who led the nfl in receiving in 1987

J.T. Smith had the most receiving yards in 1987, with 1,117 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
1,117
1987
15
91
12.3
74.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,078
1987
12
65
16.6
89.8
22
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
3Gary Clark
G. Clark
1,066
1987
12
56
19.0
88.8
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
4Carlos Carson
C. Carson
1,044
1987
12
55
19.0
87.0
7
-7
1
-7.0
-0.6
0
5Drew Hill
D. Hill
989
1987
12
49
20.2
82.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
6Al Toon
A. Toon
976
1987
12
68
14.4
81.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
7Ernest Givins
E. Givins
933
1987
12
53
17.6
77.8
6
-13
1
-13.0
-1.1
0
8Anthony Carter
A. Carter
922
1987
12
38
24.3
76.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
912
1987
13
58
15.7
70.2
8
33
2
16.5
2.5
0
10James Lofton
J. Lofton
880
1987
12
41
21.5
73.3
5
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
11Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
867
1987
12
55
15.8
72.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
12Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
806
1987
12
47
17.1
67.2
7
0
0
0.0
0
13Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
799
1987
12
51
15.7
66.6
3
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
14Mike Quick
M. Quick
790
1987
12
46
17.2
65.8
11
0
0
0.0
0
15Eric Martin
E. Martin
778
1987
15
44
17.7
51.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
16Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
776
1987
12
46
16.9
64.7
7
8
2
4.0
0.7
0
17Chris Burkett
C. Burkett
765
1987
12
56
13.7
63.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
18Andre Reed
A. Reed
752
1987
12
57
13.2
62.7
5
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
19Roy Green
R. Green
731
1987
12
43
17.0
60.9
4
34
2
17.0
2.8
0
20Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
722
1987
12
51
14.2
60.2
3
-2
2
-1.0
-0.2
0
21Pete Mandley
P. Mandley
720
1987
12
58
12.4
60.0
7
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
22Herschel Walker
H. Walker
715
1987
12
60
11.9
59.6
1
891
209
4.3
74.3
7
23Stephone Paige
S. Paige
707
1987
12
43
16.4
58.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
24Willie Gault
W. Gault
705
1987
12
35
20.1
58.8
7
16
2
8.0
1.3
0
25Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
684
1987
11
42
16.3
62.2
7
-8
1
-8.0
-0.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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