what wide receiver had the most receiving yards in their age 36 season

Jerry Rice has the most receiving yards by a 36-year-old wide receiver in a season, with 1,157 yards in 1998.

NAMEREC YDSAgeSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,157
36
1998
SF SF
16
82
14.1
72.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
2Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
1,023
36
2005
JAX JAX
16
70
128
14.6
63.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
3Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
1,014
36
2007
TB TB
15
57
98
17.8
67.6
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
4Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
960
36
1983
SD SD
16
65
14.8
60.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
5Tim Brown
T. Brown
930
36
2002
OAK OAK
16
81
127
11.5
58.1
2
19
6
3.2
1.2
0
6Cris Carter
C. Carter
871
36
2001
MIN MIN
16
73
130
11.9
54.4
6
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
7Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
835
36
2008
SF SF
16
61
108
13.7
52.2
7
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
8Terrell Owens
T. Owens
829
36
2009
BUF BUF
16
55
109
15.1
51.8
5
54
6
9.0
3.4
1
9Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
804
36
2019
ARI ARI
16
75
109
10.7
50.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
10Derrick Mason
D. Mason
802
36
2010
BAL BAL
16
61
100
13.1
50.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
11James Lofton
J. Lofton
786
36
1992
BUF BUF
16
51
15.4
49.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
12Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
779
36
2014
IND IND
15
64
116
12.2
51.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
13Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
670
36
2015
BAL BAL
7
46
73
14.6
95.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
636
36
2008
IND IND
15
60
107
10.6
42.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
15Drew Hill
D. Hill
623
36
1992
ATL ATL
16
60
10.4
38.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
584
36
2016
DET DET
16
67
95
8.7
36.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
581
36
2009
CAR CAR
14
53
89
11.0
41.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
556
36
1998
PHI PHI
16
48
11.6
34.8
2
46
3
15.3
2.9
0
19Tony Martin
T. Martin
548
36
2001
ATL ATL
11
37
77
14.8
49.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Brandon Stokley
B. Stokley
544
36
2012
DEN DEN
15
45
59
12.1
36.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Rod Smith
R. Smith
512
36
2006
DEN DEN
16
52
94
9.8
32.0
3
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
22Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
497
36
2004
CAR CAR
16
34
70
14.6
31.1
0
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
23Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
486
36
1983
BUF BUF
11
36
13.5
44.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
24Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
485
36
1997
WAS WAS
16
32
15.2
30.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
25Donald Driver
D. Driver
445
36
2011
GB GB
16
37
56
12.0
27.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
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