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Welcome to greatest NFL players in football history a
documentary series dedicated to the serious NFL football fan and
chronicling the greatest players in the history of NFL football I
Am your host your humble servant?
now
What I am here to do today is
Present to you my findings as I have done my research into how to
Order the list properly of the top 20 receivers of all time and for
the purposes of this since
tight ends
Do also receive the ball and there have been some great ones if their numbers are great enough they are also on this list
as
top 20 receivers of all time without further ado
let's get to
Honourable mention here. We've got numbers 21
23
Sorry - 21 22 and 23
first of all
And let me say before I get into this too deeply I have done my very best to take in in into
very detailed account
the
History the era in which these individual players played
Meaning the in the beginning of
football
It was a running game the game has slowly
evolved to a passing game and
Now has been dominated by the past for a number of years. I
Would say that
ever since about
nineteen
ninety, or
Ninety five somewhere in there about the time that the the target was implemented as a stat in the NFL
I would say that we've been there as far as
We shouldn't be expecting
things to progress any further
I don't believe from a statistical point as far as I don't believe the players now have an advantage over
the players that played
Ten fifteen years ago or 20 years ago
so
Carol Dale
Carol Dale
He played from 1960 to 1973
Put up 14 years
189 games
438 receptions for
8277 receiving yards forty three point eight yards per game and
18 point nine
yards per reception
Which is the best I found?
so Carol Dale as far as I know holds the record for yards per reception in NFL history with
18.9 and also 52 touchdowns for Carol Dale
number 22 ly harsh
1946 to 1957 12 years one hundred and twenty seven games
380 and eighty seven receptions for Elroy
seven thousand and twenty nine yards receiving
fifty five point three yards per game
Eighteen point two yards per reception and sixty touchdowns then Steve Smith from the modern era
2001 to 2016 16 years to theft 219 games
1031 receptions
1748 targets for 59.0 reception percentage
14700 31 receiving yards
60
7.3 arts per game receiving fourteen point three years per reception and 81 touchdowns for mr
Steve Smith, there's our honorable mention fellows
Now number 20 we move on to
Andre Johnson
Mr. Andre Johnson played for the Houston Texans all of his career and
From
2003 to 2006 teen amassing 14 years, mr. Johnson
did
193 games Cod
1062 balls on
1739
targets for
61.1%
reception percentage
14,000 the
185 yards
Seventy three point five yards per game thirteen point four yards per reception and 70 touchdowns
Now number 19, mr. Reggie Wayne
Played all of his career with the Indianapolis Colts and Cod balls from Peyton Manning
2001 to 2014. Mr. Richie Wayne played 14 years
211 games
1070 receptions
1714 targets for 62.4%
Of the reception percentage pretty Stroh
14,000 345 receiving yards 60
8.0 yards per game in thirteen point four yards per reception with 82 touchdowns
Moving on to number 18 Henry Ehlert who played for the Washington Redskins
1983 to 1998 16 years and 228 games, mr. Ehlert
814 balls for on
1565
targets for 52.0
Reception percentage thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-seventh receiving yards sixty point four yards per game
sixteen point nine
yards per reception and 65 touchdowns
Now mister Jason Witten the first tight end on our list. Mr. Witten. I
Do not believe that he is retired, but I can't say definitively
2003 to 2017 plus will give him the benefit of the doubt 15 years so far 239 games
1152 receptions on only
1620 targets for as far as I know an NFL record
seventy one point one reception percentage
twelve thousand four hundred forty eight yards and
fifty two point one four game
Ten point eight years per receptions at sixty eight touchdowns
Now that's seventy one point one
Percent was reception percentage
I do want to say the mister juju Smith
For the Pittsburgh Steelers in his rookie year put up a reception percentage. That was greater than that
I believe it was between
73 and
74 percent I'm gonna guess Sony three point six or eight percent. Mr. Chu Chu Smith Shuster
now
We go to number 16
Tommy McDonald
Who I'm not sure who mr. McDonald played for there are a few guys like that on this list
1957 to 1968 12 years
152 games
495 receptions
8410 yards 50 5.3 yards per game
17.0 yards per reception and eighty four touchdowns for mr. Tommy McDonald
Number 15 James Lofton
Who I will say when I was growing up. I
was under the impression that James Lofton was going to go down as the
number one receiver of all time
Mister and and there was a time when mr. James Lofton did hold the
Record for yards receiving
Now
