{"id":78,"date":"2023-03-24T12:49:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T16:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/pfr-blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:24:48","slug":"top-10-nfl-wide-receivers-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/pfr-blog\/2023\/03\/top-10-nfl-wide-receivers-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Top NFL Wide Receivers of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Who is the best wide receiver of all time? That question is a topic of conversation amongst people who love American football. A great way to study this is to examine the fruits of the labor of those who worked in the position in the form of statistics via the robust Pro-Football-Reference database. Let\u2019s list the names of some great wideouts in NFL history and what they accomplished to help in our quest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few different ways to look at our list of the greatest wide receivers of all time. The skill sets of the top wideouts vary, and the tasks they accomplished helped their teams gain an advantage. The offensive scheme, strategy, and rules of the era each had as much of an influence on the players’ impact on the numbers they produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The first category to look at is yards produced each game. In other words, their average receiving yards per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\tJulio Jones<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n

\n \n Quintorris Lopez Jones\n  (Jet<\/span>)\n <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tPosition<\/strong>: WR\n\t\n<\/p>\n\n

6-3<\/span>, 220lb<\/span> (190cm, 99kg) <\/p>\n\n\n

\n Born:<\/strong> \n \n\t\tFebruary 3<\/a>, 1989\n \n \n in Foley, AL<\/a><\/span>\n \n<\/span\"> (Age: 35-354d)<\/nobr><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>: \n \n\t\tAlabama<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t (College Stats<\/a>)\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>

Weighted Career AV (100-95-…)<\/a>:<\/strong> 101 (146th overall since 1960)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High School<\/strong>: \n \n\t\tFoley<\/a> (AL<\/a>)\n\t\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draft<\/strong>: Atlanta Falcons<\/a> in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n

Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\HOO-lee-o<\/a>\\<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n \n

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