most receiving yards all-time for players over 30

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

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Most receiving yards all-time for players over 30 years old

	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	12,274	174	913	709	13.4	70.5	91	253	32	7.9	1.5	4
2	Tim Brown T. Brown	7,754	127	599	670	12.9	61.1	45	86	20	4.3	0.7	0
3	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	7,376	130	487		15.1	56.7	34	-12	1	-12.0	-0.1	0
4	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	6,817	123	470	122	14.5	55.4	45	54	8	6.8	0.4	0
5	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	6,613	91	481	835	13.7	72.7	39	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
6	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	6,417	112	604	913	10.6	57.3	50	0	0		0.0	0
7	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	6,401	98	457	784	14.0	65.3	31	92	10	9.2	0.9	0
8	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	6,310	93	552	766	11.4	67.8	43	10	6	1.7	0.1	1
9	Terrell Owens T. Owens	6,232	86	417	789	14.9	72.5	58	94	15	6.3	1.1	1
10	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	6,125	107	586	853	10.5	57.2	34	5	2	2.5	0.0	0
11	Drew Hill D. Hill	6,057	104	436		13.9	58.2	35	1	1	1.0	0.0	0
12	Rod Smith R. Smith	5,976	94	492	788	12.1	63.6	35	169	26	6.5	1.8	0
13	Don Maynard D. Maynard	5,970	91	305		19.6	65.6	35	14	6	2.3	0.2	0
14	Derrick Mason D. Mason	5,947	108	490	803	12.1	55.1	29	1	3	0.3	0.0	0
15	Cris Carter C. Carter	5,790	89	457	442	12.7	65.1	58	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
16	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	5,780	82	437	700	13.2	70.5	55	3	1	3.0	0.0	0
17	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	5,688	102	329		17.3	55.8	22	13	3	4.3	0.1	0
18	Donald Driver D. Driver	5,503	107	414	676	13.3	51.4	33	37	12	3.1	0.3	0
19	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	5,337	77	425	726	12.6	69.3	21	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
20	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	5,200	87	411	654	12.7	59.8	30	18	4	4.5	0.2	0
21	Tony Martin T. Martin	5,168	84	337	257	15.3	61.5	33	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
22	Muhsin Muhammad M. Muhammad	5,092	93	375	690	13.6	54.8	34	15	3	5.0	0.2	0
23	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	5,059	100	313	652	16.2	50.6	33	61	12	5.1	0.6	0
24	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	5,023	89	360	644	14.0	56.4	27	-1	5	-0.2	0.0	0
25	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	4,957	93	397	632	12.5	53.3	31	20	5	4.0	0.2	0

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Seahawks	14	3	.824
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Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	8:35 PM
Sun 9/20	MIA	@	SF	4:25 PM
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AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176