what afc wr had the most receptions in the 2000s

From 2000 through 2009, Hines Ward made the most receptions in the AFC by a wide receiver, with 819 catches.

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	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Hines Ward H. Ward	819	154	1,266	10,063	12.3	65.3	71	419	53	7.9	2.7	1
2	Derrick Mason D. Mason	816	157	1,285	10,481	12.8	66.8	56	10	8	1.3	0.1	0
3	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	791	130	1,238	10,439	13.2	80.3	95	16	4	4.0	0.1	0
4	Chad Johnson C. Johnson	684	137	1,214	9,952	14.5	72.6	62	175	24	7.3	1.3	0
5	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	676	141	1,037	9,393	13.9	66.6	63	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
6	Rod Smith R. Smith	592	110	961	7,578	12.8	68.9	43	268	32	8.4	2.4	1
7	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	587	102	963	7,948	13.5	77.9	42	36	20	1.8	0.4	0
8	Eric Moulds E. Moulds	583	124	1,011	7,060	12.1	56.9	31	59	12	4.9	0.5	0
9	Chris Chambers C. Chambers	518	140	1,063	7,435	14.4	53.1	57	373	44	8.5	2.7	0
10	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	507	105	773	5,782	11.4	55.1	37	142	23	6.2	1.4	1
11	Laveranues Coles L. Coles	502	121	843	6,455	12.9	53.3	42	195	24	8.1	1.6	0
12	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	481	91	835	6,613	13.7	72.7	39	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
13	Wes Welker W. Welker	442	93	608	4,809	10.9	51.7	16	101	13	7.8	1.1	0
14	Troy Brown T. Brown	420	100	624	4,539	10.8	45.4	23	196	28	7.0	2.0	0
15	Dennis Northcutt D. Northcutt	364	128	614	4,584	12.6	35.8	17	366	52	7.0	2.9	1
16	Randy Moss R. Moss	352	77	643	5,323	15.1	69.1	58	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
17	Lee Evans L. Evans	340	96	614	5,356	15.8	55.8	39	145	10	14.5	1.5	0
18	Eddie Kennison E. Kennison	336	99	582	5,399	16.1	54.5	26	168	28	6.0	1.7	0
19	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	327	61	542	4,019	12.3	65.9	25	104	16	6.5	1.7	0
20	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	324	69	502	4,064	12.5	58.9	21	17	4	4.3	0.2	0
21	Jerricho Cotchery J. Cotchery	317	89	503	4,081	12.9	45.9	16	82	15	5.5	0.9	1
22	Josh Reed J. Reed	311	115	512	3,575	11.5	31.1	10	57	14	4.1	0.5	0
23	Jabar Gaffney J. Gaffney	310	123	517	3,800	12.3	30.9	17	56	9	6.2	0.5	0
24	Brandon Stokley B. Stokley	306	116	516	4,291	14.0	37.0	33	32	9	3.6	0.3	0
25	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	301	79	503	3,476	11.5	44.0	17	0	1	0.0	0.0	0

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