what player has most receptions in nfl history

Jerry Rice has made the most career catches, with 1,549 catches.

NAME REC GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,549
303
709
22,895
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2 Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
1,432
263
2,335
17,492
12.2
66.5
121
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
3 Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
1,325
270
1,862
15,127
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
4 Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,228
271
1,723
13,046
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
5 Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,102
190
1,431
14,580
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
6 Cris Carter
C. Carter
1,101
234
442
13,899
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
7 Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,094
255
670
14,934
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
8 Terrell Owens
T. Owens
1,078
219
1,604
15,934
14.8
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
9 Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
1,076
202
1,739
13,779
12.8
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
10 Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
1,070
211
1,712
14,345
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
11 Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
1,062
193
1,743
14,185
13.4
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
12 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1,031
219
1,745
14,731
14.3
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
13 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,024
223
1,210
15,208
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
14 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,014
178
1,417
12,285
12.1
69.0
78
15
9
1.7
0.1
2
15 Hines Ward
H. Ward
1,000
217
1,524
12,083
12.1
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
16 Keenan Allen
K. Allen
993
157
1,457
11,468
11.5
73.0
69
113
18
6.3
0.7
0
17 DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
988
180
1,589
13,064
13.2
72.6
85
21
6
3.5
0.1
0
18 Randy Moss
R. Moss
982
218
1,616
15,292
15.6
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
19 Davante Adams
D. Adams
970
167
1,537
12,057
12.4
72.2
105
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
20 Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
970
179
1,650
12,351
12.7
69.0
83
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
21 Antonio Gates
A. Gates
955
236
1,458
11,841
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
22 Andre Reed
A. Reed
951
234
111
13,198
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
23 Derrick Mason
D. Mason
943
230
1,439
12,061
12.8
52.4
66
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
24 Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
25 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
928
146
1,406
12,291
13.2
84.2
83
128
35
3.7
0.9
0
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