receiving yards leaders from 1986 to 2004

From 1986 through 2004, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 21,968 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	21,968	287	1,500	709	14.6	76.5	194	619	81	7.6	2.2	9
2	Tim Brown T. Brown	14,934	255	1,094	670	13.7	58.6	100	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
3	Cris Carter C. Carter	13,899	234	1,101	442	12.6	59.4	130	41	13	3.2	0.2	0
4	Andre Reed A. Reed	12,561	218	903	111	13.9	57.6	83	501	72	7.0	2.3	0
5	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	12,076	184	710		17.0	65.6	54	40	10	4.0	0.2	0
6	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	11,951	225	801	122	14.9	53.1	76	226	35	6.5	1.0	0
7	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	11,904	159	750	19	15.9	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
8	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	11,753	156	777	755	15.1	75.3	74	154	21	7.3	1.0	0
9	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	11,264	162	792	884	14.2	69.5	61	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
10	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	11,185	139	845	1,012	13.2	80.5	98	28	10	2.8	0.2	0
11	Andre Rison A. Rison	10,205	186	743	115	13.7	54.9	84	23	9	2.6	0.1	0
12	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	10,060	204	815	438	12.3	49.3	62	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
13	Gary Clark G. Clark	9,930	151	627		15.8	65.8	60	44	9	4.9	0.3	0
14	Terrell Owens T. Owens	9,772	135	669	831	14.6	72.4	95	157	24	6.5	1.2	2
15	Rod Smith R. Smith	9,772	151	712	880	13.7	64.7	59	346	42	8.2	2.3	1
16	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	9,763	169	755	729	12.9	57.8	53	6	2	3.0	0.0	0
17	Rob Moore R. Moore	9,368	153	628	96	14.9	61.2	49	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
18	Herman Moore H. Moore	9,174	146	670	122	13.7	62.8	62	0	0		0.0	0
19	Anthony Miller A. Miller	9,148	155	595		15.4	59.0	63	131	22	6.0	0.8	1
20	Randy Moss R. Moss	9,142	109	574	860	15.9	83.9	90	159	23	6.9	1.5	0
21	Tony Martin T. Martin	9,065	177	593	257	15.3	51.2	56	-3	6	-0.5	0.0	0
22	Keyshawn Johnson K. Johnson	8,917	135	673	789	13.2	66.1	54	84	11	7.6	0.6	1
23	Terance Mathis T. Mathis	8,809	206	689	424	12.8	42.8	63	97	14	6.9	0.5	2
24	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	8,763	177	569		15.4	49.5	48	36	8	4.5	0.2	2
25	Johnnie Morton J. Morton	8,431	169	603	628	14.0	49.9	43	404	46	8.8	2.4	0

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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