nfl receiving leaders 1985 to 2000

Between the 1985 and 2000 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 19,247 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
19,247
238
1,281
246
15.0
80.9
176
625
84
7.4
2.6
10
2Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,198
234
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
3Cris Carter
C. Carter
12,962
213
1,020
295
12.7
60.9
123
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
4Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
12,887
200
764
16.9
64.4
59
48
13
3.7
0.2
0
5Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,621
241
840
122
15.0
52.4
83
253
42
6.0
1.0
1
6Tim Brown
T. Brown
12,072
192
846
278
14.3
62.9
86
132
40
3.3
0.7
1
7Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,904
159
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
8Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
9Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,205
186
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
10Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
11Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,148
155
595
15.4
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
12Herman Moore
H. Moore
9,098
142
666
111
13.7
64.1
62
0
0
0.0
0
13Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,763
177
569
15.4
49.5
48
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
14Tony Martin
T. Martin
8,517
166
556
180
15.3
51.3
53
-3
6
-0.5
0.0
0
15Drew Hill
D. Hill
8,484
138
574
14.8
61.5
50
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
16Art Monk
A. Monk
8,465
155
638
13.3
54.6
46
317
50
6.3
2.0
0
17Ernest Givins
E. Givins
8,215
147
571
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
18Eric Martin
E. Martin
8,161
153
553
14.8
53.3
49
11
4
2.8
0.1
0
19Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
20Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
8,111
162
563
14.4
50.1
44
50
9
5.6
0.3
0
21Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
8,027
174
615
279
13.1
46.1
59
97
14
6.9
0.6
2
22Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
8,001
169
583
13.7
47.3
46
113
21
5.4
0.7
0
23Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
7,793
160
619
142
12.6
48.7
49
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
24Anthony Carter
A. Carter
7,733
140
486
15.9
55.2
55
289
47
6.1
2.1
2
25Brian Blades
B. Blades
7,620
156
581
13.1
48.8
34
156
21
7.4
1.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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