who has the most dropped catches in the nfl history

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

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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	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	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,094	195	1,526	13,233	12.1	67.9	84	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
8	Tim Brown T. Brown	1,094	255	670	14,934	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
9	Terrell Owens T. Owens	1,078	219	1,604	15,934	14.8	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
10	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	1,076	202	1,739	13,779	12.8	68.2	82	229	42	5.5	1.1	1
11	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	1,070	211	1,712	14,345	13.4	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
12	Keenan Allen K. Allen	1,068	174	1,571	12,151	11.4	69.8	71	113	18	6.3	0.6	0
13	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	1,062	193	1,743	14,185	13.4	73.5	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
14	Davante Adams D. Adams	1,035	181	1,651	12,991	12.6	71.8	119	-1	3	-0.3	0.0	0
15	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
16	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	1,024	223	1,210	15,208	14.9	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
17	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	1,006	195	1,624	13,295	13.2	68.2	85	21	6	3.5	0.1	0
18	Hines Ward H. Ward	1,000	217	1,524	12,083	12.1	55.7	85	428	57	7.5	2.0	1
19	Randy Moss R. Moss	982	218	1,616	15,292	15.6	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	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	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	955	164	1,366	11,639	12.2	71.0	77	170	35	4.9	1.0	1
22	Antonio Gates A. Gates	955	236	1,458	11,841	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0
23	Andre Reed A. Reed	951	234	111	13,198	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
24	Derrick Mason D. Mason	943	230	1,439	12,061	12.8	52.4	66	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
25	Art Monk A. Monk	940	224		12,721	13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0

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