what cornerback has the most receiving yards in history

Deion Sanders has the most career yards on receptions by a defensive back, with 784 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
784
188
60
13
13.1
4.2
3
-14
9
-1.6
-0.1
0
2Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
771
125
43
17.9
6.2
2
7
2
3.5
0.1
0
3Roy Green
R. Green
723
47
34
21.3
15.4
4
60
3
20.0
1.3
1
4Don Paul
D. Paul
690
100
48
14.4
6.9
7
469
73
6.4
4.7
3
5Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
510
64
30
17.0
8.0
5
247
74
3.3
3.9
1
6Dick James
D. James
406
37
21
19.3
11.0
5
120
40
3.0
3.2
1
7Billy Stone
B. Stone
324
8
12
27.0
40.5
4
113
14
8.1
14.1
1
8Devin Hester
D. Hester
299
32
20
40
15.0
9.3
2
-10
7
-1.4
-0.3
0
9Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
292
12
18
16.2
24.3
4
157
50
3.1
13.1
2
10Ray Ramsey
R. Ramsey
280
37
23
12.2
7.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
253
157
8
31.6
1.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
12George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
230
12
16
14.4
19.2
2
330
62
5.3
27.5
3
13Jug Girard
J. Girard
220
12
10
22.0
18.3
2
20
4
5.0
1.7
0
14Mark Bailey
M. Bailey
206
14
17
12.1
14.7
1
266
66
4.0
19.0
2
15Howie Livingston
H. Livingston
192
30
7
27.4
6.4
3
38
11
3.5
1.3
0
16Bert Rechichar
B. Rechichar
185
89
7
26.4
2.1
3
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
17Terry Barr
T. Barr
180
35
10
18.0
5.1
0
57
5
11.4
1.6
1
18Carl Taseff
C. Taseff
175
107
18
9.7
1.6
1
234
47
5.0
2.2
1
19Dicky Moegle
D. Moegle
173
65
7
24.7
2.7
0
301
57
5.3
4.6
6
20Pete Schabarum
P. Schabarum
166
22
14
11.9
7.5
0
183
39
4.7
8.3
1
21Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
165
10
10
16.5
16.5
1
64
20
3.2
6.4
1
22Ted Cook
T. Cook
156
12
13
12.0
13.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Tom Keane
T. Keane
153
56
7
21.9
2.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Bob Forte
B. Forte
152
36
15
10.1
4.2
3
123
50
2.5
3.4
0
25Tom Farmer
T. Farmer
137
10
8
17.1
13.7
0
29
15
1.9
2.9
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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