who led the nfl in receiving yards between 1985 to 1995

Between the 1985 and 1995 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions, with 15,123 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
15,123
172
942
16.1
87.9
146
547
69
7.9
3.2
9
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
11,273
161
673
16.8
70.0
53
48
13
3.7
0.3
0
3Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
4Andre Reed
A. Reed
9,848
159
700
14.1
61.9
69
467
64
7.3
2.9
1
5Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
8,752
163
551
15.9
53.7
57
195
36
5.4
1.2
1
6Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
8,538
112
527
16.2
76.2
50
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
7Drew Hill
D. Hill
8,484
138
574
14.8
61.5
50
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
8Art Monk
A. Monk
8,465
155
638
13.3
54.6
46
317
50
6.3
2.0
0
9Ernest Givins
E. Givins
8,215
147
571
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
10Eric Martin
E. Martin
8,161
153
553
14.8
53.3
49
11
4
2.8
0.1
0
11Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
12Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
7,777
153
566
13.7
50.8
46
113
21
5.4
0.7
0
13Anthony Miller
A. Miller
7,768
123
493
15.8
63.2
56
86
18
4.8
0.7
0
14Anthony Carter
A. Carter
7,733
140
486
15.9
55.2
55
289
47
6.1
2.1
2
15Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
7,584
142
523
14.5
53.4
42
50
9
5.6
0.4
0
16Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
7,471
129
503
14.9
57.9
65
64
9
7.1
0.5
0
17Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
7,218
136
459
15.7
53.1
38
36
8
4.5
0.3
2
18Cris Carter
C. Carter
7,204
133
571
12.6
54.2
66
38
11
3.5
0.3
0
19Andre Rison
A. Rison
7,154
110
522
13.7
65.0
63
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
20Al Toon
A. Toon
6,605
107
517
12.8
61.7
31
7
4
1.8
0.1
0
21Brian Blades
B. Blades
6,561
118
493
13.3
55.6
30
156
21
7.4
1.3
0
22Mark Duper
M. Duper
6,560
112
389
16.9
58.6
41
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
23Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
6,477
134
483
13.4
48.3
37
94
23
4.1
0.7
1
24James Lofton
J. Lofton
6,341
128
367
17.3
49.5
34
15
5
3.0
0.1
0
25Eddie Brown
E. Brown
6,134
102
363
16.9
60.1
41
164
25
6.6
1.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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11
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