Mr. James Lofton played from 1978 to
1993
He played for the Green Bay Packers and also the Buffalo Bills
16 years 233 games
764 receptions 14,000 four yards receiving
16.1 yards per game
18.3 yards per reception and 75 touchdowns for mr. Loftin
Then at number 14 we have mr. Isaac Bruce
night played
1994 to 2009
For the st. Louis Rams
16 years
223 games
1024 receptions on
1770 targets
57.9
reception percentage
15,000 208 receiving yards sixty eight point two
yards per game
Fourteen point nine yards per reception in 91 touchdowns for mr. Isaac Bruce
Number 13, mr. Tim brown who played his career with the oakland raiders
1988 to 2000 for 17 years
255 games
1090 for receiving receptions on
1805 targets for sixty point six reception percentage
14,000 930 for receiving yards
58 26 yards per game
Thirteen point seven yards per reception and 100 touchdowns for mr. Tim brown
Then we have number 12
Marvin Harrison the second person on this list bukata passes from mr. Peyton Manning in
Indianapolis as a cold
Mr. Marvin Harrison played from 1996 to 2008 13 years
190 games
1102 receptions on
1781
Targets for sixty one point nine percentage reception percentage fourteen thousand five hundred
Eighty-six seventy six point seven yards per game thirteen point two years for reception
128 touchdowns for Margaret Harrison
number eleven Chris Carter who played his career for the Minnesota Vikings
1987 to 2000 216 years two hundred thirty-four games
1101 receptions I want to say, mr. Chris Carter was known known as
One of the various sticky handed receivers in the history of the game some thought he had the best hands in the game
Back to mr. Carter stats. Let's see if his reception percentage bears that out
1101 receptions on 1826 targets for 16.3% reception percentage
13,000 899 receiving yards fifty nine point four years per game twelve point six years per reception
130 touchdowns now I will say
Reception percentage is a function of the accuracy of your quarterback
So if your quarterback is a very inaccurate pass
Your reception is going to suffer
It's not just all function of you
Now
We move into the top 10 and at number 10, we have the second type in
Encountered on our list. Mr. Tony G Tony Gonzalez
played from
1997 to
2013
And that would be 17 years
270 games
1325 receptions Wow
On
2012 targets for
65.9%
reception percentage
15000
127 receiving yards
seventy one point three yards per game
twelve point six yards per reception and
111 touchdowns for mr. Tony G
It played most of his career for the Kansas City Chiefs and finished it up with the Atlanta Falcons
Number nine. Mr
Terrell Owens and I want to say before I really began doing my research for this list. I
Thought that Terrell Owens was probably about the number three best receiver
Number nine Terrell Owens again
Career from 1996 to 2010 15 years 219 games
1078 receptions on
1867 targets
fifty seven point seven percent reception percentage
Fifteen thousand nine hundred thirty-four receiving yards. Seventy two point eight errors per gain
fourteen point eight years per reception and
153 receiving Stan's good for third all-time
Number eight Randy Moss who I had in my head as the number two best receiver of all time
Going into this
number eight Randy Moss
played right alongside in time Terrell Owens
1998 to 2010 they both finished in 2010 Randy Moss - less years and 13 years play
218 games
982 receptions
1741 targets 56 point for
reception percentage
15,000 292 receiving errors
70.1 years per game
15.6 years per reception
156 touchdowns second all-time
Number 7
Larry Fitzgerald
Who I might should put a little bit higher on this list
especially since he hasn't hung them up, and he's still putting up numbers and
Getting disrespected by the fantasy community but being rewarded for those who are still selecting him
Number 7 Larry Fitzgerald
2004 to 2017 + 14 years already under the belt for Larry
218 games a
whopping
1225 receptions that second all-time Larry Fitzgerald
His third all time with
1234
Receptions I bet he's going to move into second before world on here on
2042 targets for a 60 point for reception percentage
15,000
545
receiving yards
seventy one point three years per game twelve months six years for reception and
110 receiving touchdowns for fits
Now we have in number six position Yoda Steve Largent
1976 to 1989 and I want to say
That I also believed at one time that Steve Largent
Receiving records were unbreakable
They weren't Steve Largent 1976 to 1989 14 years 200 games
819 receptions
13,000 89 yards. I
was just a child when I thought this okay, you know, I
mean, I mean I
Was like
Nine years old when I started collecting football cards
Anyway
Steve Largent thirteen thousand eighty nine receiving yards sixty five point four yards per game and
16.0 yards per reception and even 100 touchdowns for the Yoda
Number five
Raymond Barry an
Indianapolis coal
Who cut touchdowns from the quarterback?
