most receiving yards 1985 to 1987

Between the 1985 and 1987 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 3,575 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1985 to 1987
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
3,575
44
200
17.9
81.3
40
149
24
6.2
3.4
3
2Drew Hill
D. Hill
3,270
44
178
18.4
74.3
20
0
0
0.0
0
3Steve Largent
S. Largent
3,269
45
207
15.8
72.6
23
33
2
16.5
0.7
0
4Gary Clark
G. Clark
3,257
43
202
16.1
75.7
19
10
3
3.3
0.2
0
5Mike Quick
M. Quick
2,976
44
179
16.6
67.6
31
0
0
0.0
0
6Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
2,923
41
163
17.9
71.3
18
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
2,922
43
176
16.6
68.0
21
51
5
10.2
1.2
0
8James Lofton
J. Lofton
2,873
43
174
16.5
66.8
13
15
5
3.0
0.3
0
9Al Toon
A. Toon
2,814
43
199
14.1
65.4
16
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
10Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
2,803
44
224
12.5
63.7
16
0
0
0.0
0
11Art Monk
A. Monk
2,777
40
202
13.7
69.4
12
141
17
8.3
3.5
0
12J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
2,712
45
214
12.7
60.3
15
36
3
12.0
0.8
0
13Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
2,690
43
162
16.6
62.6
16
9
1
9.0
0.2
0
14Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
2,643
40
158
16.7
66.1
15
-13
3
-4.3
-0.3
0
15Mark Duper
M. Duper
2,560
36
135
19.0
71.1
22
-10
1
-10.0
-0.3
0
16Eddie Brown
E. Brown
2,514
44
155
16.2
57.1
15
161
23
7.0
3.7
0
17Stephone Paige
S. Paige
2,479
44
138
18.0
56.3
25
13
3
4.3
0.3
0
18Anthony Carter
A. Carter
2,429
40
119
20.4
60.7
22
12
1
12.0
0.3
0
19Carlos Carson
C. Carson
2,384
37
123
19.4
64.4
15
18
4
4.5
0.5
0
20Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
2,379
44
158
15.1
54.1
16
0
0
0.0
0
21Willie Gault
W. Gault
2,227
44
110
20.2
50.6
13
113
15
7.5
2.6
0
22Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
2,144
44
161
13.3
48.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
23Roger Craig
R. Craig
2,132
46
239
8.9
46.3
7
2,695
633
4.3
58.6
19
24Andre Reed
A. Reed
2,128
43
158
13.5
49.5
16
-8
7
-1.1
-0.2
1
25Dokie Williams
D. Williams
2,098
42
112
18.7
50.0
18
27
3
9.0
0.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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