most recieving career from 1920 to 1996

Between the 1920 and 1996 seasons, Jerry Rice made the most receptions, with 1,050 receptions.

Interpreted as:
most recieving by a player career from 1920 to 1996
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
2Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
3Steve Largent
S. Largent
819
200
13,089
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
4Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
775
205
13,177
17.0
64.3
61
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
5Andre Reed
A. Reed
766
175
10,884
14.2
62.2
75
489
72
6.8
2.8
1
6James Lofton
J. Lofton
764
233
14,004
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
7Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
750
239
12,146
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
8Gary Clark
G. Clark
699
167
10,856
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
9Cris Carter
C. Carter
667
149
8,367
12.5
56.2
76
38
11
3.5
0.3
0
10Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
662
198
7,980
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
11Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
650
193
10,111
15.6
52.4
69
180
39
4.6
0.9
1
12Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
649
165
9,110
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
13Drew Hill
D. Hill
634
211
9,831
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
14Don Maynard
D. Maynard
633
186
11,834
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
15Raymond Berry
R. Berry
631
154
9,275
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
16Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
595
112
8,134
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
17Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
591
123
9,500
16.1
77.2
52
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
18Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
590
182
8,985
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
19Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
589
190
8,974
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
20Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
583
169
8,001
13.7
47.3
46
113
21
5.4
0.7
0
21Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
582
158
8,974
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
22Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
579
208
10,372
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
23Marcus Allen
M. Allen
576
206
5,325
9.2
25.8
21
11,738
2,898
4.1
57.0
112
24Ernest Givins
E. Givins
571
147
8,215
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
25Andre Rison
A. Rison
569
125
7,747
13.6
62.0
66
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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