most receiving yards 1985 to 2005

Between the 1985 and 2005 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 22,895 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1985 to 2005
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
7Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
12,331
154
927
1,144
13.3
80.1
110
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
8Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
12,287
178
862
1,012
14.3
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
9Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
12,278
167
813
826
15.1
73.5
77
154
21
7.3
0.9
0
10Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
11Rod Smith
R. Smith
10,877
167
797
1,006
13.6
65.1
65
353
43
8.2
2.1
1
12Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
13Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
10,680
185
825
837
12.9
57.7
62
12
4
3.0
0.1
0
14Terrell Owens
T. Owens
10,535
142
716
923
14.7
74.2
101
159
25
6.4
1.1
2
15Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,205
186
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
16Randy Moss
R. Moss
10,147
125
634
984
16.0
81.2
98
159
23
6.9
1.3
0
17Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
10,060
204
815
438
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
18Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
9,756
151
744
912
13.1
64.6
60
87
12
7.3
0.6
1
19Torry Holt
T. Holt
9,487
110
619
1,011
15.3
86.2
54
57
11
5.2
0.5
0
20Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
21Herman Moore
H. Moore
9,174
146
670
122
13.7
62.8
62
0
0
0.0
0
22Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
23Eric Moulds
E. Moulds
9,096
154
675
996
13.5
59.1
48
157
28
5.6
1.0
0
24Tony Martin
T. Martin
9,065
177
593
257
15.3
51.2
56
-3
6
-0.5
0.0
0
25Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
8,848
242
666
385
13.3
36.6
54
115
19
6.1
0.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
7
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12
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13
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8
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8
9
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8
9
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8
9
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11
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14
3
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12
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