highest season receiving yardage counts nfl 1980s player

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,570 yards in 1986.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,570
1986
16
86
18.3
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
2Roy Green
R. Green
1,555
1984
16
78
19.9
97.2
12
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
3Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,491
1986
16
84
17.8
93.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
4Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,483
1989
16
82
18.1
92.7
17
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
5Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,423
1989
16
90
15.8
88.9
12
25
2
12.5
1.6
0
6Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
1,422
1989
16
86
16.5
88.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
7Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,414
1988
16
86
16.4
88.4
10
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
8Mike Quick
M. Quick
1,409
1983
16
69
20.4
88.1
13
0
0
0.0
0
9John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
1,395
1984
16
80
17.4
87.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
10Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1,389
1984
15
73
19.0
92.6
18
35
3
11.7
2.3
0
11Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,382
1989
14
70
19.7
98.7
8
10
2
5.0
0.7
0
12Art Monk
A. Monk
1,372
1984
16
106
12.9
85.8
7
18
2
9.0
1.1
0
13James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,361
1984
16
62
22.0
85.1
7
82
10
8.2
5.1
0
14Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
1,358
1981
16
70
19.4
84.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
15Carlos Carson
C. Carson
1,351
1983
16
80
16.9
84.4
7
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
16John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,340
1980
16
82
16.3
83.8
13
16
1
16.0
1.0
0
17Mark Duper
M. Duper
1,313
1986
16
67
19.6
82.1
11
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
18Andre Reed
A. Reed
1,312
1989
16
88
14.9
82.0
9
31
2
15.5
1.9
0
19Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,306
1988
16
64
20.4
81.6
9
107
13
8.2
6.7
1
20Mark Duper
M. Duper
1,306
1984
16
71
18.4
81.6
8
0
0
0.0
0
21James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,300
1983
16
58
22.4
81.3
8
36
9
4.0
2.3
0
22James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,294
1981
16
71
18.2
80.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
23Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,290
1980
16
89
14.5
80.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
24Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,287
1985
16
79
16.3
80.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
25Eddie Brown
E. Brown
1,273
1988
16
53
24.0
79.6
9
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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