nfl receiving leaders since 1987 to 1993

From 1987 through 1993, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 9,279 yards.

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NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
9,279
108
573
16.2
85.9
100
320
41
7.8
3.0
4
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
7,613
105
455
16.7
72.5
33
60
8
7.5
0.6
0
3Gary Clark
G. Clark
7,369
105
466
15.8
70.2
50
44
9
4.9
0.4
0
4Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
7,015
96
501
14.0
73.1
47
57
20
2.9
0.6
0
5Andre Reed
A. Reed
6,857
106
485
14.1
64.7
47
341
41
8.3
3.2
0
6Eric Martin
E. Martin
6,657
111
460
14.5
60.0
39
12
2
6.0
0.1
0
7Ernest Givins
E. Givins
6,352
107
445
14.3
59.4
42
202
25
8.1
1.9
0
8Drew Hill
D. Hill
6,203
106
445
13.9
58.5
36
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
9Anthony Carter
A. Carter
6,129
105
397
15.4
58.4
37
277
46
6.0
2.6
2
10Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
5,764
104
364
15.8
55.4
30
26
4
6.5
0.3
1
11Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
5,694
80
337
16.9
71.2
34
5
5
1.0
0.1
0
12Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
5,647
94
381
14.8
60.1
32
49
8
6.1
0.5
0
13Anthony Miller
A. Miller
5,582
93
374
14.9
60.0
37
78
16
4.9
0.8
0
14Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
5,568
107
400
13.9
52.0
34
94
23
4.1
0.9
1
15Art Monk
A. Monk
5,476
105
422
13.0
52.2
37
239
39
6.1
2.3
0
16Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
5,401
106
406
13.3
51.0
25
101
14
7.2
1.0
0
17Andre Rison
A. Rison
5,365
79
394
13.6
67.9
52
9
4
2.3
0.1
0
18Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
5,325
98
373
14.3
54.3
51
21
6
3.5
0.2
0
19Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
5,165
101
334
15.5
51.1
29
88
25
3.5
0.9
0
20Al Toon
A. Toon
4,767
76
386
12.3
62.7
20
5
1
5.0
0.1
0
21Reggie Langhorne
R. Langhorne
4,756
102
371
12.8
46.6
18
38
8
4.8
0.4
1
22Tim McGee
T. McGee
4,752
104
292
16.3
45.7
26
26
3
8.7
0.3
0
23Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
4,716
100
296
15.9
47.2
27
88
19
4.6
0.9
1
24John Taylor
J. Taylor
4,680
94
277
16.9
49.8
36
33
4
8.3
0.4
0
25Haywood Jeffires
H. Jeffires
4,652
91
386
12.1
51.1
33
0
0
0.0
0

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