most receptions of all-time from 1900 to 2006

Between the 1900 and 2006 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receptions, with 1,549 receptions.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player of all-time from 1900 to 2006
NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,549
303
709
22,895
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Cris Carter
C. Carter
1,101
234
442
13,899
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
3Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,094
255
670
14,934
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
4Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,022
170
1,292
13,697
13.4
80.6
122
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
5Andre Reed
A. Reed
951
234
111
13,198
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
6Art Monk
A. Monk
940
224
12,721
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
7Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
887
183
952
13,376
15.1
73.1
80
154
21
7.3
0.8
0
8Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
862
178
1,012
12,287
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
9Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
861
199
888
11,117
12.9
55.9
62
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
10Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
851
255
122
12,785
15.0
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
11Rod Smith
R. Smith
849
183
1,100
11,389
13.4
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
12Larry Centers
L. Centers
827
198
386
6,797
8.2
34.3
28
2,188
615
3.6
11.1
14
13Steve Largent
S. Largent
819
200
13,089
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
14Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
815
204
438
10,060
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
15Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
814
167
1,040
10,571
13.0
63.3
64
91
13
7.0
0.5
2
16Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
814
228
13,777
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
17Terrell Owens
T. Owens
801
158
1,075
11,715
14.6
74.1
114
159
25
6.4
1.0
2
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
767
176
606
6,875
9.0
39.1
36
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
19James Lofton
J. Lofton
764
233
14,004
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
20Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
750
159
19
11,904
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
21Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
750
239
12,146
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
22Andre Rison
A. Rison
743
186
115
10,205
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
23Eric Moulds
E. Moulds
732
170
1,074
9,653
13.2
56.8
49
163
29
5.6
1.0
0
24Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
721
158
949
8,710
12.1
55.1
61
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
25Torry Holt
T. Holt
712
126
1,190
10,675
15.0
84.7
64
57
11
5.2
0.5
0
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