who led the league in receiving yards from 1988 to 1996

From 1988 through 1996, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 12,802 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	12,802	144	850	15.1	88.9	114	475	56	8.5	3.3	7
2	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	10,230	140	586	17.5	73.1	43	51	8	6.4	0.4	0
3	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	9,500	123	591	16.1	77.2	52	5	5	1.0	0.0	0
4	Andre Reed A. Reed	8,756	132	608	14.4	66.3	59	497	65	7.6	3.8	0
5	Anthony Miller A. Miller	8,503	139	549	15.5	61.2	59	125	21	6.0	0.9	1
6	Cris Carter C. Carter	8,283	140	662	12.5	59.2	74	38	11	3.5	0.3	0
7	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	8,134	112	595	13.7	72.6	65	72	23	3.1	0.6	0
8	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	8,073	137	526	15.3	58.9	50	32	17	1.9	0.2	0
9	Andre Rison A. Rison	7,747	125	569	13.6	62.0	66	9	6	1.5	0.1	0
10	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	7,603	142	491	15.5	53.5	41	36	8	4.5	0.3	2
11	Gary Clark G. Clark	7,599	124	497	15.3	61.3	46	44	8	5.5	0.4	0
12	Tim Brown T. Brown	7,180	128	495	14.5	56.1	55	104	30	3.5	0.8	1
13	Brian Blades B. Blades	7,117	129	536	13.3	55.2	32	156	21	7.4	1.2	0
14	Webster Slaughter W. Slaughter	6,635	124	468	14.2	53.5	33	49	8	6.1	0.4	0
15	Michael Haynes M. Haynes	6,434	135	416	15.5	47.7	46	78	8	9.8	0.6	0
16	Haywood Jeffires H. Jeffires	6,245	123	528	11.8	50.8	50	0	0		0.0	0
17	Ernest Givins E. Givins	6,220	120	457	13.6	51.8	40	210	25	8.4	1.8	0
18	Brett Perriman B. Perriman	6,197	140	500	12.4	44.3	29	180	27	6.7	1.3	0
19	Herman Moore H. Moore	6,191	88	424	14.6	70.4	44	0	0		0.0	0
20	Eric Martin E. Martin	6,186	106	437	14.2	58.4	33	12	2	6.0	0.1	0
21	Rob Moore R. Moore	6,181	107	427	14.5	57.8	31	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
22	Bill Brooks B. Brooks	6,148	141	467	13.2	43.6	35	110	15	7.3	0.8	0
23	Art Monk A. Monk	5,688	115	436	13.0	49.5	34	176	33	5.3	1.5	0
24	Ricky Sanders R. Sanders	5,561	112	432	12.9	49.7	32	98	22	4.5	0.9	1
25	John Taylor J. Taylor	5,447	109	338	16.1	50.0	43	31	6	5.2	0.3	0

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49ers	3	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	.667
Cardinals	1	2	.333
Rams	1	2	.333

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Sun 10/4	DEN	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rush Yards Rankings

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
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Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000