nfl wr recieving yards leaders in the 80s

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

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	James Lofton J. Lofton	9,465	144	507	18.7	65.7	47	234	28	8.4	1.6	1
2	Steve Largent S. Largent	9,336	141	595	15.7	66.2	69	97	13	7.5	0.7	1
3	Art Monk A. Monk	9,165	141	662	13.8	65.0	47	210	40	5.3	1.5	0
4	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	8,087	134	435	18.6	60.4	47	67	11	6.1	0.5	0
5	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	7,425	118	459	16.2	62.9	48	74	14	5.3	0.6	0
6	Roy Green R. Green	6,976	105	435	16.0	66.4	58	80	20	4.0	0.8	0
7	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	6,698	107	417	16.1	62.6	36	-15	7	-2.1	-0.1	0
8	Drew Hill D. Hill	6,602	131	372	17.7	50.4	47	18	2	9.0	0.1	0
9	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	6,565	103	405	16.2	63.7	63	108	14	7.7	1.0	0
10	Dwight Clark D. Clark	6,518	118	488	13.4	55.2	48	50	6	8.3	0.4	0
11	Carlos Carson C. Carson	6,372	126	353	18.1	50.6	33	62	12	5.2	0.5	0
12	Jerry Rice J. Rice	6,364	76	346	18.4	83.7	66	289	42	6.9	3.8	4
13	Mike Quick M. Quick	6,329	97	354	17.9	65.2	60	-5	1	-5.0	-0.1	0
14	J.T. Smith	6,305	131	493	12.8	48.1	30	72	6	12.0	0.5	0
15	Mark Duper M. Duper	6,212	98	345	18.0	63.4	42	-10	1	-10.0	-0.1	0
16	Tony Hill T. Hill	6,082	95	371	16.4	64.0	35	49	9	5.4	0.5	0
17	Steve Watson S. Watson	6,029	110	347	17.4	54.8	36	19	6	3.2	0.2	0
18	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	5,990	104	396	15.1	57.6	29	0	0		0.0	0
19	Wesley Walker W. Walker	5,828	115	332	17.6	50.7	55	13	2	6.5	0.1	0
20	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	5,743	95	345	16.6	60.5	36	16	14	1.1	0.2	0
21	Gary Clark G. Clark	5,378	74	340	15.8	72.7	35	35	7	5.0	0.5	0
22	Stephone Paige S. Paige	5,209	106	303	17.2	49.1	44	32	6	5.3	0.3	0
23	Kevin House K. House	5,169	114	299	17.3	45.3	34	41	7	5.9	0.4	0
24	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	5,155	87	337	15.3	59.3	32	26	2	13.0	0.3	0
25	Henry Marshall H. Marshall	4,892	105	318	15.4	46.6	24	116	9	12.9	1.1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,408

Love

RUSH

112

Lloyd

REC

474

Watson

Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

22.4

15th

RUSH YDS/G

60.4

32nd

PASS YDS/G

281.6

4th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	5	0	1.000
Bears	3	2	.600
Packers	3	2	.600
Lions	3	2	.600

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Sun 10/25	GB	@	DET	4:25 PM
Thu 10/29	CAR	@	GB	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	GB	@	NE	4:25 PM
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM

Last Game

Bears

3 - 2

Final

Packers

3 - 2

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,485

Goff

1,408

Love

1,402

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

504

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

583

Smith-Njigba

537

Olave

507

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

13

Purdy

12

Goff

12

Cousins

Rush TD Leaders

7

Gibbs

7

Allen

7

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

31.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

14.0

18.6

18.8

19.2

Total Yards Rankings

417.0

412.0

405.8

394.2

393.8

392.4

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

139.6

139.0

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

300.5

297.0

281.6

280.4

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

83.4

Watson

76.1

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

52.4

Likely

50.8

Kittle

49.6

LaPorta

Fantasy K Rankings

75

Shrader

68

Reichard

54

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NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1

3-1-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4-1

1-4

1-3-1

2-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000