The best wide receivers of all time are a group of elite athletes inclusive of some of the best athletes of all time. The greatest wide receivers are the ones that make amazing plays every game while simultaneously making the little plays that move the ball down the field. These are the top wide receivers ever to play the game of football.
These elite football players are members of pro-bowl squads, Super Bowl winners, and all-around all-star football players. Some, like WR Jerry Rice, became the stuff of football legend while they were still playing, while others like Wes Welker are just making their marks as the go-to wide receivers on franchise teams. Most of the top wide receivers in the NFL are on this list, and whether they are the best wide receivers currently in the NFL or the best wide receivers in the history of the NFL, they all have a fighting chance to land at #1 on the list of the best wide receivers ever.
Who are the best wide receivers of all time? What are the qualities of the top wide receivers? Who is the greatest wide receiver ever? These are some of the questions this list looks to tackle with its compilation of the best wide receivers of all time. There are scores of famous wide receivers in the history of the NFL, so if you don't see your favorite wide receiver on the list, make sure to add him so other users can vote for him to move up this list of the greatest wide receivers of all time.
If you want a little more football after checking out this list of the best wide receivers in NFL history, check out the best touchdown celebrations of all time to see some of these guys in endzone action.
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9,8382,127Jerry Lee Rice Sr. (born October 13, 1962) is a former American football wide receiver who... more2
8,0032,954Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is a television sports analyst and former American... more3
5,8983,301Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. (born August 31, 1983) is an American football wide receiver for... more4
6,4233,835Calvin Johnson Jr. (born September 29, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver. A... more5
3,5482,010Quintorris Lopez "Julio" Jones (; born February 8, 1989) is an American football wide receiver... more6
4,4722,953Graduel Christopher Darin Carter (born November 25, 1965) is a former American football player... more7
3,5102,332Stephen Michael Largent (born September 28, 1954) is an American former football player,... more8
3,9132,600Marvin Darnell Harrison (born August 25, 1972) is a former American football wide receiver in... more9
3,2172,039Antonio Tavaris Brown Sr. (born July 10, 1988) is an American football wide receiver for the... more10
1,8031,219Frederick S. Biletnikoff (born February 23, 1943) is a former gridiron football player and... more11
4,4673,126Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is a retired American football player, actor, and... more12
2,2841,557Sterling Sharpe (born April 6, 1965) is an American former American Football wide receiver and... more13
2,7091,812Reginald Wayne (born November 17, 1978) is a former American football wide receiver who spent... more14
2,1051,419Hines Edward Ward Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver who... more15
2,6911,784Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr. (born May 12, 1979) is a former American football wide receiver who... more16
2,3091,598Lynn Curtis Swann (born March 7, 1952) is an American football player, broadcaster,... more17
2,4281,757Andre Lamont Johnson (born July 11, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver who... more18
1,112346DeAndre Rashaun Hopkins (born June 6, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the... more19
3,0582,232Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a former American football wide receiver who... more20
1,321895John Stallworth
Johnny Lee Stallworth (born July 15, 1952) is a former American football wide receiver who... more21
2,2481,694Donald Montgomery Hutson (January 31, 1913 – June 26, 1997) was a professional American... more22
2,1931,582Andre Darnell Reed (born January 29, 1964) is a former professional American football player.... more23
4,9193,639Terrell Eldorado Owens (; born December 7, 1973), popularly known by his initials, T.O., is a... more24
1,6711,223James Arthur Monk (born December 5, 1957) is an American former football wide receiver in the... more25
1,8181,258Adriel Jeremiah "A.J." Green (born July 31, 1988) is an American football wide receiver for... more
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