nfl most receiving yards per game leaders 1976 to 1989

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

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