Who is the best wide receiver in Steelers history? Here are the top 12, ranked by their rating in 17-0 — the free game where you draft an all-time roster and simulate whether it can go a perfect 17-0 season. Antonio Brown (2010s) tops the list at 93.
The ranking
Best Steelers wide receivers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Antonio Brown
Steelers · 2010s93 - 2Lynn Swann
Steelers · 1970s88 - 3John Stallworth
Steelers · 1970s88 - 4Hines Ward
Steelers · 2000s87 - 5Yancey Thigpen
Steelers · 1990s82 - 6JuJu Smith-Schuster
Steelers · 2010s82 - 7Santonio Holmes
Steelers · 2000s80 - 8Mike Wallace
Steelers · 2010s80 - 9George Pickens
Steelers · 2020s78 - 10Plaxico Burress
Steelers · 2000s78 - 11Diontae Johnson
Steelers · 2020s78 - 12Emmanuel Sanders
Steelers · 2010s76
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