nfl receiving leaders from 1966 to 2006

Between the 1966 and 2006 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, 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
2Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
3James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
5Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,777
228
814
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
6Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
13,697
170
1,022
1,292
13.4
80.6
122
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
7Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
13,376
183
887
952
15.1
73.1
80
154
21
7.3
0.8
0
8Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
10Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,785
255
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
11Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
12Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
13Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
14Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
15Terrell Owens
T. Owens
11,715
158
801
1,075
14.6
74.1
114
159
25
6.4
1.0
2
16Rod Smith
R. Smith
11,389
183
849
1,100
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
17Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
11,117
199
861
888
12.9
55.9
62
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
18Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
19Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
20Randy Moss
R. Moss
10,700
138
676
1,081
15.8
77.5
101
159
23
6.9
1.2
0
21Torry Holt
T. Holt
10,675
126
712
1,190
15.0
84.7
64
57
11
5.2
0.5
0
22Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
10,571
167
814
1,040
13.0
63.3
64
91
13
7.0
0.5
2
23Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
24Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,205
186
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
25Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
10,060
204
815
438
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,151

Jones

Mac Jones

RUSH

1,179

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

890

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey
Team Rankings

PPG

27.1

8th

OPP PPG

22.4

13th

RUSH YDS/G

110.3

22nd

PASS YDS/G

261.9

5th

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TEAMWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188
Schedule
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38

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
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13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
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.500
6
10
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12
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12
4
0
.750
11
5
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.688
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8
8
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.500
3
13
0
.188
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13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
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10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - w
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

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