best receivers from 1985 to 1988

Between the 1985 and 1988 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, 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
2Drew Hill
D. Hill
4,411
60
250
17.6
73.5
30
0
0
0.0
0
3Gary Clark
G. Clark
4,149
59
261
15.9
70.3
26
16
5
3.2
0.3
0
4Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
4,051
59
262
15.5
68.7
35
55
6
9.2
0.9
0
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
3,914
60
246
15.9
65.2
25
30
3
10.0
0.5
0
6Al Toon
A. Toon
3,881
58
292
13.3
66.9
21
7
4
1.8
0.1
0
7Eddie Brown
E. Brown
3,787
60
208
18.2
63.1
24
156
24
6.5
2.6
0
8Art Monk
A. Monk
3,723
56
274
13.6
66.5
17
187
24
7.8
3.3
0
9J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
3,698
61
297
12.5
60.6
20
51
4
12.8
0.8
0
10Anthony Carter
A. Carter
3,654
56
191
19.1
65.3
28
53
5
10.6
0.9
0
11Mike Quick
M. Quick
3,484
52
201
17.3
67.0
35
0
0
0.0
0
12Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
3,471
53
225
15.4
65.5
22
4
6
0.7
0.1
0
13Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
3,425
57
194
17.7
60.1
22
-6
2
-3.0
-0.1
0
14James Lofton
J. Lofton
3,422
59
202
16.9
58.0
13
15
5
3.0
0.3
0
15Stephone Paige
S. Paige
3,381
60
199
17.0
56.4
32
13
3
4.3
0.2
0
16Mark Duper
M. Duper
3,186
49
174
18.3
65.0
23
-10
1
-10.0
-0.2
0
17Andre Reed
A. Reed
3,096
58
229
13.5
53.4
22
56
13
4.3
1.0
1
18Carlos Carson
C. Carson
3,095
51
169
18.3
60.7
18
19
5
3.8
0.4
0
19Eric Martin
E. Martin
3,058
63
201
15.2
48.5
23
11
4
2.8
0.2
0
20Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
3,051
60
211
14.5
50.9
20
0
0
0.0
0
21Roy Green
R. Green
3,038
52
203
15.0
58.4
22
33
9
3.7
0.6
0
22Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
2,993
51
239
12.5
58.7
16
0
0
0.0
0
23Ernest Givins
E. Givins
2,971
43
174
17.1
69.1
14
161
14
11.5
3.7
1
24Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
2,900
60
218
13.3
48.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
25Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
2,870
53
171
16.8
54.2
16
-13
3
-4.3
-0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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