All-Time Yards per Reception Leaders

Career totals, every season from 1922–2025. Receiving yards per catch

Career rate stats are limited to players with 200+ receptions, the usual bar for all-time rate leaderboards. Show all players

#	Player	Seasons	G	REC	TGT	YDS	Y/R	TD	1D	CTH%
1	Homer Jones	1964–1970 (7)	87	224	—	4,986	22.26	36	—	—
2	Buddy Dial	1959–1966 (8)	98	261	—	5,436	20.83	44	—	—
3	Harlon Hill	1954–1962 (9)	103	233	—	4,717	20.25	40	—	—
4	Flipper Anderson	1988–1997 (10)	114	267	—	5,357	20.06	28	—	—
5	Paul Warfield	1964–1977 (13)	157	427	—	8,565	20.06	85	—	—
6	Bob Hayes	1965–1975 (11)	132	371	—	7,414	19.98	71	—	—
7	Willie Gault	1983–1993 (11)	170	333	—	6,635	19.93	44	—	—
8	Jimmy Orr	1958–1970 (13)	149	400	—	7,914	19.79	66	—	—
9	Ray Renfro	1952–1963 (12)	142	281	—	5,508	19.60	50	—	—
10	Stanley Morgan	1977–1990 (14)	196	557	—	10,716	19.24	72	—	—
11	Hugh Taylor	1947–1954 (8)	94	272	—	5,233	19.24	58	—	—
12	Wesley Walker	1977–1989 (13)	154	438	—	8,306	18.96	71	—	—
13	Mel Gray	1971–1982 (12)	145	351	—	6,644	18.93	45	—	—
14	Gary Garrison	1970–1977 (8)	82	223	—	4,217	18.91	35	—	—
15	Carroll Dale	1960–1973 (14)	189	438	—	8,277	18.90	52	—	—
16	Roger Carr	1974–1983 (10)	115	271	—	5,071	18.71	31	—	—
17	Frank Clarke	1957–1967 (11)	140	291	—	5,426	18.65	50	—	—
18	Del Shofner	1957–1967 (11)	125	349	—	6,470	18.54	51	—	—
19	John Gilliam	1967–1977 (11)	151	382	—	7,056	18.47	48	—	—
20	Max McGee	1954–1967 (12)	148	345	—	6,346	18.39	50	—	—
21	Elroy Hirsch	1949–1957 (9)	103	343	—	6,299	18.36	53	—	—
22	James Lofton	1978–1993 (16)	233	764	—	14,004	18.33	75	—	—
23	Haven Moses	1970–1981 (12)	171	367	—	6,706	18.27	49	—	—
24	Ben Hawkins	1966–1974 (9)	104	261	—	4,764	18.25	32	—	—
25	Carlos Carson	1980–1989 (10)	126	353	—	6,372	18.05	33	—	—
26	Mervyn Fernandez	1987–1992 (6)	86	209	—	3,764	18.01	19	—	—
27	Lance Rentzel	1965–1974 (9)	115	268	—	4,826	18.01	38	—	—
28	Harold Jackson	1968–1983 (16)	208	579	—	10,372	17.91	76	—	—
29	Pete Brewster	1952–1960 (9)	104	210	—	3,758	17.90	21	—	—
30	Devery Henderson	2005–2012 (8)	110	245	—	4,377	17.87	20	173	—
31	Gene Washington	1969–1979 (10)	140	385	—	6,856	17.81	60	—	—
32	Mike Quick	1982–1990 (9)	101	363	—	6,464	17.81	61	—	—
33	Jack Snow	1965–1975 (11)	150	340	—	6,012	17.68	45	—	—
34	DeSean Jackson	2008–2022 (15)	180	642	1,026	11,274	17.56	58	432	62.6%
35	Alfred Jenkins	1975–1983 (9)	110	360	—	6,267	17.41	40	—	—
36	Aaron Thomas	1961–1970 (10)	133	262	—	4,554	17.38	37	—	—
37	Bob Schnelker	1953–1961 (9)	105	211	—	3,667	17.38	33	—	—
38	Mark Duper	1982–1992 (11)	146	511	—	8,869	17.36	59	—	—
39	Cliff Branch	1972–1985 (14)	183	501	—	8,685	17.34	67	—	—
40	Steve Watson	1979–1987 (9)	126	353	—	6,112	17.31	36	—	—
41	Jim Doran	1951–1961 (11)	115	212	—	3,667	17.30	24	—	—
42	Malcom Floyd	2004–2015 (11)	110	321	480	5,550	17.29	34	256	66.9%
43	Kevin House	1980–1987 (8)	114	299	—	5,169	17.29	34	—	—
44	Ashley Lelie	2002–2008 (7)	86	217	—	3,749	17.28	15	154	—
45	James Jett	1993–2001 (9)	129	256	—	4,417	17.25	30	—	—
46	Bobby Walston	1951–1962 (12)	148	311	—	5,363	17.24	46	—	—
47	Rich Caster	1970–1982 (13)	161	322	—	5,515	17.13	45	—	—
48	Isaac Curtis	1973–1984 (12)	167	416	—	7,101	17.07	53	—	—
49	Ray Mathews	1951–1960 (10)	114	233	—	3,963	17.01	34	—	—
50	Josh Gordon	2012–2022 (8)	73	252	476	4,284	17.00	21	181	52.9%