most receptions through first 12 seasons in nfl history

Jerry Rice made the most catches by a player in his first 12 seasons, with 1,050 receptions.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player through first 12 seasons in NFL history
NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,050
188
16,377
15.6
87.1
154
624
80
7.8
3.3
10
2Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,042
175
1,324
13,944
13.4
79.7
123
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
3Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
1,018
186
1,731
13,366
13.1
71.9
98
63
18
3.5
0.3
0
4Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,012
169
1,643
13,597
13.4
80.5
64
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
5Davante Adams
D. Adams
1,009
176
1,607
12,533
12.4
71.2
117
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
6Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,004
175
1,400
12,151
12.1
69.4
77
15
9
1.7
0.1
2
7DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
984
178
1,585
12,965
13.2
72.8
83
21
6
3.5
0.1
0
8Keenan Allen
K. Allen
974
154
1,429
11,274
11.6
73.2
66
113
18
6.3
0.7
0
9Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
968
189
1,538
13,063
13.5
69.1
78
-5
3
-1.7
0.0
0
10Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
959
172
1,627
12,215
12.7
71.0
82
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
11Jason Witten
J. Witten
943
191
1,337
10,502
11.1
55.0
57
0
0
0.0
0
12Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
940
172
1,533
12,406
13.2
72.1
70
229
42
5.5
1.3
1
13Antonio Brown
A. Brown
928
146
1,406
12,291
13.2
84.2
83
128
35
3.7
0.9
0
14Randy Moss
R. Moss
926
186
1,503
14,465
15.6
77.8
148
159
25
6.4
0.9
0
15Stefon Diggs
S. Diggs
921
157
1,321
11,196
12.2
71.3
73
170
35
4.9
1.1
1
16Torry Holt
T. Holt
920
173
1,561
13,382
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
17Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
916
190
1,258
10,940
11.9
57.6
76
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
18Julio Jones
J. Jones
903
155
1,413
13,629
15.1
87.9
63
163
24
6.8
1.1
0
19Wes Welker
W. Welker
903
175
1,276
9,924
11.0
56.7
50
151
19
7.9
0.9
0
20Hines Ward
H. Ward
895
186
1,367
10,947
12.2
58.9
78
430
56
7.7
2.3
1
21Terrell Owens
T. Owens
882
173
1,216
13,070
14.8
75.5
129
164
26
6.3
0.9
2
22Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
862
178
1,012
12,287
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
23Mike Evans
M. Evans
850
172
1,464
12,824
15.1
74.6
106
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
24Rod Smith
R. Smith
849
183
1,100
11,389
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
25Cris Carter
C. Carter
834
181
10,447
12.5
57.7
101
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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