who has most receiving yards in last 50 years

Between September 21, 1976 and September 21, 2026, Jerry Rice has the most yards on receptions, with 22,895 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	22,895	303	1,549	709	14.8	75.6	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
2	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	17,492	263	1,432	2,335	12.2	66.5	121	68	20	3.4	0.3	0
3	Terrell Owens T. Owens	15,934	219	1,078	1,604	14.8	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
4	Randy Moss R. Moss	15,292	218	982	1,616	15.6	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
5	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	15,208	223	1,024	1,210	14.9	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
6	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	15,127	270	1,325	1,862	11.4	56.0	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
7	Tim Brown T. Brown	14,934	255	1,094	670	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
8	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	14,731	219	1,031	1,745	14.3	67.3	81	387	57	6.8	1.8	2
9	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	14,580	190	1,102	1,431	13.2	76.7	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
10	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	14,345	211	1,070	1,712	13.4	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
11	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	14,185	193	1,062	1,743	13.4	73.5	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
12	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764		18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
13	Cris Carter C. Carter	13,899	234	1,101	442	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
14	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	13,779	202	1,076	1,739	12.8	68.2	82	229	42	5.5	1.1	1
15	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814		16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
16	Julio Jones J. Jones	13,703	166	914	1,432	15.0	82.5	66	163	24	6.8	1.0	0
17	Torry Holt T. Holt	13,382	173	920	1,561	14.5	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
18	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	13,295	195	1,006	1,624	13.2	68.2	85	21	6	3.5	0.1	0
19	Andre Reed A. Reed	13,198	234	951	111	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
20	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	13,174	194	1,092	1,524	12.1	67.9	83	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
21	Mike Evans M. Evans	13,155	178	875	1,504	15.0	73.9	109	10	1	10.0	0.1	0
22	Jason Witten J. Witten	13,046	271	1,228	1,723	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
23	Steve Largent S. Largent	12,969	198	812		16.0	65.5	100	77	15	5.1	0.4	1
24	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	12,785	255	851	122	15.0	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
25	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940		13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0

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Saints	1	1	0	.500
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