bears top receivers 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Willie Gault had the most receiving yards for the Bears, with 3,650 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Willie Gault
W. Gault
3,650
76
184
19.8
48.0
27
144
19
7.6
1.9
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,114
117
336
9.3
26.6
11
9,800
2,290
4.3
83.8
51
3Dennis McKinnon
D. McKinnon
2,840
85
180
15.8
33.4
21
42
9
4.7
0.5
1
4Emery Moorehead
E. Moorehead
2,730
106
200
13.7
25.8
14
7
8
0.9
0.1
0
5Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
2,113
148
260
8.1
14.3
5
2,946
828
3.6
19.9
20
6Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
1,493
115
120
12.4
13.0
5
661
112
5.9
5.7
5
7Ron Morris
R. Morris
1,363
44
78
17.5
31.0
6
26
4
6.5
0.6
0
8Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
1,352
57
140
9.7
23.7
8
3,113
687
4.5
54.6
26
9Ken Margerum
K. Margerum
1,317
57
91
14.5
23.1
8
11
3
3.7
0.2
0
10Brian Baschnagel
B. Baschnagel
1,267
73
85
14.9
17.4
7
12
4
3.0
0.2
0
11Rickey Watts
R. Watts
1,126
40
57
19.8
28.2
5
-17
2
-8.5
-0.4
0
12James Scott
J. Scott
740
21
38
19.5
35.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Tim Wrightman
T. Wrightman
648
32
46
14.1
20.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Wendell Davis
W. Davis
617
30
41
15.0
20.6
3
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
15Jim Thornton
J. Thornton
527
32
39
13.5
16.5
3
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
16Brad Muster
B. Muster
495
32
53
9.3
15.5
4
524
126
4.2
16.4
5
17Keith Ortego
K. Ortego
430
31
23
18.7
13.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
18Cap Boso
C. Boso
420
34
40
10.5
12.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
19Robin Earl
R. Earl
397
41
32
12.4
9.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Glen Kozlowski
G. Kozlowski
365
34
21
17.4
10.7
3
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
21Dave Williams
D. Williams
258
24
40
6.5
10.8
2
76
28
2.7
3.2
0
22Marcus Anderson
M. Anderson
243
12
9
27.0
20.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Jay Saldi
J. Saldi
209
28
21
10.0
7.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Pat Dunsmore
P. Dunsmore
208
27
17
12.2
7.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Bob Fisher
B. Fisher
203
22
12
16.9
9.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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