nfl receiving leaders 1977 to 1996

From 1977 through 1996, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 16,377 yards.

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NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16,377
188
1,050
15.6
87.1
154
624
80
7.8
3.3
10
2James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,004
233
764
18.3
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
3Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,177
205
775
17.0
64.3
61
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
4Art Monk
A. Monk
12,721
224
940
13.5
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
12,384
186
765
16.2
66.6
96
97
13
7.5
0.5
1
6Andre Reed
A. Reed
10,884
175
766
14.2
62.2
75
489
72
6.8
2.8
1
7Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
8Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10,716
196
557
19.2
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
9Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
10,111
193
650
15.6
52.4
69
180
39
4.6
0.9
1
10Drew Hill
D. Hill
9,831
211
634
15.5
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
11Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
9,500
123
591
16.1
77.2
52
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
12Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
8,974
158
582
15.4
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
13Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
8,966
150
559
16.0
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
14Roy Green
R. Green
8,965
190
559
16.0
47.2
66
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
15Mark Duper
M. Duper
8,869
146
511
17.4
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
16Anthony Miller
A. Miller
8,503
139
549
15.5
61.2
59
125
21
6.0
0.9
1
17Cris Carter
C. Carter
8,367
149
667
12.5
56.2
76
38
11
3.5
0.3
0
18Wesley Walker
W. Walker
8,306
154
438
19.0
53.9
71
35
6
5.8
0.2
0
19Ernest Givins
E. Givins
8,215
147
571
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
20Eric Martin
E. Martin
8,161
153
553
14.8
53.3
49
11
4
2.8
0.1
0
21Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
8,147
150
536
15.2
54.3
40
-12
1
-12.0
-0.1
0
22Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
23Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,026
152
517
15.5
52.8
44
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
24Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
8,018
152
555
14.4
52.8
44
50
9
5.6
0.3
0
25Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
8,001
169
583
13.7
47.3
46
113
21
5.4
0.7
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