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The Top Ranked Wide Receivers of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Jerry Rice | 2 |
| 2 | James Lofton | 17 |
| 3 | Mike Quick | 22 |
| 4 | Steve Largent | 23 |
| 5 | Mark Clayton | 32 |
| 6 | Wes Chandler | 44 |
| 7 | Roy Green | 58 |
| 8 | Gary Clark | 66 |
| 9 | Drew Hill | 67 |
| 10 | Stanley Morgan | 70 |
| 11 | Dwight Clark | 71 |
| 12 | Steve Watson | 76 |
| 13 | Mark Duper | 85 |
| 14 | John Stallworth | 95 |
| 15 | Louis Lipps | 97 |
| 16 | Cris Collinsworth | 111 |
| 17 | Carlos Carson | 112 |
| 18 | Wesley Walker | 114 |
| 19 | Tony Hill | 127 |
| 20 | Art Monk | 128 |
| 21 | Charlie Joiner | 138 |
| 22 | Anthony Carter | 149 |
| 23 | Eddie Brown | 156 |
| 24 | Stephone Paige | 158 |
| 25 | Henry Ellard | 161 |
| 26 | Andre Reed | 169 |
| 27 | J.T. Smith | 181 |
| 28 | Eric Martin | 193 |
| 29 | Kevin House Sr. | 196 |
| 30 | Ernest Givins | 200 |
| 31 | Al Toon | 203 |
| 32 | Freddie Solomon | 204 |
| 33 | Henry Marshall | 218 |
| 34 | Harold Carmichael | 225 |
| 35 | Pat Tilley | 237 |
| 36 | John Jefferson | 238 |
| 37 | Willie Gault | 244 |
| 38 | Earnest Gray | 247 |
| 39 | Charlie Brown | 251 |
| 40 | Bill Brooks | 254 |
| 41 | Vance Johnson | 266 |
| 42 | Cliff Branch | 276 |
| 43 | Sammy White | 277 |
| 44 | Leonard Thompson | 283 |
| 45 | Jerry Butler | 296 |
| 46 | Alfred Jenkins | 310 |
| 47 | Frank Lewis | 316 |
| 48 | Lionel Manuel | 317 |
| 49 | Ricky Sanders | 323 |
| 50 | Jim Smith | 330 |
| 51 | Mike Renfro | 342 |
| 52 | Irving Fryar | 347 |
| 53 | Nat Moore | 353 |
| 54 | Dokie Williams | 381 |
| 55 | Preston Dennard | 383 |
| 56 | Ray Butler | 389 |
| 57 | Daryl Turner | 392 |
| 58 | Drew Pearson | 398 |
| 59 | Mark Carrier | 413 |
| 60 | Gerald Carter | 423 |
| 61 | Rick Upchurch | 447 |
| 62 | Stacey Bailey | 452 |
| 63 | Dave Logan | 463 |
| 64 | Butch Johnson | 466 |
| 65 | Brian Brennan | 477 |
| 66 | Alfred Jackson | 493 |
| 67 | Matt Bouza | 514 |
| 68 | Ahmad Rashad | 516 |
| 69 | Bobby L. Johnson | 519 |
| 70 | Sterling Sharpe | 524 |
| 71 | Jeff Chadwick | 530 |
| 72 | Brian Blades | 543 |
| 73 | Tim Smith | 548 |
| 74 | Phil Epps | 550 |
| 75 | Bruce Hill | 561 |
| 76 | Duriel Harris | 586 |
| 77 | Webster Slaughter | 592 |
| 78 | Mark Jackson | 599 |
| 79 | Lam Jones | 613 |
| 80 | Anthony Miller | 616 |
| 81 | Tim McGee | 617 |
| 82 | Reggie Langhorne | 619 |
| 83 | Ricky Feacher | 620 |
| 84 | Dennis McKinnon | 621 |
| 85 | Mike A. Jones (WR) | 624 |
| 86 | Leo Lewis | 637 |
| 87 | Isaac Curtis | 640 |
| 88 | Pete Mandley | 642 |
| 89 | Hassan Jones | 658 |
| 90 | Richard Johnson | 660 |
| 91 | Roger Carr | 662 |
| 92 | Chris Burkett | 665 |
| 93 | Bob Chandler | 673 |
| 94 | Wallace Francis | 686 |
| 95 | Kenny Jackson | 690 |
| 96 | Freddie Scott | 706 |
| 97 | Floyd Dixon | 732 |
| 98 | Lynn Swann | 734 |
