most recieving yards player nfl from 1950 to 1997

Between the 1950 and 1997 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 16,455 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16,455
190
1,057
15.6
86.6
155
614
81
7.6
3.2
10
2James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
3Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,662
221
807
16.9
61.8
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
4Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
5Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
6Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
7Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
8Andre Reed
A. Reed
11,764
190
826
14.2
61.9
80
500
75
6.7
2.6
1
9Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
11,427
209
736
15.5
54.7
75
180
39
4.6
0.9
1
10Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
11Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
12Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
10,680
139
666
16.0
76.8
61
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
13Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
14Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
15Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
16Cris Carter
C. Carter
9,436
165
756
12.5
57.2
89
38
11
3.5
0.2
0
17Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
18Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
19Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
20Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
21Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
22Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
23Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,966
150
559
16.0
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
24Roy Green
R. Green
8,965
190
559
16.0
47.2
66
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
25Mark Duper
M. Duper
8,869
146
511
17.4
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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