who led the league in receiving yards from 1995 to 1998

From 1995 through 1998, Herman Moore had the most yards on receptions, with 5,258 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Herman Moore
H. Moore
5,258
63
415
12.7
83.5
36
0
0
0.0
0
2Tim Brown
T. Brown
4,866
64
364
13.4
76.0
33
47
12
3.9
0.7
0
3Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
4,802
59
324
14.8
81.4
22
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
4,614
64
385
12.0
72.1
52
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
5Rob Moore
R. Moore
4,489
63
285
15.8
71.3
22
0
0
0.0
0
6Tony Martin
T. Martin
4,480
64
304
14.7
70.0
32
0
0
0.0
0
7Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
4,391
49
291
15.1
89.6
26
51
5
10.2
1.0
0
8Jerry Rice
J. Rice
4,337
50
319
13.6
86.7
33
103
17
6.1
2.1
2
9Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
4,132
60
333
12.4
68.9
39
6
6
1.0
0.1
0
10Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
4,122
63
261
15.8
65.4
36
379
44
8.6
6.0
1
11Jake Reed
J. Reed
4,099
59
246
16.7
69.5
26
0
0
0.0
0
12Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
4,038
64
265
15.2
63.1
22
0
0
0.0
0
13Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
3,977
64
284
14.0
62.1
27
42
4
10.5
0.7
0
14Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
3,894
63
290
13.4
61.8
18
0
0
0.0
0
15Frank Sanders
F. Sanders
3,858
64
285
13.5
60.3
13
2
8
0.3
0.0
0
16Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
3,748
62
273
13.7
60.5
33
29
4
7.3
0.5
0
17O.J. McDuffie
O.J. McDuffie
3,730
64
302
12.4
58.3
24
24
8
3.0
0.4
0
18Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
3,706
54
229
16.2
68.6
36
19
4
4.8
0.4
0
19Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
3,693
60
279
13.2
61.6
27
0
0
0.0
0
20Bert Emanuel
B. Emanuel
3,587
57
255
14.1
62.9
22
11
2
5.5
0.2
0
21Wayne Chrebet
W. Chrebet
3,517
64
283
12.4
55.0
18
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
22Yancey Thigpen
Y. Thigpen
3,442
47
214
16.1
73.2
17
4
2
2.0
0.1
0
23Johnnie Morton
J. Morton
3,389
64
248
13.7
53.0
22
112
16
7.0
1.8
0
24Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
3,316
59
196
16.9
56.2
22
29
5
5.8
0.5
0
25Michael Jackson
M. Jackson
3,310
58
227
14.6
57.1
27
0
0
0.0
0

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.625
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.286
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