most receiving yards from 1986 to 2003

Between the 1986 and 2003 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 21,539 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player from 1986 to 2003
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
21,539
270
1,470
645
14.7
79.8
191
619
81
7.6
2.3
9
2Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,734
240
1,070
639
13.8
61.4
99
190
50
3.8
0.8
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
12,561
218
903
111
13.9
57.6
83
501
72
7.0
2.3
0
5Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
12,076
184
710
17.0
65.6
54
40
10
4.0
0.2
0
6Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
11,951
225
801
122
14.9
53.1
76
226
35
6.5
1.0
0
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
10,461
140
688
607
15.2
74.7
68
154
21
7.3
1.1
0
9Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,205
186
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
10Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
10,092
146
718
747
14.1
69.1
55
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
11Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
10,072
123
759
873
13.3
81.9
83
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
12Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
10,060
204
815
438
12.3
49.3
62
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
13Gary Clark
G. Clark
9,930
151
627
15.8
65.8
60
44
9
4.9
0.3
0
14Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
9,370
162
724
671
12.9
57.8
52
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
15Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
16Herman Moore
H. Moore
9,174
146
670
122
13.7
62.8
62
0
0
0.0
0
17Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
18Tony Martin
T. Martin
9,065
177
593
257
15.3
51.2
56
-3
6
-0.5
0.0
0
19Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
8,809
206
689
424
12.8
42.8
63
97
14
6.9
0.5
2
20Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,763
177
569
15.4
49.5
48
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
21Rod Smith
R. Smith
8,628
135
633
744
13.6
63.9
52
313
37
8.5
2.3
1
22Terrell Owens
T. Owens
8,572
121
592
704
14.5
70.8
81
162
21
7.7
1.3
2
23Randy Moss
R. Moss
8,375
96
525
774
16.0
87.2
77
159
23
6.9
1.7
0
24Ernest Givins
E. Givins
8,215
147
571
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
25Jeff Graham
J. Graham
8,172
160
542
337
15.1
51.1
30
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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