most recieving yards player nfl from 1950 to 2006

Between the 1950 and 2006 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 22,895 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
22,895
303
1,549
709
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
3James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
5Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,777
228
814
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
6Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
13,697
170
1,022
1,292
13.4
80.6
122
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
7Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
13,376
183
887
952
15.1
73.1
80
154
21
7.3
0.8
0
8Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
10Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,785
255
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
11Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
12Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
13Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
14Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
15Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
16Terrell Owens
T. Owens
11,715
158
801
1,075
14.6
74.1
114
159
25
6.4
1.0
2
17Rod Smith
R. Smith
11,389
183
849
1,100
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
18Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
11,117
199
861
888
12.9
55.9
62
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
19Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
20Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
21Randy Moss
R. Moss
10,700
138
676
1,081
15.8
77.5
101
159
23
6.9
1.2
0
22Torry Holt
T. Holt
10,675
126
712
1,190
15.0
84.7
64
57
11
5.2
0.5
0
23Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
10,571
167
814
1,040
13.0
63.3
64
91
13
7.0
0.5
2
24Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
25Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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9
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3
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11
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.647
6
11
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14
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
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14
0
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