most recieving yards player nfl from 1950 to 2008

Between the 1950 and 2008 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, 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
2Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
14,944
213
1,003
1,161
14.9
70.2
91
147
24
6.1
0.7
0
3Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
4Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
5Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14,122
189
951
1,356
14.8
74.7
139
197
33
6.0
1.0
2
6James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
7Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
8Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,777
228
814
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
9Randy Moss
R. Moss
13,201
170
843
1,366
15.7
77.7
135
159
25
6.4
0.9
0
10Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
11Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
12Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,785
255
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
13Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
14Torry Holt
T. Holt
12,660
158
869
1,458
14.6
80.1
74
57
11
5.2
0.4
0
15Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
16Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
17Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
18Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
19Rod Smith
R. Smith
11,389
183
849
1,100
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
20Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
11,373
209
883
919
12.9
54.4
63
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
21Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
10,940
190
916
1,258
11.9
57.6
76
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
22Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
10,857
188
807
1,215
13.5
57.8
61
64
11
5.8
0.3
0
23Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
24Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
25Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
10,710
185
682
852
15.7
57.9
77
496
63
7.9
2.7
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
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12
5
0
.706
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14
3
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Bills Bills - w
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5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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12
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.294
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.765
12
5
0
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9
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14
0
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
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
.529
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9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
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
3
14
0
.176