which receiver has the most catches ever

Jerry Rice has the most career receptions by a wide receiver, with 1,549 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	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	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	1,102	190	1,431	14,580	13.2	76.7	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
4	Cris Carter C. Carter	1,101	234	442	13,899	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
5	Tim Brown T. Brown	1,094	255	670	14,934	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
6	Terrell Owens T. Owens	1,078	219	1,604	15,934	14.8	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
7	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	1,076	202	1,739	13,779	12.8	68.2	82	229	42	5.5	1.1	1
8	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	1,070	211	1,712	14,345	13.4	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
9	Keenan Allen K. Allen	1,062	173	1,562	12,088	11.4	69.9	70	113	18	6.3	0.7	0
10	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	1,062	193	1,743	14,185	13.4	73.5	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
11	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
12	Davante Adams D. Adams	1,028	180	1,638	12,854	12.5	71.4	119	-1	3	-0.3	0.0	0
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	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	1,006	195	1,624	13,295	13.2	68.2	85	21	6	3.5	0.1	0
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	Randy Moss R. Moss	982	218	1,616	15,292	15.6	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
17	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	970	179	1,650	12,351	12.7	69.0	83	118	20	5.9	0.7	0
18	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	951	163	1,359	11,606	12.2	71.2	77	170	35	4.9	1.0	1
19	Andre Reed A. Reed	951	234	111	13,198	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
20	Derrick Mason D. Mason	943	230	1,439	12,061	12.8	52.4	66	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
21	Art Monk A. Monk	940	224		12,721	13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
22	Antonio Brown A. Brown	928	146	1,406	12,291	13.2	84.2	83	128	35	3.7	0.9	0
23	Torry Holt T. Holt	920	173	1,561	13,382	14.5	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
24	Julio Jones J. Jones	914	166	1,432	13,703	15.0	82.5	66	163	24	6.8	1.0	0
25	Wes Welker W. Welker	903	175	1,276	9,924	11.0	56.7	50	151	19	7.9	0.9	0

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
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