most receiving yards 1940 to 1999

Between the 1940 and 1999 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 18,442 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1940 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
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,089
200
819
16.0
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
6Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
7Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,237
241
810
46
15.1
50.8
79
226
42
5.4
0.9
1
8Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,146
239
750
16.2
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
9Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
10Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
11Cris Carter
C. Carter
11,688
197
924
136
12.6
59.3
114
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
12Tim Brown
T. Brown
10,944
176
770
145
14.2
62.2
75
120
37
3.2
0.7
1
13Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
14Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
15Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
10,372
208
579
17.9
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
16Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
17Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
18Andre Rison
A. Rison
9,599
170
702
45
13.7
56.5
78
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
19Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
20Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
21Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
22Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
23Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
8,985
182
590
15.2
49.4
79
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
24Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
25Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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