most rec yards between 1978 to 1999

Between the 1978 and 1999 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 18,442 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rec yards by a player between 1978 to 1999
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
18,442
222
1,206
124
15.3
83.1
169
627
83
7.6
2.8
10
2James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
3Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,777
228
814
16.9
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
4Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,095
221
941
93
13.9
59.3
86
500
75
6.7
2.3
1
5Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
6Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,237
241
810
46
15.1
50.8
79
226
42
5.4
0.9
1
7Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
8Steve Largent
S. Largent
11,741
172
732
16.0
68.3
86
97
13
7.5
0.6
1
9Cris Carter
C. Carter
11,688
197
924
136
12.6
59.3
114
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
10Tim Brown
T. Brown
10,944
176
770
145
14.2
62.2
75
120
37
3.2
0.7
1
11Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
12Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,273
182
536
19.2
56.4
69
117
20
5.9
0.6
0
13Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
14Andre Rison
A. Rison
9,599
170
702
45
13.7
56.5
78
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
15Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
16Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
17Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
18Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,966
150
559
16.0
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
19Roy Green
R. Green
8,965
190
559
16.0
47.2
66
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
20Mark Duper
M. Duper
8,869
146
511
17.4
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
21Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,763
177
569
15.4
49.5
48
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
22Herman Moore
H. Moore
8,664
127
626
31
13.8
68.2
59
0
0
0.0
0
23Ernest Givins
E. Givins
8,215
147
571
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
24Eric Martin
E. Martin
8,161
153
553
14.8
53.3
49
11
4
2.8
0.1
0
25Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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