most receiving yards 1985 to 1996

Between the 1985 and 1996 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 16,377 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1985 to 1996
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16,377
188
1,050
15.6
87.1
154
624
80
7.8
3.3
10
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
12,287
177
725
16.9
69.4
55
48
13
3.7
0.3
0
3Andre Reed
A. Reed
10,884
175
766
14.2
62.2
75
489
72
6.8
2.8
1
4Gary Clark
G. Clark
10,856
167
699
15.5
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
5Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
9,947
179
639
15.6
55.6
68
191
37
5.2
1.1
1
6Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
9,500
123
591
16.1
77.2
52
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
7Anthony Miller
A. Miller
8,503
139
549
15.5
61.2
59
125
21
6.0
0.9
1
8Drew Hill
D. Hill
8,484
138
574
14.8
61.5
50
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
9Art Monk
A. Monk
8,465
155
638
13.3
54.6
46
317
50
6.3
2.0
0
10Cris Carter
C. Carter
8,367
149
667
12.5
56.2
76
38
11
3.5
0.3
0
11Ernest Givins
E. Givins
8,215
147
571
14.4
55.9
49
345
35
9.9
2.3
1
12Eric Martin
E. Martin
8,161
153
553
14.8
53.3
49
11
4
2.8
0.1
0
13Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
8,134
112
595
13.7
72.6
65
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
14Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
8,026
152
517
15.5
52.8
44
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
15Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
8,018
152
555
14.4
52.8
44
50
9
5.6
0.3
0
16Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
8,001
169
583
13.7
47.3
46
113
21
5.4
0.7
0
17Andre Rison
A. Rison
7,747
125
569
13.6
62.0
66
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
18Anthony Carter
A. Carter
7,733
140
486
15.9
55.2
55
289
47
6.1
2.1
2
19Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
7,471
129
503
14.9
57.9
65
64
9
7.1
0.5
0
20Tim Brown
T. Brown
7,180
128
495
14.5
56.1
55
104
30
3.5
0.8
1
21Brian Blades
B. Blades
7,117
129
536
13.3
55.2
32
156
21
7.4
1.2
0
22Al Toon
A. Toon
6,605
107
517
12.8
61.7
31
7
4
1.8
0.1
0
23Mark Duper
M. Duper
6,560
112
389
16.9
58.6
41
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
24Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
6,477
134
483
13.4
48.3
37
94
23
4.1
0.7
1
25Michael Haynes
M. Haynes
6,434
135
416
15.5
47.7
46
78
8
9.8
0.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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