Top Ten Receivers of All Time? Give Me Your List

[Roman Snow]

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I am so sick of Isaac Bruce not being mentioned in the same breath as the greats. He is better, I think, than 3-4 of these guys.

 

[Rynie]

This list is retarded. Megatron and Fitzgerald, but no Irvin? Are you kidding me

 

[Roman Snow]

1. Rice
2. Largent
3. Moss
4. Harrison
5. Bruce
6. Sterling Sharpe
7. Tim Brown
8. Calvin Johnson
9. Larry Fitzgerald
10. Henry Ellard

Honorable mention to old timers Crazy Legs Hirsch, Don Maynard, Don Hutson, Raymond Berry. The ball just wasn't thrown as much. Stats tell part of the story. I purposely left Owens off my list....whiner.

 

[tempests]

That list is pretty solid. Harrison usually does his homework.

Bruce would be probably be between 15-25th on my list.

 

[DaveFan'51]

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I am so sick of Isaac Bruce not being mentioned in the same breath as the greats. He is better, I think, than 3-4 of these guys.

I'll go you one better! I would say he's equal to or better than at least 6 of them!
and I like your list, except I would put Ellard ahead of Fitzgerald!!!

 

[Florida_Ram]

I am so sick of Isaac Bruce not being mentioned in the same breath as the greats. He is better, I think, than 3-4 of these guys.

I feel your frustration Roman Snow..... With difference in playing ERA's and defensive rules combined with how many targets a WR had for his career, really makes it a tough argument and more about ones personal opinion after the obvious top rated 5 or 6 guys.

Looking at Statistics for the Top 20 in YARDS, CATCHES & TOUCHDOWNS equated by how many years they played has some impact..

Player Receiving Yards Years Played
1 Jerry Rice 22,895 1985-2004
2 Terrell Owens 15,934 1996-2010
3 Randy Moss 15,292 1998-2012
4 Isaac Bruce 15,208 1994-2009
5 Tony Gonzalez 15,127 1997-2013 (TE)

6 Tim Brown 14,934 1988-2004
7 Marvin Harrison 14,580 1996-2008
8 Reggie Wayne 14,345 2001-2014
9 Andre Johnson 14,100 2003-2015
10 James Lofton 14,004 1978-1993

11 Steve Smith 13,932 2001-2015
12 Cris Carter 13,899 1987-2002
13 Henry Ellard 13,777 1983-1998
14 Torry Holt 13,382 1999-2009
15 Larry Fitzgerald 13,366 2004-2015

16 Andre Reed 13,198 1985-2000
17 Anquan Boldin 13,195 2003-2015
18 Steve Largent 13,089 1976-1989
19 Irving Fryar 12,785 1984-2000
20 Art Monk 12,721 1980-1995

Player Receiving Touchdowns
Jerry Rice 197
Randy Moss 156
Terrell Owens 153
Cris Carter 130
Marvin Harrison 128

Tim Brown 100
Steve Largent 100
Don Hutson 99
Larry Fitzgerald 98
Isaac Bruce 91

Don Maynard 88
Andre Reed 87
Paul Warfield 85
Lance Alworth 85
Hines Ward 85

Irving Fryar 84
Andre Rison 84
Tommy McDonald 84
Mark Clayton 84
Calvin Johnson 83
Reggie Wayne 82

Player Receptions
Jerry Rice 1,549
Marvin Harrison 1,102
Larry Fitzgerald 1,018
Cris Carter 1,101
Tim Brown 1,094

Terrell Owens 1,078
Reggie Wayne 1,070
Andre Johnson 1,053
Isaac Bruce 1,024
Hines Ward 1,000

Randy Moss 982
Andre Reed 951
Derrick Mason 943
Anquan Boldin 940
Art Monk 940

Torry Holt 920
Steve Smith 915
Wes Welker 890
Keenan McCardell 883
Jimmy Smith 862

Muhsin Muhammad 860
Irving Fryar 851
Rod Smith 849
Steve Largent 819
Keyshawn Johnson 814
Henry Ellard 814

 

[Roman Snow]

That list is pretty solid. Harrison usually does his homework.

Bruce would be probably be between 15-25th on my list.

 

[Florida_Ram]

I get your Sterling Sharpe Ranking at #3 flv... Sterling played 7 seasons in the NFL before he got his unfortunate fluke neck injury. I can imagine his stats surpassing several HOF's had he played out his full career. With Brett Favre as his QB & his God given talent, I have no doubts what so ever.

1988-1994
Catches.. 595
Yards.... 8,134
Touchdowns.. 65

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...an-injury-away-from-being-the-next-jerry-rice

There's nothing worse in sports than a "what if." You know—the player who turns in a few incredible seasons before injuries abruptly end his career.

Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers is a prime example. Sayers earned five first-team All-Pro selections before injuries ended his career after just 68 games.

Yet Sayers may not even be the biggest example of a player whose career was drastically derailed by injuries.

That would be former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Sterling Sharpe.

