most receiving yards by quarterback 1983 to 1989

Between the 1983 and 1989 seasons, Jim McMahon had the most yards on receptions by a quarterback, with 77 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
77
70
4
19.3
1.1
2
1,320
240
5.5
18.9
14
2Guido Merkens
G. Merkens
61
51
3
20.3
1.2
1
6
5
1.2
0.1
0
3Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
40
57
2
20.0
0.7
0
623
134
4.6
10.9
2
4Danny White
D. White
27
65
2
13.5
0.4
2
126
64
2.0
1.9
7
5John Elway
J. Elway
23
100
1
23.0
0.2
1
1,675
355
4.7
16.8
11
6Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
22
41
1
22.0
0.5
1
355
77
4.6
8.7
3
7Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
21
20
1
21.0
1.1
0
74
46
1.6
3.7
0
8Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
20
64
1
20.0
0.3
1
175
109
1.6
2.7
3
9Gary Kubiak
G. Kubiak
20
87
1
20.0
0.2
0
175
53
3.3
2.0
2
10Phil Simms
P. Simms
13
89
1
13.0
0.1
0
703
201
3.5
7.9
2
11Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
11
92
1
11.0
0.1
0
863
232
3.7
9.4
9
12Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
10
50
1
10.0
0.2
0
69
17
4.1
1.4
2
13Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
8
53
4
2.0
0.2
1
301
92
3.3
5.7
0
14Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
6
68
1
6.0
0.1
0
750
113
6.6
11.0
3
15David Woodley
D. Woodley
6
21
1
6.0
0.3
0
163
47
3.5
7.8
2
16Steve Bono
S. Bono
2
8
1
2.0
0.3
0
27
8
3.4
3.4
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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11
6
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.647
9
7
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.559
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8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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14
3
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