most receiving yards from 1987 to 1989 by a wide receiver

Between the 1987 and 1989 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver, with 3,867 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
3,867
44
211
18.3
87.9
48
191
26
7.3
4.3
2
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
3,595
42
207
17.4
85.6
21
21
4
5.3
0.5
0
3Anthony Carter
A. Carter
3,213
44
175
18.4
73.0
17
59
7
8.4
1.3
0
4Gary Clark
G. Clark
3,187
43
194
16.4
74.1
23
25
5
5.0
0.6
0
5Drew Hill
D. Hill
3,068
42
187
16.4
73.0
24
0
0
0.0
0
6Andre Reed
A. Reed
3,032
43
216
14.0
70.5
20
96
9
10.7
2.2
0
7Eric Martin
E. Martin
2,951
47
197
15.0
62.8
22
12
2
6.0
0.3
0
8Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
2,916
43
196
14.9
67.8
30
21
6
3.5
0.5
0
9Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
2,916
44
190
15.3
66.3
19
29
7
4.1
0.7
0
10J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
2,881
40
236
12.2
72.0
18
36
3
12.0
0.9
0
11Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
2,815
42
169
16.7
67.0
17
0
0
0.0
0
12Al Toon
A. Toon
2,736
38
224
12.2
72.0
12
5
1
5.0
0.1
0
13Ernest Givins
E. Givins
2,703
43
168
16.1
62.9
14
13
5
2.6
0.3
0
14Eddie Brown
E. Brown
2,695
43
149
18.1
62.7
18
-5
2
-2.5
-0.1
0
15Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
2,675
43
186
14.4
62.2
19
-7
2
-3.5
-0.2
0
16Art Monk
A. Monk
2,615
41
196
13.3
63.8
19
117
16
7.3
2.9
0
17Roy Green
R. Green
2,531
40
155
16.3
63.3
18
35
6
5.8
0.9
0
18Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
2,508
44
168
14.9
57.0
10
57
9
6.3
1.3
0
19Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
2,504
36
142
17.6
69.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
20Stephone Paige
S. Paige
2,368
42
148
16.0
56.4
13
0
0
0.0
0
21Tim McGee
T. McGee
2,305
43
124
18.6
53.6
15
26
3
8.7
0.6
0
22Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
2,214
32
145
15.3
69.2
13
23
6
3.8
0.7
0
23Bruce Hill
B. Hill
2,116
38
131
16.2
55.7
16
-8
5
-1.6
-0.2
0
24Lionel Manuel
L. Manuel
2,113
44
128
16.5
48.0
11
17
5
3.4
0.4
0
25Mervyn Fernandez
M. Fernandez
2,110
39
102
20.7
54.1
13
25
3
8.3
0.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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