most receiving yards in a season before 1996

Before 1996, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,848 yards in 1995.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in a season before 1996
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,848
1995
16
122
15.1
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
2Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
1,781
1995
16
119
15.0
111.3
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
3Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,746
1961
14
82
21.3
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
4Herman Moore
H. Moore
1,686
1995
16
123
13.7
105.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
5Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,603
1995
16
111
14.4
100.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
6Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
1,602
1965
14
69
23.2
114.4
14
-12
3
-4.0
-0.9
0
7Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,570
1986
16
86
18.3
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
8Roy Green
R. Green
1,555
1984
16
78
19.9
97.2
12
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
9Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,546
1964
14
101
15.3
110.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
10Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,523
1991
16
93
16.4
95.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
11Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,503
1993
16
98
15.3
93.9
15
69
3
23.0
4.3
1
12Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,502
1990
16
100
15.0
93.9
13
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
13Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,499
1994
16
112
13.4
93.7
13
93
7
13.3
5.8
2
14Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
1,497
1995
16
102
14.7
93.6
13
21
4
5.3
1.3
0
15Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
1,495
1951
12
66
22.7
124.6
17
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
16Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,491
1986
16
84
17.8
93.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
17Brett Perriman
B. Perriman
1,488
1995
16
108
13.8
93.0
9
48
5
9.6
3.0
0
18Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,483
1989
16
82
18.1
92.7
17
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
19Bill Groman
B. Groman
1,473
1960
14
72
20.5
105.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
20Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,461
1992
16
108
13.5
91.3
13
8
4
2.0
0.5
0
21Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,436
1963
14
69
20.8
102.6
7
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
22Don Maynard
D. Maynard
1,434
1967
14
71
20.2
102.4
10
18
4
4.5
1.3
0
23Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,423
1989
16
90
15.8
88.9
12
25
2
12.5
1.6
0
24Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
1,422
1989
16
86
16.5
88.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
25Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,414
1988
16
86
16.4
88.4
10
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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