most receiving yards per game by a wr before 2000

Before 2000, Jim Brim had the most receiving yards per game by a wide receiver, with 94.0 per game.

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	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jim Brim J. Brim	94.0	3	18		282	15.7	2	36	2	18.0	12.0	1
2	Randy Moss R. Moss	85.2	32	149	137	2,726	18.3	28	47	5	9.4	1.5	0
3	Bud Grant B. Grant	83.1	12	56		997	17.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jerry Rice J. Rice	83.1	222	1,206	124	18,442	15.3	169	627	83	7.6	2.8	10
5	Al Williams A. Williams	82.3	3	12		247	20.6	1	11	1	11.0	3.7	0
6	Art Powell A. Powell	76.6	105	479		8,046	16.8	81	0	0		0.0	0
7	Marcus Robinson M. Robinson	76.0	19	88	149	1,444	16.4	10	0	0		0.0	0
8	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	75.7	77	389	120	5,828	15.0	41	85	11	7.7	1.1	0
9	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	75.5	136	542		10,266	18.9	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
10	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	74.9	159	750	19	11,904	15.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
11	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	73.0	48	236	115	3,502	14.8	15	41	7	5.9	0.9	0
12	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	72.6	112	595		8,134	13.7	65	72	23	3.1	0.6	0
13	Terry Barr T. Barr	72.5	41	172		2,974	17.3	28	28	4	7.0	0.7	0
14	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	71.8	95	410		6,823	16.6	51	0	0		0.0	0
15	Darrell Grymes D. Grymes	70.0	2	9		140	15.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
16	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	69.0	60	311	193	4,141	13.3	33	12	6	2.0	0.2	0
17	Eric Truvillion E. Truvillion	69.0	3	12		207	17.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Don Hutson D. Hutson	68.9	116	488		7,991	16.4	99	284	62	4.6	2.4	3
19	Antonio Freeman A. Freeman	68.3	70	303	132	4,780	15.8	42	17	5	3.4	0.2	0
20	Herman Moore H. Moore	68.2	127	626	31	8,664	13.8	59	0	0		0.0	0
21	Don Maynard D. Maynard	67.5	174	628		11,750	18.7	88	25	12	2.1	0.1	0
22	George Sauer G. Sauer	66.6	70	280		4,664	16.7	26	23	4	5.8	0.3	0
23	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	66.5	79	286		5,253	18.4	46	24	5	4.8	0.3	0
24	Keyshawn Johnson K. Johnson	66.3	62	305	148	4,108	13.5	31	66	7	9.4	1.1	1
25	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	66.2	98	393		6,492	16.5	49	438	90	4.9	4.5	2

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