what wide receivers had the most receiving yards in the 1980s

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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