| 99 | Mark Nichols | 735 |
| 100 | Charlie A. Smith | 746 |
| 101 | Jeff Groth | 775 |
| 102 | Mervyn Fernandez | 776 |
| 103 | Malcolm Barnwell | 783 |
| 104 | Ron J. Brown | 786 |
| 105 | Steve Kreider | 795 |
| 106 | Billy Johnson | 802 |
| 107 | Sam McCullum | 810 |
| 108 | Byron Franklin | 814 |
| 109 | Ken Burrough | 827 |
| 110 | Tim Brown | 828 |
| 111 | Lonzell Hill | 830 |
| 112 | Bobby Duckworth | 835 |
| 113 | Hart Lee Dykes | 854 |
| 114 | Cedric Jones | 861 |
| 115 | Jimmy Cefalo | 863 |
| 116 | Cris Carter | 866 |
| 117 | Eugene Goodlow | 868 |
| 118 | Ike Harris | 871 |
| 119 | Andre Rison | 890 |
| 120 | Mike Sherrard | 892 |
| 121 | Stephen Starring | 893 |
| 122 | Jo-Jo Townsell | 902 |
| 123 | Jim C. Jensen | 910 |
| 124 | Trumaine Johnson (WR) | 913 |
| 125 | Shawn Collins | 917 |
| 126 | Theo Bell | 924 |
| 127 | Ken Margerum | 939 |
| 128 | Perry Kemp | 946 |
| 129 | Johnny Perkins | 947 |
| 130 | Ernie Jones | 961 |
| 131 | Dennis Gentry | 963 |
| 132 | Reggie Rucker | 1021 |
| 133 | Clarence Weathers | 1022 |
| 134 | Calvin Sweeney | 1027 |
| 135 | Clarence Verdin | 1028 |
| 136 | Terry LeCount | 1080 |
| 137 | Curtis Duncan | 1092 |
| 138 | Brian Baschnagel | 1099 |
| 139 | Harold Jackson | 1102 |
| 140 | John Taylor | 1112 |
| 141 | Willie Miller | 1125 |
| 142 | Gordon Jones | 1128 |
| 143 | Walter Stanley | 1133 |
| 144 | Ron Morris | 1138 |
| 145 | Weegie Thompson | 1145 |
| 146 | Anthony Hancock | 1151 |
| 147 | Stephen Baker | 1158 |
| 148 | George Farmer III | 1181 |
| 149 | Rickey Watts | 1191 |
| 150 | Jessie Hester | 1195 |
| 151 | Paul Skansi | 1207 |
| 152 | Gordon Banks | 1215 |
| 153 | Eric Truvillion | 1217 |
| 154 | Flipper Anderson | 1218 |
| 155 | Billy Waddy | 1219 |
| 156 | Derrick Gaffney | 1224 |
| 157 | Calvin Muhammad | 1231 |
| 158 | Paul Johns | 1235 |
| 159 | Byron Walker | 1247 |
| 160 | Michael Haynes | 1254 |
| 161 | Ricky Thompson | 1259 |
| 162 | Aaron Cox | 1267 |
| 163 | Scott Fitzkee | 1276 |
| 164 | Bobby Jones | 1304 |
| 165 | Aubrey Matthews | 1333 |
| 166 | Kelvin Martin | 1338 |
| 167 | Jackie Flowers | 1355 |
| 168 | Kurt Sohn | 1361 |
| 169 | Greg Anderson | 1373 |
| 170 | Haven Moses | 1381 |
| 171 | Tracy R. Porter | 1382 |
| 172 | Mike Holston | 1388 |
| 173 | Willie Collier | 1391 |
| 174 | Joey Walters | 1409 |
| 175 | Ron J. Johnson | 1410 |
| 176 | Frank Lockett | 1414 |
| 177 | Clint Sampson | 1425 |
| 178 | John Mistler | 1441 |
| 179 | Ron B. Smith | 1451 |
| 180 | Leonard Harris | 1454 |
| 181 | Derek Holloway | 1456 |
| 182 | Robert Clark | 1481 |
| 183 | Al Williams | 1485 |
| 184 | Fred Banks | 1518 |
| 185 | Frankie Neal | 1539 |
| 186 | Mel Gray | 1550 |
| 187 | Kris Haines | 1557 |
| 188 | Andre Brown (WR) | 1572 |
| 189 | Harold Bailey | 1575 |
| 190 | Renaldo Nehemiah | 1580 |
| 191 | Aundra Thompson | 1582 |
