nfl receiving yards leaders 2002 to 2016

Between the 2002 and 2016 seasons, Steve Smith Sr. had the most receiving yards, with 14,577 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14,577
204
1,021
1,725
14.3
71.5
81
344
53
6.5
1.7
2
2Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
14,389
202
1,125
1,881
12.8
71.2
104
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
3Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
14,185
193
1,062
1,743
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
4Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
14,000
198
1,043
1,663
13.4
70.7
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
5Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13,779
202
1,076
1,739
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
6Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
12,061
167
941
1,594
12.8
72.2
82
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
7Jason Witten
J. Witten
11,888
223
1,089
1,536
10.9
53.3
63
0
0
0.0
0
8Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
11,619
135
731
1,315
15.9
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
9Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,192
204
897
1,361
12.5
54.9
111
0
0
0.0
0
10Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
11,169
191
991
1,486
11.3
58.5
81
5
1
5.0
0.0
0
11Roddy White
R. White
10,863
171
808
1,376
13.4
63.5
63
19
9
2.1
0.1
0
12Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
10,730
154
738
1,312
14.5
69.7
66
175
24
7.3
1.1
0
13Santana Moss
S. Moss
10,243
192
730
1,251
14.0
53.3
66
293
50
5.9
1.5
0
14Wes Welker
W. Welker
9,924
175
903
1,276
11.0
56.7
50
151
19
7.9
0.9
0
15Randy Moss
R. Moss
9,896
154
674
1,198
14.7
64.3
103
69
14
4.9
0.4
0
16Terrell Owens
T. Owens
9,764
127
666
1,205
14.7
76.9
94
166
28
5.9
1.3
2
17Marques Colston
M. Colston
9,759
146
711
1,099
13.7
66.8
72
7
2
3.5
0.0
0
18Donald Driver
D. Driver
9,617
170
706
1,158
13.6
56.6
58
175
30
5.8
1.0
0
19Torry Holt
T. Holt
9,596
125
705
1,192
13.6
76.8
55
25
4
6.3
0.2
0
20Hines Ward
H. Ward
9,524
153
782
1,195
12.2
62.2
70
281
40
7.0
1.8
1
21Derrick Mason
D. Mason
9,430
154
760
1,219
12.4
61.2
49
9
7
1.3
0.1
0
22Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
9,080
155
540
1,036
16.8
58.6
57
161
15
10.7
1.0
0
23DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
8,819
126
498
893
17.7
70.0
46
380
61
6.2
3.0
3
24Antonio Brown
A. Brown
8,377
101
632
943
13.3
82.9
50
119
31
3.8
1.2
0
25Greg Jennings
G. Jennings
8,291
143
571
969
14.5
58.0
64
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
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