who led the nfl in receiving in 1987

J.T. Smith had the most receiving yards in 1987, with 1,117 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 J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
1,117
1987
STL STL
15
91
12.3
74.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
2 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,078
1987
SF SF
12
65
16.6
89.8
22
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
3 Gary Clark
G. Clark
1,066
1987
WAS WAS
12
56
19.0
88.8
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
4 Carlos Carson
C. Carson
1,044
1987
KC KC
12
55
19.0
87.0
7
-7
1
-7.0
-0.6
0
5 Drew Hill
D. Hill
989
1987
HOU HOU
12
49
20.2
82.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
6 Al Toon
A. Toon
976
1987
NYJ NYJ
12
68
14.4
81.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
7 Ernest Givins
E. Givins
933
1987
HOU HOU
12
53
17.6
77.8
6
-13
1
-13.0
-1.1
0
8 Anthony Carter
A. Carter
922
1987
MIN MIN
12
38
24.3
76.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
9 Steve Largent
S. Largent
912
1987
SEA SEA
13
58
15.7
70.2
8
33
2
16.5
2.5
0
10 James Lofton
J. Lofton
880
1987
RAI RAI
12
41
21.5
73.3
5
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
11 Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
867
1987
NYG NYG
12
55
15.8
72.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
12 Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
806
1987
CLE CLE
12
47
17.1
67.2
7
0
0
0.0
0
13 Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
799
1987
RAM RAM
12
51
15.7
66.6
3
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
14 Mike Quick
M. Quick
790
1987
PHI PHI
12
46
17.2
65.8
11
0
0
0.0
0
15 Eric Martin
E. Martin
778
1987
NO NO
15
44
17.7
51.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
16 Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
776
1987
MIA MIA
12
46
16.9
64.7
7
8
2
4.0
0.7
0
17 Chris Burkett
C. Burkett
765
1987
BUF BUF
12
56
13.7
63.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
18 Andre Reed
A. Reed
752
1987
BUF BUF
12
57
13.2
62.7
5
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
19 Roy Green
R. Green
731
1987
STL STL
12
43
17.0
60.9
4
34
2
17.0
2.8
0
20 Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
722
1987
IND IND
12
51
14.2
60.2
3
-2
2
-1.0
-0.2
0
21 Pete Mandley
P. Mandley
720
1987
DET DET
12
58
12.4
60.0
7
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
22 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
715
1987
DAL DAL
12
60
11.9
59.6
1
891
209
4.3
74.3
7
23 Stephone Paige
S. Paige
707
1987
KC KC
12
43
16.4
58.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
24 Willie Gault
W. Gault
705
1987
CHI CHI
12
35
20.1
58.8
7
16
2
8.0
1.3
0
25 Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
684
1987
DEN DEN
11
42
16.3
62.2
7
-8
1
-8.0
-0.7
0
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111.3

16th

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180.7

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0
0
1.000
Cardinals Cardinals
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1
0
.667
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
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1
0
.667
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ARI ARI
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ARI ARI
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10/12
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10/19
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ARI ARI
4:25 PM
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11/3
ARI ARI
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Last Game
SF 49ers

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Final

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ARI Cardinals

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9/3
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@
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Thu
9/4
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21-27
Sat
9/6
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Sun
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9/28
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9/28
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