receiving yards leaders from 1974 to 2005

From 1974 through 2005, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 22,895 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	22,895	303	1,549	709	14.8	75.6	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
2	Tim Brown T. Brown	14,934	255	1,094	670	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
3	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764		18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
4	Cris Carter C. Carter	13,899	234	1,101	442	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
5	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814		16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
6	Andre Reed A. Reed	13,198	234	951	111	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
7	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,089	200	819		16.0	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
8	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	12,785	255	851	122	15.0	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
9	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940		13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
10	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	12,331	154	927	1,144	13.3	80.1	110	28	10	2.8	0.2	0
11	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	12,287	178	862	1,012	14.3	69.0	67	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
12	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	12,278	167	813	826	15.1	73.5	77	154	21	7.3	0.9	0
13	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	11,904	159	750	19	15.9	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
14	Rod Smith R. Smith	10,877	167	797	1,006	13.6	65.1	65	353	43	8.2	2.1	1
15	Gary Clark G. Clark	10,856	167	699		15.5	65.0	65	54	11	4.9	0.3	0
16	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,716	196	557		19.2	54.7	72	127	21	6.0	0.6	0
17	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	10,680	185	825	837	12.9	57.7	62	12	4	3.0	0.1	0
18	Terrell Owens T. Owens	10,535	142	716	923	14.7	74.2	101	159	25	6.4	1.1	2
19	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	10,319	192	647		15.9	53.7	53	8	5	1.6	0.0	0
20	Andre Rison A. Rison	10,205	186	743	115	13.7	54.9	84	23	9	2.6	0.1	0
21	Randy Moss R. Moss	10,147	125	634	984	16.0	81.2	98	159	23	6.9	1.3	0
22	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	10,060	204	815	438	12.3	49.3	62	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
23	Drew Hill D. Hill	9,831	211	634		15.5	46.6	60	19	3	6.3	0.1	0
24	Keyshawn Johnson K. Johnson	9,756	151	744	912	13.1	64.6	60	87	12	7.3	0.6	1
25	Torry Holt T. Holt	9,487	110	619	1,011	15.3	86.2	54	57	11	5.2	0.5	0

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Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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