nfl most receiving yards per game leaders 1976 to 1989

Between the 1976 and 1989 seasons, Jim Brim had the most receiving yards per game, with 94.0 per game.

NAMEREC YDS/GGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jim Brim
J. Brim
94.0
3
18
282
15.7
2
36
2
18.0
12.0
1
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
83.7
76
346
6,364
18.4
66
289
42
6.9
3.8
4
3Al Williams
A. Williams
82.3
3
12
247
20.6
1
11
1
11.0
3.7
0
4Gary Clark
G. Clark
72.7
74
340
5,378
15.8
35
35
7
5.0
0.5
0
5Darrell Grymes
D. Grymes
70.0
2
9
140
15.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
6Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
69.2
32
145
2,214
15.3
13
23
6
3.8
0.7
0
7Eric Truvillion
E. Truvillion
69.0
3
12
207
17.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
67.0
42
169
2,815
16.7
17
0
0
0.0
0
9Al Toon
A. Toon
66.3
69
355
4,574
12.9
23
7
4
1.8
0.1
0
10Anthony Carter
A. Carter
65.6
72
256
4,720
18.4
32
71
8
8.9
1.0
0
11Steve Largent
S. Largent
65.4
200
819
13,089
16.0
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
12Mike Quick
M. Quick
65.2
97
354
6,329
17.9
60
-5
1
-5.0
-0.1
0
13Art Monk
A. Monk
65.0
141
662
9,165
13.8
47
210
40
5.3
1.5
0
14Ernest Givins
E. Givins
64.9
58
229
3,765
16.4
17
161
14
11.5
2.8
1
15Richard Johnson
R. Johnson
64.5
17
71
1,096
15.4
8
38
12
3.2
2.2
0
16James Lofton
J. Lofton
63.9
176
607
11,251
18.5
57
246
32
7.7
1.4
1
17Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
63.7
103
405
6,565
16.2
63
108
14
7.7
1.0
0
18Mark Duper
M. Duper
63.4
98
345
6,212
18.0
42
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
19Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
62.6
107
417
6,698
16.1
36
-15
7
-2.1
-0.1
0
20Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
61.8
109
541
6,741
12.5
45
0
0
0.0
0
21Eddie Brown
E. Brown
61.3
75
260
4,601
17.7
30
156
24
6.5
2.1
0
22Lewis Bennett
L. Bennett
61.3
3
10
184
18.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
60.7
60
233
3,639
15.6
18
62
13
4.8
1.0
0
24Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
60.5
95
345
5,743
16.6
36
16
14
1.1
0.2
0
25Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
59.8
150
559
8,966
16.0
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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