receiving yards leaders from 1974 to 2009

From 1974 through 2009, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, 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	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	15,208	223	1,024	1,210	14.9	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
3	Terrell Owens T. Owens	14,951	205	1,006	1,465	14.9	72.9	144	251	39	6.4	1.2	3
4	Tim Brown T. Brown	14,934	255	1,094	670	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
5	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	14,580	190	1,102	1,431	13.2	76.7	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
6	Randy Moss R. Moss	14,465	186	926	1,503	15.6	77.8	148	159	25	6.4	0.9	0
7	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764		18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
8	Cris Carter C. Carter	13,899	234	1,101	442	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
9	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814		16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
10	Torry Holt T. Holt	13,382	173	920	1,561	14.5	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
11	Andre Reed A. Reed	13,198	234	951	111	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
12	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,089	200	819		16.0	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
13	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	12,785	255	851	122	15.0	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
14	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940		13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
15	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	12,287	178	862	1,012	14.3	69.0	67	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
16	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	11,904	159	750	19	15.9	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
17	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	11,807	206	999	1,393	11.8	57.3	82	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
18	Muhsin Muhammad M. Muhammad	11,438	202	860	1,304	13.3	56.6	62	64	11	5.8	0.3	0
19	Rod Smith R. Smith	11,389	183	849	1,100	13.4	62.2	68	348	44	7.9	1.9	1
20	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	11,373	209	883	919	12.9	54.4	63	20	5	4.0	0.1	0
21	Derrick Mason D. Mason	11,089	202	863	1,304	12.8	54.9	59	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
22	Hines Ward H. Ward	10,947	186	895	1,367	12.2	58.9	78	430	56	7.7	2.3	1
23	Gary Clark G. Clark	10,856	167	699		15.5	65.0	65	54	11	4.9	0.3	0
24	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	10,777	188	689	872	15.6	57.3	77	496	63	7.9	2.6	1
25	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,716	196	557		19.2	54.7	72	127	21	6.0	0.6	0

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Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM
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Pass Yards Rankings

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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000