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.

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

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