who led the nfl in receiving in 1986

Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions in 1986, with 1,570 yards.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,570
1986
SF SF
16
86
18.3
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
2 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,491
1986
NE NE
16
84
17.8
93.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
3 Mark Duper
M. Duper
1,313
1986
MIA MIA
16
67
19.6
82.1
11
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
4 Gary Clark
G. Clark
1,265
1986
WAS WAS
15
74
17.1
84.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
5 Al Toon
A. Toon
1,176
1986
NYJ NYJ
16
85
13.8
73.5
8
-3
2
-1.5
-0.2
0
6 Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
1,153
1986
RAI RAI
16
95
12.1
72.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
7 Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1,150
1986
MIA MIA
15
60
19.2
76.7
10
33
2
16.5
2.2
0
8 Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
1,131
1986
IND IND
16
65
17.4
70.7
8
5
4
1.3
0.3
0
9 Drew Hill
D. Hill
1,112
1986
HOU HOU
16
65
17.1
69.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
10 Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,070
1986
SEA SEA
16
70
15.3
66.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
11 Art Monk
A. Monk
1,068
1986
WAS WAS
16
73
14.6
66.8
4
27
4
6.8
1.7
0
12 Ernest Givins
E. Givins
1,062
1986
HOU HOU
15
61
17.4
70.8
3
148
9
16.4
9.9
1
13 Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
1,024
1986
CIN CIN
16
62
16.5
64.0
10
-16
2
-8.0
-1.0
0
14 Wesley Walker
W. Walker
1,016
1986
NYJ NYJ
16
49
20.7
63.5
12
0
0
0.0
0
15 J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
1,014
1986
STL STL
16
80
12.7
63.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
16 Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
1,001
1986
NYG NYG
16
66
15.2
62.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
17 Jeff Chadwick
J. Chadwick
995
1986
DET DET
15
53
18.8
66.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
18 Eddie Brown
E. Brown
964
1986
CIN CIN
16
58
16.6
60.3
4
32
8
4.0
2.0
0
19 Mike Quick
M. Quick
939
1986
PHI PHI
16
60
15.7
58.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
20 Charlie Brown
C. Brown
918
1986
ATL ATL
16
63
14.6
57.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
21 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
874
1986
SD SD
16
56
15.6
54.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
22 Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
871
1986
SD SD
16
80
10.9
54.4
8
442
127
3.5
27.6
1
23 Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
859
1986
MIN MIN
16
58
14.8
53.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
24 Dokie Williams
D. Williams
843
1986
RAI RAI
15
43
19.6
56.2
8
27
3
9.0
1.8
0
25 James Lofton
J. Lofton
840
1986
GB GB
15
64
13.1
56.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
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