most career receiving yards by a player between 1987 to 1997

Between the 1987 and 1997 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 13,958 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
13,958
158
922
15.1
88.3
137
516
65
7.9
3.3
8
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
11,514
168
669
17.2
68.5
50
55
9
6.1
0.3
0
3Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
10,680
139
666
16.0
76.8
61
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
4Andre Reed
A. Reed
10,388
159
725
14.3
65.3
69
509
69
7.4
3.2
0
5Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
9,856
165
643
15.3
59.7
61
84
26
3.2
0.5
0
6Cris Carter
C. Carter
9,436
165
756
12.5
57.2
89
38
11
3.5
0.2
0
7Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
8Andre Rison
A. Rison
8,839
141
641
13.8
62.7
73
11
7
1.6
0.1
0
9Gary Clark
G. Clark
8,665
136
553
15.7
63.7
53
44
9
4.9
0.3
0
10Tim Brown
T. Brown
8,588
144
599
14.3
59.6
60
123
35
3.5
0.9
1
11Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,462
161
550
15.4
52.6
46
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
12Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
13Rob Moore
R. Moore
7,765
123
524
14.8
63.1
39
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
14Herman Moore
H. Moore
7,484
104
528
14.2
72.0
52
0
0
0.0
0
15Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
7,441
136
515
14.4
54.7
40
49
8
6.1
0.4
0
16Brian Blades
B. Blades
7,436
140
566
13.1
53.1
34
156
21
7.4
1.1
0
17Ernest Givins
E. Givins
7,153
132
510
14.0
54.2
46
197
26
7.6
1.5
0
18Eric Martin
E. Martin
6,964
121
481
14.5
57.6
40
12
2
6.0
0.1
0
19Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
6,870
153
518
13.3
44.9
38
108
17
6.4
0.7
0
20Brett Perriman
B. Perriman
6,589
153
525
12.6
43.1
30
180
27
6.7
1.2
0
21Michael Haynes
M. Haynes
6,588
147
428
15.4
44.8
47
78
8
9.8
0.5
0
22Haywood Jeffires
H. Jeffires
6,334
132
535
11.8
48.0
50
0
0
0.0
0
23Anthony Carter
A. Carter
6,226
112
405
15.4
55.6
40
277
46
6.0
2.5
2
24Drew Hill
D. Hill
6,203
106
445
13.9
58.5
36
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
25Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
6,191
124
469
13.2
49.9
35
94
23
4.1
0.8
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StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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