After a fantastic college career at the University of South Carolina, Sharpe was selected by the Packers with the seventh pick in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft.

Sharpe started all 16 games his rookie season, catching 55 passes for 791 yards and a touchdown.

In his sophomore season, Sharpe became the best receiver in the NFL not named Jerry Rice. He set franchise records with 90 catches and 1,423 yards, and his 12 touchdowns were the second-highest total in the NFL.

Sharpe earned Pro Bowl honors in 1990, his third season, by catching 67 passes for 1,105 yards and six touchdowns. But he suffered through a disappointing 1991 campaign in which he failed to top 1,000 yards for the first time since his rookie season.

In 1992, a 23-year-old named Brett Favre was given the starting job at quarterback. After years of playing with mediocre quarterbacks such as Don Majkowski, Mike Tomczak, and Anthony Dilweg, Sharpe finally had a talented quarterback.

He responded with one of the greatest seasons by a wide receiver in NFL history.

He caught 108 passes for 1,461 yards and 13 touchdowns. Sharpe became just the sixth player to win the receiving Triple Crown—leading in receptions, yards, and touchdowns. His 107 receptions broke the single-season record of 106 set by Washington Redskins receiver Art Monk in 1984.

In 1993, Sharpe broke his own single-season reception record by hauling in 112 passes. He became the first receiver to top 100 receptions in consecutive seasons, and his 1,274 receiving yards and 11 scores ranked third in the league.

For the first time in Sharpe's career, the Packers advanced to the postseason, where they faced the Detroit Lions in the wild card round.

Sharpe turned in one of the most memorable performances in postseason history, catching five passes for 101 yards and three touchdowns. His third touchdown was a come-from-behind, game-winning 40-yard reception with just 55 seconds remaining—which made him just the ninth player to catch three touchdown passes in a single playoff game.

The Packers were eliminated the following week by the eventual Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys—despite a magnificent performance from Sharpe, who hauled in six passes for 128 yards and a touchdown.

In 1994, Sharpe concluded one of the greatest three-year stretches by a wide receiver in NFL history. He caught 94 passes for 1,119 yards and 18 touchdowns. His 18 touchdowns were the second-highest single-season total in NFL history.

Sharpe suffered a severe neck injury during the 1994 season and was forced to retire at age 29.

 

[tavian]

Bruce would be probably be between 15-25th on my list.

Well your list sucks then.lol

 

[rdlkgliders]

1. Torry Holt
2. Ike Bruce
3. Henry Ellard
4. Elroy Hirsch
5. Harold Jackson
6. Jack Snow
7. Tom Fears
8. Preston Dennard
9. Bob Boyd
10. Jim Benton

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[Roman Snow]

1. Torry Holt
2. Ike Bruce
3. Henry Ellard
4. Elroy Hirsch
5. Harold Jackson
6. Jack Snow
7. Tom Fears
8. Flipper Anderson
9. Bob Boyd
10. Jim Benton

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FIFY. Ok mods.

 

[DaveFan'51]

1. Torry Holt
2. Ike Bruce
3. Henry Ellard
4. Elroy Hirsch
5. Harold Jackson
6. Jack Snow
7. Tom Fears
8. Preston Dennard
9. Bob Boyd
10. Jim Benton

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I nailed It

"Your showing your Bias toward Holt!!"

 

[tempests]

Well your list sucks then.lol

Yeah, how would you know, right?

Call me crazy, but out of the thousands of players who played WR in nine decades of pro football, ranking in the top 25 all time is still pretty good.

 

[SteveBrown]

1. Rice
2. Largent
3. Moss
4. Harrison
5. Bruce
6. Sterling Sharpe
7. Tim Brown
8. Calvin Johnson
9. Larry Fitzgerald
10. Henry Ellard

Honorable mention to old timers Crazy Legs Hirsch, Don Maynard, Don Hutson, Raymond Berry. The ball just wasn't thrown as much. Stats tell part of the story. I purposely left Owens off my list....whiner.

I like Steve Largent....but I watched every play of some games of his, and good corners could kinda take him out, because he wasn't so physical, .....I prefer Cliff Branch from that era just because he was a gamer and people were scared of him. Largetn is a HOFer to me, though . And, No one could run patterns like Largent, no one at least until the mid 80s....but, I do agree with the most of the rest. If Ellard wasn't stuck on the rams with bad qbs, he might have 200 more catches...he missed some prime years with faulty qb play.

 

[Roman Snow]

I like Steve Largent....but I watched every play of some games of his, and good corners could kinda take him out, because he wasn't so physical, .....I prefer Cliff Branch from that era just because he was a gamer and people were scared of him. Largetn is a HOFer to me, though . And, No one could run patterns like Largent, no one at least until the mid 80s....but, I do agree with the most of the rest. If Ellard wasn't stuck on the rams with bad qbs, he might have 200 more catches...he missed some prime years with faulty qb play.

Good insight on Largent, and Ellard. I think your point on Henry was made clear when the Rams let him walk in his mid thirties and he went on to have 3 more 1,000 yard seasons with the Foreskins.