before 1996 what wr had the most receiving yds through first 8 seasons

Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver in his first 8 seasons, with 10,273 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
10,273
124
610
16.8
82.8
103
349
54
6.5
2.8
5
2Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
8,976
96
458
19.6
93.5
77
137
21
6.5
1.4
2
3James Lofton
J. Lofton
8,816
121
466
18.9
72.9
45
245
31
7.9
2.0
1
4Gary Clark
G. Clark
8,742
122
549
15.9
71.7
58
54
11
4.9
0.4
0
5Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
8,538
112
527
16.2
76.2
50
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
6Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
7Don Maynard
D. Maynard
8,054
110
442
18.2
73.2
68
29
10
2.9
0.3
0
8Art Powell
A. Powell
8,015
104
478
16.8
77.1
81
0
0
0.0
0
9Anthony Miller
A. Miller
7,768
123
493
15.8
63.2
56
86
18
4.8
0.7
0
10Steve Largent
S. Largent
7,608
114
471
16.2
66.7
60
43
12
3.6
0.4
1
11Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
7,442
118
460
16.2
63.1
50
84
16
5.3
0.7
0
12Ernest Givins
E. Givins
7,414
122
506
14.7
60.8
45
350
34
10.3
2.9
1
13Andre Reed
A. Reed
7,379
122
534
13.8
60.5
52
311
38
8.2
2.5
1
14Andre Rison
A. Rison
7,154
110
522
13.7
65.0
63
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
15Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
7,037
110
421
16.7
64.0
40
37
16
2.3
0.3
0
16Art Monk
A. Monk
7,033
109
504
14.0
64.5
34
156
30
5.2
1.4
0
17Roy Green
R. Green
6,976
105
435
16.0
66.4
58
80
20
4.0
0.8
0
18Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
6,971
113
437
16.0
61.7
66
108
14
7.7
1.0
0
19Eric Martin
E. Martin
6,904
127
466
14.8
54.4
45
11
4
2.8
0.1
0
20Anthony Carter
A. Carter
6,861
118
418
16.4
58.1
47
270
40
6.8
2.3
2
21Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
6,823
95
410
16.6
71.8
51
0
0
0.0
0
22Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
6,817
103
336
20.3
66.2
67
70
22
3.2
0.7
2
23Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
6,698
107
417
16.1
62.6
36
-15
7
-2.1
-0.1
0
24Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
6,620
109
403
16.4
60.7
61
0
0
0.0
0
25Al Toon
A. Toon
6,605
107
517
12.8
61.7
31
7
4
1.8
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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