Who is the best receiver in NFL history?
Jerry Rice Rice is unequivocally the best wide receiver to ever play in the NFL. I don’t necessarily think he was the most talented, but he definitely ended up in the right system, with the both, the game’s best head coach (Bill Walsh) and two of the best quarterbacks (Joe Montana and Steve Young) of their era. I know Rice is the all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns, but those numbers don’t tell the complete story of Rice’s contributions to both, the game of football and the San Francisco 49ers. Not only was Rice the best receiver to ever play the game, he was the epitome of a class act off the field as well. The 16th pick in the 1985 draft, Rice has compiled career numbers of 1,549 receptions, 22,895 yards and 197 touchdowns. He also helped the Niners win Super Bowl titles in 1989, 1990 and 1995. Rice also caught at least one pass in 274 consecutive games from 1985 through 2004 – another NFL record. One of the game’s most durable players, Rice was also the NFL
