nfl receiving yards leaders 1980s

From 1980 through 1989, James Lofton had the most receiving yards, with 9,465 yards.

Showing
  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1James Lofton
J. Lofton
9,465
144
507
18.7
65.7
47
234
28
8.4
1.6
1
2Steve Largent
S. Largent
9,336
141
595
15.7
66.2
69
97
13
7.5
0.7
1
3Art Monk
A. Monk
9,165
141
662
13.8
65.0
47
210
40
5.3
1.5
0
4Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
8,087
134
435
18.6
60.4
47
67
11
6.1
0.5
0
5Roy Green
R. Green
7,684
136
468
16.4
56.5
62
140
23
6.1
1.0
1
6Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
7,425
118
459
16.2
62.9
48
74
14
5.3
0.6
0
7Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
6,698
107
417
16.1
62.6
36
-15
7
-2.1
-0.1
0
8Drew Hill
D. Hill
6,602
131
372
17.7
50.4
47
18
2
9.0
0.1
0
9Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
6,565
103
405
16.2
63.7
63
108
14
7.7
1.0
0
10Dwight Clark
D. Clark
6,518
118
488
13.4
55.2
48
50
6
8.3
0.4
0
11Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,486
102
516
12.6
63.6
43
0
0
0.0
0
12Carlos Carson
C. Carson
6,372
126
353
18.1
50.6
33
62
12
5.2
0.5
0
13Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
6,370
150
546
11.7
42.5
34
33
4
8.3
0.2
0
14Jerry Rice
J. Rice
6,364
76
346
18.4
83.7
66
289
42
6.9
3.8
4
15Mike Quick
M. Quick
6,329
97
354
17.9
65.2
60
-5
1
-5.0
-0.1
0
16J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
6,305
131
493
12.8
48.1
30
72
6
12.0
0.5
0
17Mark Duper
M. Duper
6,212
98
345
18.0
63.4
42
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
18Tony Hill
T. Hill
6,082
95
371
16.4
64.0
35
49
9
5.4
0.5
0
19Steve Watson
S. Watson
6,029
110
347
17.4
54.8
36
19
6
3.2
0.2
0
20Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
5,990
104
396
15.1
57.6
29
0
0
0.0
0
21Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
124
461
12.7
47.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
0.0
0
22Wesley Walker
W. Walker
5,828
115
332
17.6
50.7
55
13
2
6.5
0.1
0
23Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
5,743
95
345
16.6
60.5
36
16
14
1.1
0.2
0
24Gary Clark
G. Clark
5,378
74
340
15.8
72.7
35
35
7
5.0
0.5
0
25Stephone Paige
S. Paige
5,209
106
303
17.2
49.1
44
32
6
5.3
0.3
0

More NFL News

More Packers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,618

Love

Jordan Love

RUSH

172

Johnson

Kaleb Johnson

REC

879

Watson

Christian Watson
Team Rankings

PPG

24.0

12th

OPP PPG

21.2

11th

RUSH YDS/G

68.2

32nd

PASS YDS/G

290.9

2nd

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
Packers Packers
6
3
0
.667
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM
Wed
11/25
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/6
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/13
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/20
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

6 - 3

45

Final

27

NE Patriots

5 - 4

Sun 8 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

NFL 2026 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2026

NFL 2026 Betting

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
2
7
0
.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
6
3
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
6
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
5
4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
AFC EastWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
0
8
0
.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
Thu
9/10
@
27-7
Sun
9/13
@
59-37
Sun
9/13
@
41-23
Sun
9/13
@
13-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/9
@
8:15 PM
Thu
11/12
@
8:15 PM
Sun
11/15
@
9:30 AM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM