# NFL All-Time 100: WRs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 30, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623 "2019-12-30T20:09:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/1 "2019-12-30T20:09:35Z")
{in no particular order}: Jerry Rice Randy Moss Lance Alworth Paul Warfield Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch Don Hutson Raymond Berry Larry Fitzgerald Steve Largent Marvin Harrison Thoughts? Comments? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/2 "2019-12-31T02:54:11Z")
Larry Fitz and Harrison surprise me. No Michael Irvin is a huge surprise and you could make an argument that Reggie Wayne was the better player than Harrison. I understand why, but Terell Owens should be on this list. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/3 "2019-12-31T05:16:11Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Larry Fitz and Harrison surprise me. > > No Michael Irvin is a huge surprise and you could make an argument that Reggie Wayne was the better player than Harrison. I understand why, but Terell Owens should be on this list. There was a bit of a debate about Terrell Owens, with Deion Sanders wanting to know why he wasn’t on the list. I’ll leave it to others to speculate why he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/4 "2019-12-31T10:47:32Z")
If they’re going to include OJ in best RBs, they should include Owens, and his 5 1st team All-Pro awards, in best WR. Antonio Brown may have an argument too. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/5 "2019-12-31T17:45:23Z")
How 'bout Calvin Johnson? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/6 "2019-12-31T18:04:58Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > How 'bout Calvin Johnson? I thought of him after I hit submit on my little bit up above. I’d pick him over Fitz. It seems like I’m against Fitz, and I’m really not, but I don’t quite think he’s deserving of “best 100 all time”. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/7 "2019-12-31T18:15:10Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I thought of him after I hit submit on my little bit up above. I’d pick him over Fitz. It seems like I’m against Fitz, and I’m really not, but I don’t quite think he’s deserving of “best 100 all time”. I think the argument I heard in favor of Larry Fitzgerald is his “high level of play for an extended period of time.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/8 "2019-12-31T19:24:40Z")
It’s nice to see Steve Largent on the list. Football seems to break down into two different eras; Bronco-Nagurski-three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust, and pass-first-and-ask-questions-later. Largent was great in the in-between years. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/9 "2019-12-31T19:41:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s nice to see Steve Largent on the list. Football seems to break down into two different eras; Bronco-Nagurski-three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust, and pass-first-and-ask-questions-later. Largent was great in the in-between years. Agreed. To this day Steve Largent is still my all-time favorite Seahawk (though current QB Russell Wilson is a close second). ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/10 "2019-12-31T23:53:45Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > How 'bout Calvin Johnson? Too short of a career. Even with 3 1st team all-pros, and a transcendent 2012 season. 9 years isn’t enough without a story like Gale Sayers. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-all-time-100-wrs/845623/11 "2020-01-01T00:06:58Z")
Don Maynard George Sauer was even better, but he retired too soon (he just lost interest in it).