nfl receiving yards leaders 2001 to 2016

Between the 2001 and 2016 seasons, Steve Smith Sr. had the most yards on receptions, with 14,731 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14,731
219
1,031
1,745
14.3
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
2Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
14,389
202
1,125
1,881
12.8
71.2
104
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
3Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
14,345
211
1,070
1,712
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
4Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
14,185
193
1,062
1,743
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
5Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13,779
202
1,076
1,739
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
6Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
12,086
207
1,064
1,604
11.4
58.4
87
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
7Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
12,061
167
941
1,594
12.8
72.2
82
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
8Jason Witten
J. Witten
11,888
223
1,089
1,536
10.9
53.3
63
0
0
0.0
0
9Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
11,619
135
731
1,315
15.9
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
10Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,192
204
897
1,361
12.5
54.9
111
0
0
0.0
0
11Terrell Owens
T. Owens
11,176
143
759
1,360
14.7
78.2
110
187
32
5.8
1.3
2
12Randy Moss
R. Moss
11,129
170
756
1,351
14.7
65.5
113
107
17
6.3
0.6
0
13Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
11,059
166
766
1,372
14.4
66.6
67
175
24
7.3
1.1
0
14Torry Holt
T. Holt
10,959
141
786
1,325
13.9
77.7
62
25
6
4.2
0.2
0
15Roddy White
R. White
10,863
171
808
1,376
13.4
63.5
63
19
9
2.1
0.1
0
16Derrick Mason
D. Mason
10,558
169
833
1,332
12.7
62.5
58
9
7
1.3
0.1
0
17Hines Ward
H. Ward
10,527
169
876
1,340
12.0
62.3
74
364
50
7.3
2.2
1
18Santana Moss
S. Moss
10,283
197
732
1,268
14.0
52.2
66
287
51
5.6
1.5
0
19Wes Welker
W. Welker
9,924
175
903
1,276
11.0
56.7
50
151
19
7.9
0.9
0
20Donald Driver
D. Driver
9,784
183
719
1,177
13.6
53.5
59
213
33
6.5
1.2
1
21Marques Colston
M. Colston
9,759
146
711
1,099
13.7
66.8
72
7
2
3.5
0.0
0
22Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
9,080
155
540
1,036
16.8
58.6
57
161
15
10.7
1.0
0
23Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
9,026
114
689
1,069
13.1
79.2
81
16
4
4.0
0.1
0
24DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
8,819
126
498
893
17.7
70.0
46
380
61
6.2
3.0
3
25Antonio Brown
A. Brown
8,377
101
632
943
13.3
82.9
50
119
31
3.8
1.2
0
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