who had the most receiving yards from 1985 to 1986

From 1985 through 1986, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 2,497 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	Jerry Rice J. Rice	2,497	32	135	18.5	78.0	18	98	16	6.1	3.1	2
2	Steve Largent S. Largent	2,357	32	149	15.8	73.7	15	0	0		0.0	0
3	Art Monk A. Monk	2,294	31	164	14.0	74.0	6	78	11	7.1	2.5	0
4	Drew Hill D. Hill	2,281	32	129	17.7	71.3	14	0	0		0.0	0
5	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	2,251	31	123	18.3	72.6	15	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
6	Gary Clark G. Clark	2,191	31	146	15.0	70.7	12	10	2	5.0	0.3	0
7	Mike Quick M. Quick	2,186	32	133	16.4	68.3	20	0	0		0.0	0
8	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	2,149	32	127	16.9	67.2	15	-13	3	-4.3	-0.4	0
9	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	2,146	31	130	16.5	69.2	14	43	3	14.3	1.4	0
10	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	2,140	32	177	12.1	66.9	14	0	0		0.0	0
11	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	2,073	31	123	16.9	66.9	14	9	1	9.0	0.3	0
12	James Lofton J. Lofton	1,993	31	133	15.0	64.3	8	14	4	3.5	0.5	0
13	Mark Duper M. Duper	1,963	25	102	19.2	78.5	14	-10	1	-10.0	-0.4	0
14	Eddie Brown E. Brown	1,906	32	111	17.2	59.6	12	161	22	7.3	5.0	0
15	Tony Hill T. Hill	1,883	31	123	15.3	60.7	10	-6	1	-6.0	-0.2	0
16	Al Toon A. Toon	1,838	31	131	14.0	59.3	11	2	3	0.7	0.1	0
17	Stephone Paige S. Paige	1,772	32	95	18.7	55.4	21	13	3	4.3	0.4	0
18	Dokie Williams D. Williams	1,768	31	91	19.4	57.0	13	27	3	9.0	0.9	0
19	Wesley Walker W. Walker	1,741	28	83	21.0	62.2	17	0	0		0.0	0
20	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	1,724	29	97	17.8	59.4	15	13	6	2.2	0.4	1
21	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	1,654	32	126	13.1	51.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Roger Craig R. Craig	1,640	32	173	9.5	51.3	6	1,880	418	4.5	58.8	16
23	Steve Watson S. Watson	1,614	32	106	15.2	50.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
24	J.T. Smith	1,595	30	123	13.0	53.2	7	36	3	12.0	1.2	0
25	Mickey Shuler M. Shuler	1,554	32	145	10.7	48.6	11	0	0		0.0	0

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RUSH

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REC

244

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PPG

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PASS YDS/G

251.8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
49ers	4	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	.750
Rams	2	2	.500
Cardinals	1	3	.250

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Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
Sun 10/25	SF	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	LV	@	SF	4:05 PM
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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Lamb

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Pass TD Leaders

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Rush TD Leaders

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6

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Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

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119.6

Jackson

111.2

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Sack Leaders

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Rousseau

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4.5

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31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

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Opp PPG Rankings

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16.0

16.3

18.3

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Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

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Robinson

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Smith-Njigba

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000