1987 NFC Receiving Yards per Game Leaders

Receiving yards per game played

Jerry Rice led the NFC in receiving yards per game in 1987 with 89.8, 1.0 ahead of Gary Clark (88.8).

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89.8 Receiving Yards per Game 1.0 clear of Gary Clark

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#	Player	Team	Y/G	G	REC	YDS	TD
1	Jerry Rice	SF	89.8	12	65	1,078	22
2	Gary Clark	WAS	88.8	12	56	1,066	7
3	Anthony Carter	MIN	76.8	12	38	922	7
4	J.T. Smith	SLC	74.5	15	91	1,117	8
5	Mark Bavaro	NYG	72.3	12	55	867	8
6	Henry Ellard	LAN	66.6	12	51	799	3
7	Mike Quick	PHI	65.8	12	46	790	11
8	Roy Green	SLC	60.9	12	43	731	4
9	Pete Mandley	DET	60.0	12	58	720	7
10	Herschel Walker	DAL	59.6	12	60	715	1
11	Willie Gault	CHI	58.8	12	35	705	7
12	Walter Stanley	GB	56.0	12	38	672	3
13	Art Monk	WAS	53.7	9	38	483	6
14	Ricky Sanders	WAS	52.5	12	37	630	3
15	Jeff Chadwick	DET	52.0	8	30	416	0
16	Eric Martin	NO	51.9	15	44	778	7
17	Phil Epps	GB	51.6	10	34	516	2
18	Floyd Dixon	ATL	50.0	12	36	600	5
19	Gerald Carter	TB	48.8	12	38	586	5
20	Mike Renfro	DAL	47.3	14	46	662	4
21	Lionel Manuel	NYG	45.4	12	30	545	6
22	Aubrey Matthews	ATL	44.8	12	32	537	3
23	Kelvin Bryant	WAS	44.5	11	43	490	5
24	Robert Awalt	SLC	43.8	12	42	526	6
25	Neal Anderson	CHI	42.5	11	47	467	3
26	Mike Wilson	SF	40.9	11	29	450	5
27	Steve Jordan	MIN	40.8	12	35	490	2
28	Kelvin Edwards	DAL	40.1	13	34	521	3
29	Calvin Magee	TB	38.5	11	34	424	3
30	Roger Craig	SF	35.1	14	66	492	1
31	Doug Cosbie	DAL	35.1	12	36	421	3
32	Frankie Neal	GB	35.0	12	36	420	3
33	Stump Mitchell	SLC	33.1	12	45	397	2
34	Anthony Toney	PHI	31.0	11	39	341	1
35	John Spagnola	PHI	29.2	12	36	350	2
36	Tom Rathman	SF	27.4	12	30	329	3
37	James Wilder	TB	27.3	12	40	328	1
38	Timmy Newsome	DAL	24.9	11	34	274	2
39	George Adams	NYG	24.8	12	35	298	1
40	James Jones	DET	23.8	11	34	262	0
41	Walter Payton	CHI	18.1	12	33	217	1