what wide receivers had the most receiving yards between 1978 to 2000

From 1978 through 2000, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver, with 19,247 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	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	19,247	238	1,281	246	15.0	80.9	176	625	84	7.4	2.6	10
2	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764		18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
3	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814		16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
4	Andre Reed A. Reed	13,198	234	951	111	13.9	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
5	Cris Carter C. Carter	12,962	213	1,020	295	12.7	60.9	123	37	12	3.1	0.2	0
6	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	12,785	255	851	122	15.0	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
7	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940		13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
8	Tim Brown T. Brown	12,072	192	846	278	14.3	62.9	86	132	40	3.3	0.7	1
9	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	11,904	159	750	19	15.9	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
10	Steve Largent S. Largent	11,741	172	732		16.0	68.3	86	97	13	7.5	0.6	1
11	Gary Clark G. Clark	10,856	167	699		15.5	65.0	65	54	11	4.9	0.3	0
12	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,273	182	536		19.2	56.4	69	117	20	5.9	0.6	0
13	Andre Rison A. Rison	10,205	186	743	115	13.7	54.9	84	23	9	2.6	0.1	0
14	Drew Hill D. Hill	9,831	211	634		15.5	46.6	60	19	3	6.3	0.1	0
15	Rob Moore R. Moore	9,368	153	628	96	14.9	61.2	49	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
16	Anthony Miller A. Miller	9,148	155	595		15.4	59.0	63	131	22	6.0	0.8	1
17	Herman Moore H. Moore	9,098	142	666	111	13.7	64.1	62	0	0		0.0	0
18	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	8,974	158	582		15.4	56.8	84	108	14	7.7	0.7	0
19	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	8,966	150	559		16.0	59.8	56	84	16	5.3	0.6	0
20	Mark Duper M. Duper	8,869	146	511		17.4	60.7	59	-10	1	-10.0	-0.1	0
21	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	8,763	177	569		15.4	49.5	48	36	8	4.5	0.2	2
22	Tony Martin T. Martin	8,517	166	556	180	15.3	51.3	53	-3	6	-0.5	0.0	0
23	Roy Green R. Green	8,242	143	525		15.7	57.6	62	80	20	4.0	0.6	0
24	Ernest Givins E. Givins	8,215	147	571		14.4	55.9	49	345	35	9.9	2.3	1
25	Eric Martin E. Martin	8,161	153	553		14.8	53.3	49	11	4	2.8	0.1	0

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Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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