highest season receiving yardage counts nfl 1990s player

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,848 yards in 1995.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,848
1995
16
122
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
2Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,781
1995
16
119
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
3Herman Moore
H. Moore
1,686
1995
16
123
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
4Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
1,663
1999
16
115
193
14.5
103.9
12
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
5Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
1,636
1999
16
116
177
14.1
102.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
6Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,603
1995
16
111
14.4
100.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
7Rob Moore
R. Moore
1,584
1997
16
97
16.3
99.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
8Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,523
1991
16
93
16.4
95.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,503
1993
16
98
15.3
93.9
15
69
3
23.0
4.3
1
10Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,502
1990
16
100
15.0
93.9
13
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
11Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,499
1994
16
112
13.4
93.7
13
93
7
13.3
5.8
2
12Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
1,497
1995
16
102
14.7
93.6
13
21
4
5.3
1.3
0
13Brett Perriman
B. Perriman
1,488
1995
16
108
13.8
93.0
9
48
5
9.6
3.0
0
14Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,461
1992
16
108
13.5
91.3
13
8
4
2.0
0.5
0
15Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
1,424
1998
15
84
17.0
94.9
14
5
3
1.7
0.3
0
16Randy Moss
R. Moss
1,413
1999
16
80
137
17.7
88.3
11
43
4
10.8
2.7
0
17Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,408
1997
16
104
13.5
88.0
5
19
5
3.8
1.2
0
18Marcus Robinson
M. Robinson
1,400
1999
16
84
149
16.7
87.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
19Yancey Thigpen
Y. Thigpen
1,398
1997
16
79
17.7
87.4
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
20Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,397
1994
16
74
18.9
87.3
6
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
21Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,396
1992
16
78
17.9
87.3
7
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
22Cris Carter
C. Carter
1,371
1995
16
122
11.2
85.7
17
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
23Eric Moulds
E. Moulds
1,368
1998
16
67
20.4
85.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
24Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,344
1999
16
90
145
14.9
84.0
6
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
25Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,342
1995
16
89
15.1
83.9
10
0
0
0.0
0
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