who has the most receiving yards between 1978 to 1993

From 1978 through 1993, James Lofton had the most yards on receptions, with 14,004 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	14,004	233	764	18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
2	Art Monk A. Monk	12,026	205	888	13.5	58.7	65	332	63	5.3	1.6	0
3	Jerry Rice J. Rice	11,776	140	708	16.6	84.1	118	418	57	7.3	3.0	6
4	Steve Largent S. Largent	11,741	172	732	16.0	68.3	86	97	13	7.5	0.6	1
5	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,273	182	536	19.2	56.4	69	117	20	5.9	0.6	0
6	Drew Hill D. Hill	9,831	211	634	15.5	46.6	60	19	3	6.3	0.1	0
7	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	9,761	158	593	16.5	61.8	48	55	18	3.1	0.3	0
8	Gary Clark G. Clark	9,560	136	612	15.6	70.3	62	54	11	4.9	0.4	0
9	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	8,974	158	582	15.4	56.8	84	108	14	7.7	0.7	0
10	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	8,966	150	559	16.0	59.8	56	84	16	5.3	0.6	0
11	Roy Green R. Green	8,965	190	559	16.0	47.2	66	140	23	6.1	0.7	1
12	Mark Duper M. Duper	8,869	146	511	17.4	60.7	59	-10	1	-10.0	-0.1	0
13	Andre Reed A. Reed	8,233	137	586	14.0	60.1	58	332	47	7.1	2.4	1
14	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	7,980	198	662	12.1	40.3	47	135	18	7.5	0.7	2
15	Tony Hill T. Hill	7,967	127	477	16.7	62.7	51	84	14	6.0	0.7	0
16	Eric Martin E. Martin	7,854	143	532	14.8	54.9	48	11	4	2.8	0.1	0
17	Anthony Carter A. Carter	7,636	133	478	16.0	57.4	52	289	47	6.1	2.2	2
18	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	7,605	136	501	15.2	55.9	34	-12	1	-12.0	-0.1	0
19	Wesley Walker W. Walker	7,566	140	403	18.8	54.0	68	10	3	3.3	0.1	0
20	Ernest Givins E. Givins	7,414	122	506	14.7	60.8	45	350	34	10.3	2.9	1
21	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	7,136	119	448	15.9	60.0	49	26	2	13.0	0.2	0
22	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	7,015	96	501	14.0	73.1	47	57	20	2.9	0.6	0
23	J.T. Smith	6,974	169	544	12.8	41.3	35	76	7	10.9	0.4	0
24	Dwight Clark D. Clark	6,750	134	506	13.3	50.4	48	50	6	8.3	0.4	0
25	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,741	109	541	12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0

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