nfl career reception leader before 1983

Before 1983, Charley Taylor made the most catches, with 649 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
649
165
9,110
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
2Don Maynard
D. Maynard
633
186
11,834
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
3Raymond Berry
R. Berry
631
154
9,275
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
4Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
589
190
8,974
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
5Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
571
193
10,246
17.9
53.1
75
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
6Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
567
121
7,195
12.7
59.5
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
7Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
551
165
8,463
15.4
51.3
76
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
8Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
542
136
10,266
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
9Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
531
176
9,021
17.0
51.3
47
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
10Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
521
148
7,954
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
11Billy Howton
B. Howton
503
142
8,459
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
12Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
495
139
6,831
13.8
49.1
44
52
10
5.2
0.4
0
13Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
495
152
8,410
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
14Don Hutson
D. Hutson
488
116
7,991
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
15Jackie Smith
J. Smith
480
210
7,918
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
16Art Powell
A. Powell
479
117
8,046
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
17Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
474
162
7,270
15.3
44.9
40
28
2
14.0
0.2
0
18Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
452
132
7,412
16.4
56.2
47
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
19Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
451
162
7,539
16.7
46.5
52
188
25
7.5
1.2
0
20Haven Moses
H. Moses
448
199
8,091
18.1
40.7
56
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
21Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
447
159
7,065
15.8
44.4
44
68
12
5.7
0.4
0
22Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
442
142
7,277
16.5
51.2
43
176
19
9.3
1.2
0
23Carroll Dale
C. Dale
438
189
8,277
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
24Cliff Branch
C. Branch
435
153
7,588
17.4
49.6
62
50
10
5.0
0.3
0
25Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
427
157
8,565
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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