who led the nfl in receiving yards from 1990 to 2015

Between the 1990 and 2015 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 16,531 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16,531
227
1,203
709
13.7
72.8
131
356
45
7.9
1.6
6
2Terrell Owens
T. Owens
15,934
219
1,078
1,604
14.8
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
3Randy Moss
R. Moss
15,292
218
982
1,616
15.6
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
4Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,208
223
1,024
1,210
14.9
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
5Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
6Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14,580
190
1,102
1,431
13.2
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
7Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
14,345
211
1,070
1,712
13.4
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
8Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,201
238
1,050
670
13.5
59.7
95
140
36
3.9
0.6
0
9Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
14,100
185
1,053
1,720
13.4
76.2
68
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
10Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
13,932
205
961
1,644
14.5
68.0
76
387
57
6.8
1.9
2
11Torry Holt
T. Holt
13,382
173
920
1,561
14.5
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
12Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
13,366
186
1,018
1,731
13.1
71.9
98
63
18
3.5
0.3
0
13Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
13,195
186
1,009
1,644
13.1
70.9
74
229
42
5.5
1.2
1
14Cris Carter
C. Carter
12,449
193
1,012
442
12.3
64.5
111
24
10
2.4
0.1
0
15Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
16Hines Ward
H. Ward
12,083
217
1,000
1,524
12.1
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
17Derrick Mason
D. Mason
12,061
230
943
1,439
12.8
52.4
66
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
18Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
11,619
135
731
1,315
15.9
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
19Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
11,438
202
860
1,304
13.3
56.6
62
64
11
5.8
0.3
0
20Rod Smith
R. Smith
11,389
183
849
1,100
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
21Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
11,373
209
883
919
12.9
54.4
63
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
22Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
11,273
152
882
1,466
12.8
74.2
79
118
20
5.9
0.8
0
23Jason Witten
J. Witten
11,215
207
1,020
1,441
11.0
54.2
60
0
0
0.0
0
24Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
11,059
166
766
1,372
14.4
66.6
67
175
24
7.3
1.1
0
25Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
10,950
198
701
910
15.6
55.3
77
496
63
7.9
2.5
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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11
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