before 1992 what wr had the most receiving yds through first 4 seasons

Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver in his first 4 seasons, with 4,881 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
4,881
60
264
18.5
81.4
49
256
37
6.9
4.3
4
2Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
4,591
56
261
17.6
82.0
34
62
6
10.3
1.1
0
3Art Powell
A. Powell
4,482
56
277
16.2
80.0
43
0
0
0.0
0
4Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
4,386
53
241
18.2
82.8
36
0
0
0.0
0
5James Lofton
J. Lofton
4,306
64
242
17.8
67.3
22
12
4
3.0
0.2
0
6Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
4,280
64
281
15.2
66.9
23
41
12
3.4
0.6
0
7Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
4,268
44
201
21.2
97.0
41
79
9
8.8
1.8
2
8George Sauer
G. Sauer
4,154
56
249
16.7
74.2
22
23
4
5.8
0.4
0
9Gary Clark
G. Clark
4,149
59
261
15.9
70.3
26
16
5
3.2
0.3
0
10Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
4,142
54
212
19.5
76.7
45
-7
9
-0.8
-0.1
1
11John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
4,063
58
238
17.1
70.1
40
45
4
11.3
0.8
0
12Roy Green
R. Green
3,928
54
238
16.5
72.7
34
49
12
4.1
0.9
0
13Al Toon
A. Toon
3,881
58
292
13.3
66.9
21
7
4
1.8
0.1
0
14Mike Quick
M. Quick
3,864
55
213
18.1
70.3
34
-5
1
-5.0
-0.1
0
15Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
3,828
54
246
15.6
70.9
20
-2
4
-0.5
0.0
0
16Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
3,822
54
202
18.9
70.8
44
0
0
0.0
0
17Eddie Brown
E. Brown
3,787
60
208
18.2
63.1
24
156
24
6.5
2.6
0
18Ernest Givins
E. Givins
3,765
58
229
16.4
64.9
17
161
14
11.5
2.8
1
19Steve Largent
S. Largent
3,753
59
224
16.8
63.6
31
-14
4
-3.5
-0.2
0
20Don Maynard
D. Maynard
3,715
54
209
17.8
68.8
31
6
2
3.0
0.1
0
21Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
3,713
46
194
19.1
80.7
32
16
4
4.0
0.3
0
22Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
3,658
64
234
15.6
57.2
20
18
8
2.3
0.3
0
23Anthony Carter
A. Carter
3,654
56
191
19.1
65.3
28
53
5
10.6
0.9
0
24Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
3,649
60
209
17.5
60.8
33
87
8
10.9
1.5
0
25Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
3,642
54
261
14.0
67.4
34
283
92
3.1
5.2
3
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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