all-time reception leaders before 1999

Before 1999, Jerry Rice made the most catches, with 1,139 receptions.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,139
206
17,612
15.5
85.5
164
614
81
7.6
3.0
10
2Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
3Andre Reed
A. Reed
889
205
12,559
14.1
61.3
85
500
75
6.7
2.4
1
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
834
181
10,447
12.5
57.7
101
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
819
200
13,089
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
6Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
814
228
13,777
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
7Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
784
225
11,983
15.3
53.3
77
226
42
5.4
1.0
1
8James Lofton
J. Lofton
764
233
14,004
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
9Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
750
239
12,146
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
10Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
740
155
11,737
15.9
75.7
62
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
11Gary Clark
G. Clark
699
167
10,856
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
12Andre Rison
A. Rison
681
155
9,381
13.8
60.5
78
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
13Tim Brown
T. Brown
680
160
9,600
14.1
60.0
69
116
36
3.2
0.7
1
14Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
662
198
7,980
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
15Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
649
165
9,110
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
16Drew Hill
D. Hill
634
211
9,831
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
17Don Maynard
D. Maynard
633
186
11,834
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
18Raymond Berry
R. Berry
631
154
9,275
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
19Herman Moore
H. Moore
610
119
8,467
13.9
71.2
57
0
0
0.0
0
20Keith Byars
K. Byars
610
189
5,661
9.3
30.0
31
3,109
865
3.6
16.4
23
21Anthony Miller
A. Miller
595
155
9,148
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
22Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
595
112
8,134
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
23Rob Moore
R. Moore
591
139
8,747
14.8
62.9
44
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
24Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
590
182
8,985
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
25Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
589
190
8,974
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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