who has the most receiving yards in nfl history after age 30

Jerry Rice has the most career yards on receptions by a player older than 30, with 12,274 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	Age	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	12,274	42	174	913	709	13.4	70.5	91	253	32	7.9	1.5	4
2	Tim Brown T. Brown	7,754	38	127	599	670	12.9	61.1	45	86	20	4.3	0.7	0
3	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	7,376	39	130	487		15.1	56.7	34	-12	1	-12.0	-0.1	0
4	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	6,817	38	123	470	122	14.5	55.4	45	54	8	6.8	0.4	0
5	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	6,613	36	91	481	835	13.7	72.7	39	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
6	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	6,556	37	97	568	788	11.5	67.6	45	10	6	1.7	0.1	1
7	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	6,417	37	112	604	913	10.6	57.3	50	0	0		0.0	0
8	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	6,401	37	98	457	784	14.0	65.3	31	92	10	9.2	0.9	0
9	Terrell Owens T. Owens	6,232	37	86	417	789	14.9	72.5	58	94	15	6.3	1.1	1
10	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	6,125	37	107	586	853	10.5	57.2	34	5	2	2.5	0.0	0
11	Drew Hill D. Hill	6,057	37	104	436		13.9	58.2	35	1	1	1.0	0.0	0
12	Rod Smith R. Smith	5,976	36	94	492	788	12.1	63.6	35	169	26	6.5	1.8	0
13	Don Maynard D. Maynard	5,970	38	91	305		19.6	65.6	35	14	6	2.3	0.2	0
14	Derrick Mason D. Mason	5,947	37	108	490	803	12.1	55.1	29	1	3	0.3	0.0	0
15	Cris Carter C. Carter	5,790	37	89	457	442	12.7	65.1	58	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
16	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	5,780	36	82	437	700	13.2	70.5	55	3	1	3.0	0.0	0
17	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	5,688	37	102	329		17.3	55.8	22	13	3	4.3	0.1	0
18	Donald Driver D. Driver	5,503	37	107	414	676	13.3	51.4	33	37	12	3.1	0.3	0
19	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	5,337	36	77	425	726	12.6	69.3	21	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
20	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	5,200	36	87	411	654	12.7	59.8	30	18	4	4.5	0.2	0
21	Tony Martin T. Martin	5,168	36	84	337	257	15.3	61.5	33	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
22	Muhsin Muhammad M. Muhammad	5,092	36	93	375	690	13.6	54.8	34	15	3	5.0	0.2	0
23	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	5,059	39	100	313	652	16.2	50.6	33	61	12	5.1	0.6	0
24	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	5,023	37	89	360	644	14.0	56.4	27	-1	5	-0.2	0.0	0
25	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	4,957	37	93	397	632	12.5	53.3	31	20	5	4.0	0.2	0

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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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