| 192 | Emile Harry | 1585 |
| 193 | Carl Bland | 1591 |
| 194 | Ricky Nattiel | 1595 |
| 195 | Mike Friede | 1604 |
| 196 | Mike Martin | 1607 |
| 197 | Doug Donley | 1608 |
| 198 | Derrick Crawford | 1612 |
| 199 | Phil McConkey | 1620 |
| 200 | Willie Gillespie | 1622 |
| 201 | Terry Metcalf | 1633 |
| 202 | Morris Bradshaw | 1643 |
| 203 | Mike Young | 1655 |
| 204 | Gerald McNeil | 1658 |
| 205 | James Dixon | 1665 |
| 206 | Virgil Seay | 1676 |
| 207 | Willis Adams | 1677 |
| 208 | Jamie Holland | 1679 |
| 209 | Gregg Garrity | 1685 |
| 210 | Greg Moser | 1708 |
| 211 | Floyd Hodge | 1709 |
| 212 | Tyrone Young | 1714 |
| 213 | Bernard Henry | 1717 |
| 214 | Joey Jones | 1719 |
| 215 | Lindsay Scott | 1721 |
| 216 | Ken Toler | 1741 |
| 217 | James Pruitt | 1771 |
| 218 | Marcus Anderson | 1776 |
| 219 | Troy Johnson | 1790 |
| 220 | Odessa Turner | 1793 |
| 221 | Larry Brodsky | 1808 |
| 222 | Guido Merkens | 1816 |
| 223 | Isaac Hagins | 1829 |
| 224 | Jerry Gordon | 1834 |
| 225 | Wayne Capers | 1847 |
| 226 | Mike Wilson | 1851 |
| 227 | Mike Holmes | 1861 |
| 228 | James Scott | 1882 |
| 229 | Kenny Duckett | 1883 |
| 230 | Danny Buggs | 1885 |
| 231 | Keith Ortego | 1888 |
| 232 | Willie Drewrey | 1897 |
| 233 | Danny Pittman | 1910 |
| 234 | Neil Balholm | 1920 |
| 235 | Scott McGhee | 1927 |
| 236 | David Verser | 1928 |
| 237 | Kelvin Edwards | 1938 |
| 238 | Rick Massie | 1961 |
| 239 | Marc Lewis | 1970 |
| 240 | Lenny Willis | 1973 |
| 241 | Alton Alexis | 1977 |
| 242 | Anthony Allen (WR) | 1985 |
| 243 | Pat McInally | 2000 |
| 244 | Rod Barksdale | 2014 |
| 245 | Jim Gustafson | 2044 |
| 246 | Derek Hill | 2067 |
| 247 | Kevin R. Williams | 2086 |
| 248 | Ray Alexander | 2089 |
| 249 | Haywood Jeffires | 2090 |
| 250 | Wendell Davis | 2093 |
| 251 | Randy Burke | 2105 |
| 252 | Byron Williams | 2122 |
| 253 | Clarence Collins | 2127 |
| 254 | Jeff Query | 2143 |
| 255 | Tom McConnaughey | 2149 |
| 256 | Nolan Franz | 2158 |
| 257 | Rodney Parker | 2159 |
| 258 | Wayne Walker (WR) | 2187 |
| 259 | Mike Harris (WR) | 2191 |
| 260 | Keith McKeller | 2215 |
| 261 | Phil Freeman | 2221 |
| 262 | Gary Lee | 2222 |
| 263 | Mike Shumann | 2227 |
| 264 | Michael Irvin | 2231 |
| 265 | Stacy Robinson | 2234 |
| 266 | Don Bass | 2240 |
| 267 | Herkie Walls | 2261 |
| 268 | Brett Perriman | 2263 |
| 269 | Don Beebe | 2274 |
| 270 | Keith Wright | 2277 |
| 271 | Lonnie Turner | 2291 |
| 272 | Julius Dawkins | 2293 |
| 273 | Charles Lockett | 2294 |
| 274 | Jason Phillips | 2312 |
| 275 | Mike Siani | 2315 |
| 276 | Wally Henry | 2324 |
| 277 | Stan Rome | 2330 |
| 278 | Alvin Garrett | 2332 |
| 279 | Jeff B. Moore | 2358 |
| 280 | Flip Johnson | 2369 |
| 281 | Tom Donovan | 2372 |
| 282 | Derrick Shepard | 2381 |
| 283 | Jesse Bendross | 2399 |
| 284 | Elmer Bailey | 2400 |
| 285 | Ron Jessie | 2426 |
