record for most receiving yards in 1989

Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions in 1989, with 1,483 yards.

Interpreted as:
record for most receiving yards by a player in 1989
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,483
1989
SF SF
16
82
18.1
92.7
17
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
2Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,423
1989
GB GB
16
90
15.8
88.9
12
25
2
12.5
1.6
0
3Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
1,422
1989
TB TB
16
86
16.5
88.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
4Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,382
1989
RAM RAM
14
70
19.7
98.7
8
10
2
5.0
0.7
0
5Andre Reed
A. Reed
1,312
1989
BUF BUF
16
88
14.9
82.0
9
31
2
15.5
1.9
0
6Anthony Miller
A. Miller
1,252
1989
SD SD
16
75
16.7
78.3
10
21
4
5.3
1.3
0
7Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
1,236
1989
CLE CLE
16
65
19.0
77.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
8Gary Clark
G. Clark
1,229
1989
WAS WAS
15
79
15.6
81.9
9
19
2
9.5
1.3
0
9Tim McGee
T. McGee
1,211
1989
CIN CIN
16
65
18.6
75.7
8
36
2
18.0
2.3
0
10Art Monk
A. Monk
1,186
1989
WAS WAS
16
86
13.8
74.1
8
8
3
2.7
0.5
0
11Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
1,146
1989
RAM RAM
16
44
26.0
71.6
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
12Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
1,138
1989
WAS WAS
16
80
14.2
71.1
4
19
4
4.8
1.2
0
13Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
1,095
1989
DEN DEN
16
76
14.4
68.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
14Richard Johnson
R. Johnson
1,091
1989
DET DET
16
70
15.6
68.2
8
38
12
3.2
2.4
0
15Eric Martin
E. Martin
1,090
1989
NO NO
16
68
16.0
68.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
16John Taylor
J. Taylor
1,077
1989
SF SF
15
60
18.0
71.8
10
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
17Mervyn Fernandez
M. Fernandez
1,069
1989
RAI RAI
16
57
18.8
66.8
9
16
2
8.0
1.0
0
18Anthony Carter
A. Carter
1,066
1989
MIN MIN
16
65
16.4
66.6
4
18
3
6.0
1.1
0
19Brian Blades
B. Blades
1,063
1989
SEA SEA
16
77
13.8
66.4
5
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
20Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1,011
1989
MIA MIA
15
64
15.8
67.4
9
9
3
3.0
0.6
0
21Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
944
1989
PIT PIT
16
50
18.9
59.0
5
180
13
13.8
11.3
1
22Drew Hill
D. Hill
938
1989
HOU HOU
14
66
14.2
67.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
23Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
919
1989
IND IND
16
63
14.6
57.4
4
-3
2
-1.5
-0.2
0
24Shawn Collins
S. Collins
862
1989
ATL ATL
16
58
14.9
53.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
25Ernie Jones
E. Jones
838
1989
PHX PHX
15
45
18.6
55.9
3
18
1
18.0
1.2
0
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