most receiving yards 1990's wr nfl

From 1990 through 1999, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver, with 12,078 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
12,078
146
860
124
14.0
82.7
103
338
41
8.2
2.3
6
2Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
10,872
139
692
19
15.7
78.2
58
-2
4
-0.5
0.0
0
3Cris Carter
C. Carter
10,238
156
835
136
12.3
65.6
95
20
9
2.2
0.1
0
4Tim Brown
T. Brown
10,211
159
726
145
14.1
64.2
70
70
23
3.0
0.4
0
5Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,368
153
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
6Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
9,172
159
624
46
14.7
57.7
52
51
12
4.3
0.3
0
7Andre Rison
A. Rison
8,779
154
650
45
13.5
57.0
74
5
6
0.8
0.0
0
8Andre Reed
A. Reed
8,687
147
624
93
13.9
59.1
55
413
60
6.9
2.8
0
9Herman Moore
H. Moore
8,664
127
626
31
13.8
68.2
59
0
0
0.0
0
10Tony Martin
T. Martin
8,124
156
530
117
15.3
52.1
53
-3
6
-0.5
0.0
0
11Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
8,034
133
469
17.1
60.4
29
34
5
6.8
0.3
0
12Anthony Miller
A. Miller
7,370
123
484
15.2
59.9
50
65
11
5.9
0.5
1
13Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
7,348
158
558
154
13.2
46.5
54
102
13
7.8
0.6
2
14Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
6,887
120
530
107
13.0
57.4
63
6
6
1.0
0.1
0
15Jeff Graham
J. Graham
6,454
132
435
114
14.8
48.9
21
0
0
0.0
0
16Jake Reed
J. Reed
6,124
118
386
78
15.9
51.9
32
0
0
0.0
0
17Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
6,051
150
466
49
13.0
40.3
33
109
16
6.8
0.7
0
18Brett Perriman
B. Perriman
6,018
123
489
12.3
48.9
28
173
23
7.5
1.4
0
19Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
5,948
135
400
14.9
44.1
31
36
8
4.5
0.3
2
20Quinn Early
Q. Early
5,947
157
420
17
14.2
37.9
36
90
15
6.0
0.6
0
21Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
5,920
80
450
13.2
74.0
52
49
17
2.9
0.6
0
22Brian Blades
B. Blades
5,875
124
464
12.7
47.4
21
129
15
8.6
1.0
0
23Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
5,828
77
389
120
15.0
75.7
41
85
11
7.7
1.1
0
24Michael Haynes
M. Haynes
5,675
119
375
15.1
47.7
39
43
4
10.8
0.4
0
25Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
5,674
87
381
177
14.9
65.2
28
0
0
0.0
0

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.625
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6
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2
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.750
5
2
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.714
5
3
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.625
4
5
0
.444
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2
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.750
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5
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.286
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6
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7
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