5	18
17	Nat Moore N. Moore	510	183	7,546	14.8	41.2	74	249	40	6.2	1.4	1
18	Dwight Clark D. Clark	506	134	6,750	13.3	50.4	48	50	6	8.3	0.4	0
19	Art Monk A. Monk	504	109	7,033	14.0	64.5	34	156	30	5.2	1.4	0
20	Billy Howton B. Howton	503	142	8,459	16.8	59.6	61	29	5	5.8	0.2	0
21	Cliff Branch C. Branch	501	183	8,685	17.3	47.5	67	70	11	6.4	0.4	0
22	Ahmad Rashad A. Rashad	495	139	6,831	13.8	49.1	44	52	10	5.2	0.4	0
23	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	495	152	8,410	17.0	55.3	84	22	17	1.3	0.1	0
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	492	190	4,538	9.2	23.9	15	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110
25	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	490	170	4,066	8.3	23.9	9	4,072	1,031	3.9	24.0	34

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
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Sun 9/20	SEA	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 9/27	SEA	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	LAC	@	SEA	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

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Patriots	0	1	0	.000
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Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000