most receiving yards 1985 to 2004

Between the 1985 and 2004 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 22,895 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1985 to 2004
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
22,895
303
1,549
709
14.8
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,934
255
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
3Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,899
234
1,101
442
12.6
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
4Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
5Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
12,887
200
764
16.9
64.4
59
48
13
3.7
0.2
0
6Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,621
241
840
122
15.0
52.4
83
253
42
6.0
1.0
1
7Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
8Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
11,753
156
777
755
15.1
75.3
74
154
21
7.3
1.0
0
9Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
11,264
162
792
884
14.2
69.5
61
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
10Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
11,185
139
845
1,012
13.2
80.5
98
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
11Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
12Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,205
186
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
10,060
204
815
438
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
14Terrell Owens
T. Owens
9,772
135
669
831
14.6
72.4
95
157
24
6.5
1.2
2
15Rod Smith
R. Smith
9,772
151
712
880
13.7
64.7
59
346
42
8.2
2.3
1
16Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
9,763
169
755
729
12.9
57.8
53
6
2
3.0
0.0
0
17Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
18Herman Moore
H. Moore
9,174
146
670
122
13.7
62.8
62
0
0
0.0
0
19Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
20Randy Moss
R. Moss
9,142
109
574
860
15.9
83.9
90
159
23
6.9
1.5
0
21Tony Martin
T. Martin
9,065
177
593
257
15.3
51.2
56
-3
6
-0.5
0.0
0
22Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
8,917
135
673
789
13.2
66.1
54
84
11
7.6
0.6
1
23Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
8,809
206
689
424
12.8
42.8
63
97
14
6.9
0.5
2
24Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,763
177
569
15.4
49.5
48
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
25Drew Hill
D. Hill
8,484
138
574
14.8
61.5
50
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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