nfl most receiving yards 1980 to 1990 by players

Between the 1980 and 1990 seasons, James Lofton had the most yards on receptions, with 10,177 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1James Lofton
J. Lofton
10,177
160
542
18.8
63.6
51
234
28
8.4
1.5
1
2Art Monk
A. Monk
9,935
157
730
13.6
63.3
52
269
47
5.7
1.7
0
3Steve Largent
S. Largent
9,336
141
595
15.7
66.2
69
97
13
7.5
0.7
1
4Roy Green
R. Green
8,481
152
521
16.3
55.8
66
140
23
6.1
0.9
1
5Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
8,451
150
458
18.5
56.3
52
67
11
6.1
0.4
0
6Jerry Rice
J. Rice
7,866
92
446
17.6
85.5
79
289
44
6.6
3.1
4
7Drew Hill
D. Hill
7,621
147
446
17.1
51.8
52
18
2
9.0
0.1
0
8Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
7,425
118
459
16.2
62.9
48
74
14
5.3
0.6
0
9Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
7,037
110
421
16.7
64.0
40
37
16
2.3
0.3
0
10Mark Duper
M. Duper
7,022
114
397
17.7
61.6
47
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
11Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
6,971
113
437
16.0
61.7
66
108
14
7.7
1.0
0
12Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
6,698
107
417
16.1
62.6
36
-15
7
-2.1
-0.1
0
13Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
6,610
166
569
11.6
39.8
36
33
4
8.3
0.2
0
14J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
6,530
144
511
12.8
45.3
32
76
7
10.9
0.5
0
15Dwight Clark
D. Clark
6,518
118
488
13.4
55.2
48
50
6
8.3
0.4
0
16Gary Clark
G. Clark
6,490
90
415
15.6
72.1
43
36
8
4.5
0.4
0
17Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,486
102
516
12.6
63.6
43
0
0
0.0
0
18Mike Quick
M. Quick
6,464
101
363
17.8
64.0
61
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
19Carlos Carson
C. Carson
6,372
126
353
18.1
50.6
33
62
12
5.2
0.5
0
20Stephone Paige
S. Paige
6,230
122
368
16.9
51.1
49
32
6
5.3
0.3
0
21Tony Hill
T. Hill
6,082
95
371
16.4
64.0
35
49
9
5.4
0.5
0
22Steve Watson
S. Watson
6,029
110
347
17.4
54.8
36
19
6
3.2
0.2
0
23Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
5,990
104
396
15.1
57.6
29
0
0
0.0
0
24Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
124
461
12.7
47.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
0.0
0
25Wesley Walker
W. Walker
5,828
115
332
17.6
50.7
55
13
2
6.5
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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