most receiving yards from 1983 to 1996

Between the 1983 and 1996 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 16,377 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player from 1983 to 1996
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16,377
188
1,050
15.6
87.1
154
624
80
7.8
3.3
10
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,177
205
775
17.0
64.3
61
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
3Andre Reed
A. Reed
10,884
175
766
14.2
62.2
75
489
72
6.8
2.8
1
4Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
5Art Monk
A. Monk
10,583
183
791
13.4
57.8
58
316
55
5.7
1.7
0
6Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
10,111
193
650
15.6
52.4
69
180
39
4.6
0.9
1
7Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
9,500
123
591
16.1
77.2
52
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
8James Lofton
J. Lofton
9,002
160
487
18.5
56.3
49
133
24
5.5
0.8
0
9Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
10Drew Hill
D. Hill
8,874
154
588
15.1
57.6
54
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
11Mark Duper
M. Duper
8,869
144
511
17.4
61.6
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
12Anthony Miller
A. Miller
8,503
139
549
15.5
61.2
59
125
21
6.0
0.9
1
13Cris Carter
C. Carter
8,367
149
667
12.5
56.2
76
38
11
3.5
0.3
0
14Ernest Givins
E. Givins
8,215
147
571
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
15Eric Martin
E. Martin
8,161
153
553
14.8
53.3
49
11
4
2.8
0.1
0
16Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
17Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,026
152
517
15.5
52.8
44
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
18Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
8,018
152
555
14.4
52.8
44
50
9
5.6
0.3
0
19Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
8,001
169
583
13.7
47.3
46
113
21
5.4
0.7
0
20Roy Green
R. Green
7,789
134
493
15.8
58.1
59
72
14
5.1
0.5
0
21Andre Rison
A. Rison
7,747
125
569
13.6
62.0
66
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
22Anthony Carter
A. Carter
7,733
140
486
15.9
55.2
55
289
47
6.1
2.1
2
23Tim Brown
T. Brown
7,180
128
495
14.5
56.1
55
104
30
3.5
0.8
1
24Brian Blades
B. Blades
7,117
129
536
13.3
55.2
32
156
21
7.4
1.2
0
25Willie Gault
W. Gault
6,635
170
333
19.9
39.0
44
154
21
7.3
0.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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