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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	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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RUSH

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50

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Cardinals	1	0	1.000
49ers	1	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	.000

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Sun 9/20	MIA	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 9/27	ARI	@	SF	4:05 PM
Sun 10/4	DEN	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM
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Allen

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Goff

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Rush Yards Leaders

208

Gibbs

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Cook

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Rec Yards Leaders

225

Kincaid

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St. Brown

182

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Pass TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

4

St. Brown

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150.6

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125.8

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Sack Leaders

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Hutchinson

2.0

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59.0

41.0

39.0

38.5

37.0

34.0

Opp PPG Rankings

7.0

10.0

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Total Yards Rankings

552.0

506.0

478.0

469.0

427.5

419.0

Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

220.0

202.0

174.0

165.0

152.0

Pass Yards Rankings

410.0

387.0

361.0

324.0

291.0

277.0

Sack Leaders

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5.0

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Henry

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Fantasy K Rankings

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Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000