nfl career reception leader before 2000

Before 2000, Jerry Rice had the most receptions, with 1,206 receptions.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,206
222
124
18,442
15.3
83.1
169
627
83
7.6
2.8
10
2Andre Reed
A. Reed
941
221
93
13,095
13.9
59.3
86
500
75
6.7
2.3
1
3Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
924
197
136
11,688
12.6
59.3
114
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
819
200
13,089
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
6Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
814
228
13,777
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
7Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
810
241
46
12,237
15.1
50.8
79
226
42
5.4
0.9
1
8Tim Brown
T. Brown
770
176
145
10,944
14.2
62.2
75
120
37
3.2
0.7
1
9James Lofton
J. Lofton
764
233
14,004
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
10Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
750
159
19
11,904
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
11Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
750
239
12,146
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
12Andre Rison
A. Rison
702
170
45
9,599
13.7
56.5
78
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
13Gary Clark
G. Clark
699
167
10,856
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
14Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
662
198
7,980
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
15Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
649
165
9,110
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
16Drew Hill
D. Hill
634
211
9,831
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
17Don Maynard
D. Maynard
633
186
11,834
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
18Raymond Berry
R. Berry
631
154
9,275
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
19Rob Moore
R. Moore
628
153
96
9,368
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
20Herman Moore
H. Moore
626
127
31
8,664
13.8
68.2
59
0
0
0.0
0
21Keith Byars
K. Byars
610
189
5,661
9.3
30.0
31
3,109
865
3.6
16.4
23
22Larry Centers
L. Centers
604
142
90
5,083
8.4
35.8
22
1,787
530
3.4
12.6
10
23Anthony Miller
A. Miller
595
155
9,148
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
24Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
595
112
8,134
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
25Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
590
182
8,985
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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