nfl most receiving yards 1980 to 1990 by players

From 1980 through 1990, James Lofton had the most receiving yards, with 10,177 yards.

Regular season

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

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