most reciving yards in last 40 years

Between November 10, 1986 and November 10, 2026, Jerry Rice has the most receiving yards, with 20,938 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player game data complete from 1960
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
20,938
277
1,451
709
14.4
75.6
182
570
75
7.6
2.1
9
2Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
17,492
263
1,432
2,335
12.2
66.5
121
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
3Terrell Owens
T. Owens
15,934
219
1,078
1,604
14.8
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
4Randy Moss
R. Moss
15,292
218
982
1,616
15.6
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
5Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,208
223
1,024
1,210
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
6Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
7Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
8Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14,731
219
1,031
1,745
14.3
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
9Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
10Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
14,345
211
1,070
1,712
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
11Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
14,185
193
1,062
1,743
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
12Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
13Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13,779
202
1,076
1,739
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
14Julio Jones
J. Jones
13,703
166
914
1,432
15.0
82.5
66
163
24
6.8
1.0
0
15Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
13,484
200
1,113
1,556
12.1
67.4
84
17
11
1.5
0.1
3
16Mike Evans
M. Evans
13,472
182
893
1,533
15.1
74.0
111
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
17Torry Holt
T. Holt
13,382
173
920
1,561
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
18DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
13,295
195
1,006
1,624
13.2
68.2
85
21
6
3.5
0.1
0
19Davante Adams
D. Adams
13,113
184
1,047
1,671
12.5
71.3
121
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
20Jason Witten
J. Witten
13,046
271
1,228
1,723
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
21Keenan Allen
K. Allen
12,402
179
1,095
1,609
11.3
69.3
71
113
18
6.3
0.6
0
22Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
12,351
179
970
1,650
12.7
69.0
83
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
23Antonio Brown
A. Brown
12,291
146
928
1,406
13.2
84.2
83
128
35
3.7
0.9
0
24Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
25Andre Reed
A. Reed
12,264
209
879
111
14.0
58.7
78
497
71
7.0
2.4
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29.4

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19.5

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5
4
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4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
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11/22
@
8:20 PM
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11/29
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4:25 PM
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12/6
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1:00 PM
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12/13
@
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17

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38

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NFC EastWLTPCT
5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
2
7
0
.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
6
3
0
.667
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5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
6
0
.333
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6
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
5
4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
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7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
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2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
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8
0
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@
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9/13
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9/13
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11/15
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11/15
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11/15
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11/15
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