most receiving yards in 1986 among wide receivers

Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in 1986, with 1,570 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,570
1986
16
86
18.3
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
2Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,491
1986
16
84
17.8
93.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
3Mark Duper
M. Duper
1,313
1986
16
67
19.6
82.1
11
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
4Gary Clark
G. Clark
1,265
1986
15
74
17.1
84.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
5Al Toon
A. Toon
1,176
1986
16
85
13.8
73.5
8
-3
2
-1.5
-0.2
0
6Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1,150
1986
15
60
19.2
76.7
10
33
2
16.5
2.2
0
7Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
1,131
1986
16
65
17.4
70.7
8
5
4
1.3
0.3
0
8Drew Hill
D. Hill
1,112
1986
16
65
17.1
69.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,070
1986
16
70
15.3
66.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
10Art Monk
A. Monk
1,068
1986
16
73
14.6
66.8
4
27
4
6.8
1.7
0
11Ernest Givins
E. Givins
1,062
1986
15
61
17.4
70.8
3
148
9
16.4
9.9
1
12Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
1,024
1986
16
62
16.5
64.0
10
-16
2
-8.0
-1.0
0
13Wesley Walker
W. Walker
1,016
1986
16
49
20.7
63.5
12
0
0
0.0
0
14J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
1,014
1986
16
80
12.7
63.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
15Jeff Chadwick
J. Chadwick
995
1986
15
53
18.8
66.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
16Eddie Brown
E. Brown
964
1986
16
58
16.6
60.3
4
32
8
4.0
2.0
0
17Mike Quick
M. Quick
939
1986
16
60
15.7
58.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
18Charlie Brown
C. Brown
918
1986
16
63
14.6
57.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
19Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
874
1986
16
56
15.6
54.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Dokie Williams
D. Williams
843
1986
15
43
19.6
56.2
8
27
3
9.0
1.8
0
21James Lofton
J. Lofton
840
1986
15
64
13.1
56.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Brian Brennan
B. Brennan
838
1986
16
55
15.2
52.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
23Matt Bouza
M. Bouza
830
1986
16
71
11.7
51.9
5
12
1
12.0
0.8
0
24Stephone Paige
S. Paige
829
1986
16
52
15.9
51.8
11
-2
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
25Willie Gault
W. Gault
818
1986
16
42
19.5
51.1
5
79
8
9.9
4.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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