most receiving yards by nfl players in the 1980s

From 1980 through 1989, James Lofton had the most receiving yards, with 9,465 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	James Lofton J. Lofton	9,465	144	507	18.7	65.7	47	234	28	8.4	1.6	1
2	Steve Largent S. Largent	9,336	141	595	15.7	66.2	69	97	13	7.5	0.7	1
3	Art Monk A. Monk	9,165	141	662	13.8	65.0	47	210	40	5.3	1.5	0
4	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	8,087	134	435	18.6	60.4	47	67	11	6.1	0.5	0
5	Roy Green R. Green	7,684	136	468	16.4	56.5	62	140	23	6.1	1.0	1
6	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	7,425	118	459	16.2	62.9	48	74	14	5.3	0.6	0
7	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	6,698	107	417	16.1	62.6	36	-15	7	-2.1	-0.1	0
8	Drew Hill D. Hill	6,602	131	372	17.7	50.4	47	18	2	9.0	0.1	0
9	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	6,565	103	405	16.2	63.7	63	108	14	7.7	1.0	0
10	Dwight Clark D. Clark	6,518	118	488	13.4	55.2	48	50	6	8.3	0.4	0
11	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,486	102	516	12.6	63.6	43	0	0		0.0	0
12	Carlos Carson C. Carson	6,372	126	353	18.1	50.6	33	62	12	5.2	0.5	0
13	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	6,370	150	546	11.7	42.5	34	33	4	8.3	0.2	0
14	Jerry Rice J. Rice	6,364	76	346	18.4	83.7	66	289	42	6.9	3.8	4
15	Mike Quick M. Quick	6,329	97	354	17.9	65.2	60	-5	1	-5.0	-0.1	0
16	J.T. Smith	6,305	131	493	12.8	48.1	30	72	6	12.0	0.5	0
17	Mark Duper M. Duper	6,212	98	345	18.0	63.4	42	-10	1	-10.0	-0.1	0
18	Tony Hill T. Hill	6,082	95	371	16.4	64.0	35	49	9	5.4	0.5	0
19	Steve Watson S. Watson	6,029	110	347	17.4	54.8	36	19	6	3.2	0.2	0
20	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	5,990	104	396	15.1	57.6	29	0	0		0.0	0
21	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	5,872	124	461	12.7	47.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	0.0	0
22	Wesley Walker W. Walker	5,828	115	332	17.6	50.7	55	13	2	6.5	0.1	0
23	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	5,743	95	345	16.6	60.5	36	16	14	1.1	0.2	0
24	Gary Clark G. Clark	5,378	74	340	15.8	72.7	35	35	7	5.0	0.5	0
25	Stephone Paige S. Paige	5,209	106	303	17.2	49.1	44	32	6	5.3	0.3	0

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137.8

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Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
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Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
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Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
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Steelers	6	2	0	.750
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Ravens	4	5	0	.444
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Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
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Raiders	4	4	0	.500
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