That wasn't good enough for the Pittsburgh Steelers
because the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Johnny Unitas and they cut Johnny you
Johnny you went on as a free agent or whatever?
The case may have been to the Indianapolis Colts and threw passes to Raymond Berrie
making Raymond famous and Raymond played from
1955 to
1967 13 years
154 games
631 receptions
9275
receding yards 60 point 2 yards per game
fourteen point seven years for reception and
68 receiving touchdowns for mr. Raymond berry
Now we're getting into some rare error
Number 4
We have the first of two Don's on the list
Number four is done Manor
1958 to 1973 so he played just
Within a handful of years. He started behind Raymond berry and
Concluded his career behind it Raymond berry
Dona Maynard 1958 to 1973 16 years
186 games
633 receptions
11800 34 yards yikes. That's a staggering total for that error
sixty three point six yards per game
Eighteen point seven yards per reception that's within two of the record as I see it on this list 88 touchdowns
then
At number three
By the way, I forgot to say cranky muscles became the freak
pen at number three we had
the
Alabama antelope a
person that I was really challenged to
not to put I
Wanted to put them as the number one receiver of all time on this list
and if I did I don't really think that I could be faulted for doing it because
Mr. Don Hudson
Hudson hu t s o n. Mr. Don Hudson
Played he was the earliest guy on this list
19:35 to 19:45
11 years now. I also want to say I don't think you should fall some of these guys who played?
Longer eras ago. I don't think you should fault them for their shorter number of years. One thing that I can think of is this
back in those days
you were thought as thought of as a tough guy, you know if you
basically did stupid things and
So that's why a lot of these guys probably ended up with a lot more arthritis than they could have if they would have accepted
some good icing down treatments and and
You know today we've got rehab and things like that
but
So I think that's one reason why careers didn't last as long also
They probably didn't have as good a protective equipment as the game has in these days
so
Without any further ado we get into mr. Don Hudson's numbers
19:35 to 19:45 11 years 116 games
488 receptions
7990 one receiving yards sixty eight point nine yards per game
sixteen four yards per reception and touchdowns
99 touchdowns
Then
Number two we have
The only person on this list that has the benefit of
Projection
according to me and number two is they beat
Antonio Brown
Mr. Antonio Browns current statistics
2010 to 2017 plus currently eight years
115 games
733 receptions on
1107 targets for an NFL record for a wide receiver
66 point to reception percentage
Nine thousand nine hundred ten yards eighty six point two yards per game
also receiving also an NFL record
Thirteen point four yards per reception and fifty nine touchdowns for mr. AV
Now I am going to
Show you
After I conclude with mr. Jerry Rice's numbers here
Or after I get mr. Rice's numbers. I'm going to do a comparison of
What I protect Antonio Brown to finish in
relation to Jerry Rice
Or else
Maybe I lied and I can say you can go watch that show because that was number one
I was sure number one. This is show number two
Sorry about that. That's the hook. I guess you could say. All right now
Number one Jerry Rice
Mr. Rice
played from 1985 to 2000 for a
full 20 years
more than anyone on this list and
There would be
You'd be hard-pressed to come up with someone more than that maybe George Blanda
20 years
303 games
Is that an NFL record
It's gotta be close if it's not
Receptions
1549
That's a record on a record
2482 targets I did have to extrapolate that and
What I used as a as a basis was Jerry Rice's
reception percentage of 62.4%
Calculated on the years that targets were a statistic
Jerry's yards a record twenty-two thousand eight hundred ninety five seventy five point six yards per game
What is that?
Eleven
Ten point six yards less per game for Jerry rights than Antonio Brown
yards per reception for Jerry rights fourteen point eight and
receiving touchdowns for Jerry Rice
197 an
NFL record
That in my opinion is one of the safest
NFL records that there is
Well, I
Wonder what you think of my list of top 20 receivers?
And with that
your humble servant is going to bow out and
Is going to say that
I love you. I
am doing my best to be a vicar of the Almighty and
He loves you infinitely more
He is Almighty Lord God Jesus
And
We'll see you next time thank