most receiving yards through first 21 games 1986

Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions in his first 21 games in 1986, with 1,618 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player through first 21 games 1986
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,618
1986
17
89
18.2
95.2
15
72
10
7.2
4.2
1
2Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,591
1986
17
87
18.3
93.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
3Al Toon
A. Toon
1,317
1986
18
94
14.0
73.2
9
-3
2
-1.5
-0.2
0
4Mark Duper
M. Duper
1,313
1986
16
67
19.6
82.1
11
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
5Gary Clark
G. Clark
1,310
1986
18
80
16.4
72.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
6Art Monk
A. Monk
1,309
1986
19
91
14.4
68.9
6
27
4
6.8
1.4
0
7Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
1,153
1986
16
95
12.1
72.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
8Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1,150
1986
15
60
19.2
76.7
10
33
2
16.5
2.2
0
9Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
1,135
1986
19
74
15.3
59.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
10Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
1,131
1986
16
65
17.4
70.7
8
5
4
1.3
0.3
0
11Drew Hill
D. Hill
1,112
1986
16
65
17.1
69.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Wesley Walker
W. Walker
1,110
1986
18
53
20.9
61.7
13
0
0
0.0
0
13Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,070
1986
16
70
15.3
66.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
14Ernest Givins
E. Givins
1,062
1986
15
61
17.4
70.8
3
148
9
16.4
9.9
1
15Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
1,024
1986
16
62
16.5
64.0
10
-16
2
-8.0
-1.0
0
16J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
1,014
1986
16
80
12.7
63.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Jeff Chadwick
J. Chadwick
995
1986
15
53
18.8
66.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
18Brian Brennan
B. Brennan
979
1986
18
63
15.5
54.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
19Eddie Brown
E. Brown
964
1986
16
58
16.6
60.3
4
32
8
4.0
2.0
0
20Mike Quick
M. Quick
939
1986
16
60
15.7
58.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
21Charlie Brown
C. Brown
918
1986
16
63
14.6
57.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Willie Gault
W. Gault
900
1986
17
47
19.1
52.9
6
79
8
9.9
4.6
0
23Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
874
1986
16
56
15.6
54.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
24Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
871
1986
16
80
10.9
54.4
8
442
127
3.5
27.6
1
25Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
859
1986
16
58
14.8
53.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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