nfl career reception leader before 1983

Before 1983, Charley Taylor had the most receptions, with 649 receptions.

NAME REC GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
649
165
9,110
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
2 Don Maynard
D. Maynard
633
186
11,834
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
3 Raymond Berry
R. Berry
631
154
9,275
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
4 Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
589
190
8,974
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
5 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
571
193
10,246
17.9
53.1
75
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
6 Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
567
121
7,195
12.7
59.5
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
7 Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
551
165
8,463
15.4
51.3
76
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
8 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
542
136
10,266
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
9 Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
531
176
9,021
17.0
51.3
47
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
10 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
521
148
7,954
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
11 Billy Howton
B. Howton
503
142
8,459
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
12 Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
495
139
6,831
13.8
49.1
44
52
10
5.2
0.4
0
13 Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
495
152
8,410
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
14 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
488
116
7,991
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
15 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
480
210
7,918
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
16 Art Powell
A. Powell
479
117
8,046
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
17 Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
474
162
7,270
15.3
44.9
40
28
2
14.0
0.2
0
18 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
452
132
7,412
16.4
56.2
47
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
19 Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
451
162
7,539
16.7
46.5
52
188
25
7.5
1.2
0
20 Haven Moses
H. Moses
448
199
8,091
18.1
40.7
56
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
21 Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
447
159
7,065
15.8
44.4
44
68
12
5.7
0.4
0
22 Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
442
142
7,277
16.5
51.2
43
176
19
9.3
1.2
0
23 Carroll Dale
C. Dale
438
189
8,277
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
24 Cliff Branch
C. Branch
435
153
7,588
17.4
49.6
62
50
10
5.0
0.3
0
25 Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
427
157
8,565
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
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