nfl receiving leaders 1987 through 1991

From 1987 through 1991, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 6,575 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
6,575
76
391
16.8
86.5
75
193
29
6.7
2.5
2
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
5,941
73
347
17.1
81.4
28
42
6
7.0
0.6
0
3Gary Clark
G. Clark
5,639
75
339
16.6
75.2
41
26
7
3.7
0.3
0
4Drew Hill
D. Hill
5,196
74
351
14.8
70.2
33
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
5Andre Reed
A. Reed
5,090
75
368
13.8
67.9
38
255
24
10.6
3.4
0
6Anthony Carter
A. Carter
4,774
74
296
16.1
64.5
30
192
23
8.3
2.6
1
7Ernest Givins
E. Givins
4,678
75
310
15.1
62.4
28
108
12
9.0
1.4
0
8Eric Martin
E. Martin
4,666
79
326
14.3
59.1
31
12
2
6.0
0.2
0
9Al Toon
A. Toon
4,456
67
355
12.6
66.5
18
5
1
5.0
0.1
0
10Art Monk
A. Monk
4,434
73
335
13.2
60.7
32
195
32
6.1
2.7
0
11Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
4,375
69
298
14.7
63.4
45
21
6
3.5
0.3
0
12Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
4,326
74
265
16.3
58.5
23
0
0
0.0
0
13Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
4,280
64
281
15.2
66.9
23
41
12
3.4
0.6
0
14Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
4,257
68
265
16.1
62.6
23
29
5
5.8
0.4
0
15Eddie Brown
E. Brown
4,228
70
252
16.8
60.4
29
3
3
1.0
0.0
0
16Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
4,223
76
291
14.5
55.6
27
93
18
5.2
1.2
1
17Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
4,219
76
302
14.0
55.5
19
57
9
6.3
0.8
0
18Tim McGee
T. McGee
3,844
75
218
17.6
51.3
20
26
3
8.7
0.3
0
19Mark Duper
M. Duper
3,835
71
243
15.8
54.0
20
0
0
0.0
0
20Roy Green
R. Green
3,692
69
237
15.6
53.5
22
35
6
5.8
0.5
0
21Mervyn Fernandez
M. Fernandez
3,643
71
200
18.2
51.3
19
35
6
5.8
0.5
0
22Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
3,630
69
261
13.9
52.6
25
-7
2
-3.5
-0.1
0
23Stephone Paige
S. Paige
3,500
61
222
15.8
57.4
18
0
0
0.0
0
24Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
3,434
65
216
15.9
52.8
15
304
20
15.2
4.7
2
25James Lofton
J. Lofton
3,379
71
169
20.0
47.6
20
1
1
1.0
0.0
0

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