nfl most receving yards by a player 1983 to 1998

Between the 1983 and 1998 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most all-purpose yards, with 18,308 yards.

NAMEYDSGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,308
153
119.7
109
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
19.1
10
118
0.8
0
0
0.0
0
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
18,232
206
88.5
175
614
3.0
10
17,612
85.5
164
6
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3Herschel Walker
H. Walker
18,168
187
97.2
84
8,225
44.0
61
4,859
26.0
21
5,084
27.2
2
0
0.0
0
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
16,550
213
77.7
131
11,546
54.2
112
5,010
23.5
18
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
16,280
152
107.1
54
2,365
15.6
12
5,420
35.7
31
5,691
37.4
2
2,804
18.4
9
6Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,090
168
95.8
86
11,786
70.2
65
4,304
25.6
21
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
15,718
228
68.9
69
50
0.2
0
13,777
60.4
65
364
1.6
0
1,527
6.7
4
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,411
146
105.6
96
13,259
90.8
90
2,137
14.6
6
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15,175
140
108.4
134
12,566
89.8
125
2,609
18.6
9
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
15,150
143
105.9
20
1,531
10.7
8
1,782
12.5
3
8,693
60.8
2
3,144
22.0
7
11Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
14,776
225
65.7
81
226
1.0
1
11,983
53.3
77
505
2.2
0
2,055
9.1
3
12Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,060
160
87.9
73
116
0.7
1
9,600
60.0
69
1,235
7.7
1
3,106
19.4
2
13Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
13,996
146
95.9
27
1,684
11.5
8
3,038
20.8
11
5,566
38.1
1
3,708
25.4
7
14Earnest Byner
E. Byner
13,497
211
64.0
72
8,261
39.2
56
4,605
21.8
15
576
2.7
0
0
0.0
0
15Mel Gray
M. Gray
13,279
169
78.6
10
99
0.6
1
164
1.0
0
10,250
60.7
6
2,753
16.3
3
16Roger Craig
R. Craig
13,143
165
79.7
73
8,189
49.6
56
4,911
29.8
17
43
0.3
0
0
0.0
0
17Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,073
205
63.8
86
500
2.4
1
12,559
61.3
85
0
0.0
0
12
0.1
0
18Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,743
155
75.8
62
6
0.0
0
11,737
75.7
62
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19James Brooks
J. Brooks
11,434
139
82.3
67
7,007
50.4
40
3,226
23.2
27
1,064
7.7
0
137
1.0
0
20Chris Warren
C. Warren
11,123
132
84.3
53
6,997
53.0
48
1,408
10.7
4
1,884
14.3
0
830
6.3
1
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
11,014
107
102.9
74
7,873
73.6
65
3,141
29.4
9
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,972
167
65.7
65
54
0.3
0
10,856
65.0
65
0
0.0
0
62
0.4
0
23Art Monk
A. Monk
10,899
183
59.6
58
316
1.7
0
10,583
57.8
58
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
10,768
96
112.2
10
706
7.4
1
1,154
12.0
6
6,742
70.2
2
2,166
22.6
1
25Cris Carter
C. Carter
10,728
181
59.3
102
37
0.2
0
10,447
57.7
101
244
1.3
0
0
0.0
0

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