| 286 | Tony Woodruff | 2431 |
| 287 | Anthony D. Allen | 2434 |
| 288 | Melvin Hoover | 2439 |
| 289 | Spencer Jackson | 2445 |
| 290 | Preston Brown (WR) | 2453 |
| 291 | Dave Stief | 2455 |
| 292 | Steve Bryant | 2458 |
| 293 | Lou Piccone | 2467 |
| 294 | Cormac Carney | 2475 |
| 295 | Don Westbrook | 2501 |
| 296 | Don Holmes | 2504 |
| 297 | Joey Clinkscales | 2515 |
| 298 | Johnnie Dirden | 2516 |
| 299 | Mike Alexander | 2520 |
| 300 | Glen Young | 2535 |
| 301 | Herbert Harris | 2560 |
| 302 | Quinn Early | 2563 |
| 303 | Wamon Buggs | 2566 |
| 304 | Walter Murray | 2577 |
| 305 | Darren Flutie | 2583 |
| 306 | John McDaniel | 2584 |
| 307 | Ricky Simmons | 2587 |
| 308 | Robbie Martin | 2592 |
| 309 | Ira Hillary | 2593 |
| 310 | Wyatt Henderson | 2602 |
| 311 | Floyd Turner | 2616 |
| 312 | Karl Powe | 2618 |
| 313 | Mitchell Brookins | 2641 |
| 314 | Mark Slawson | 2656 |
| 315 | Duane Gunn | 2667 |
| 316 | Solomon Miller | 2669 |
| 317 | Steve Raible | 2685 |
| 318 | Patrick Scott | 2688 |
| 319 | Jeff Smith (WR) | 2693 |
| 320 | Jesse Thompson | 2694 |
| 321 | Ron Cassidy | 2706 |
| 322 | Vic James | 2715 |
| 323 | Mark Ingram | 2726 |
| 324 | Gill Stegall | 2738 |
| 325 | Mark R. Bell | 2741 |
| 326 | Eric Richardson | 2762 |
| 327 | Keith Williams | 2771 |
| 328 | Lonell Phea | 2772 |
| 329 | Marion Brown | 2779 |
| 330 | Derwin Williams | 2784 |
| 331 | Rich Martini | 2789 |
| 332 | Vince Courville | 2797 |
| 333 | Keith Paskett | 2802 |
| 334 | Steve Carter | 2805 |
| 335 | Sylvester Moy | 2806 |
| 336 | Frank Pillow | 2828 |
| 337 | Rocky Belk | 2836 |
| 338 | Vister Hayes | 2838 |
| 339 | Otis Grant | 2863 |
| 340 | Everett Gay | 2867 |
| 341 | Martin Cox | 2870 |
| 342 | Rich Mauti | 2882 |
| 343 | Terry Greer | 2883 |
| 344 | Carlos Pennywell | 2891 |
| 345 | Brian DeRoo | 2892 |
| 346 | Bruce Davis | 2899 |
| 347 | Darryl Crane | 2900 |
| 348 | Jim Caver | 2905 |
| 349 | John Floyd | 2907 |
| 350 | Sammy Martin | 2912 |
| 351 | Wade Manning | 2914 |
| 352 | Vince Kinney | 2931 |
| 353 | Tim Moffett | 2944 |
| 354 | Frank McClain | 2959 |
| 355 | Howard Ballage | 2966 |
| 356 | Fred Nixon | 2976 |
| 357 | Mark McGrath | 2977 |
| 358 | Ron Frederick | 2987 |
| 359 | Danny Knight | 2990 |
| 360 | Cleo Montgomery | 2992 |
| 361 | Dwight Collins | 3007 |
| 362 | Tony Stephens | 3010 |
| 363 | Louis Clark | 3025 |
| 364 | Jerry Parrish | 3037 |
| 365 | Lloyd Jones | 3041 |
| 366 | Mark Barousse | 3052 |
| 367 | Brad Anderson | 3054 |
| 368 | Keith MaGee | 3078 |
| 369 | Charles Chisley | 3128 |
| 370 | Vic Harrison | 3142 |
| 371 | Jessie Green | 3158 |
| 372 | Mark Bellini | 3168 |
| 373 | Perry Tuttle | 3174 |
| 374 | Mike Mosley | 3194 |
| 375 | Eric Mullins | 3199 |
| 376 | Kendal Smith | 3201 |
| 377 | Larry Douglas | 3202 |
| 378 | Zach D. Thomas | 3204 |
| 379 | Glen Kozlowski | 3205 |
| 380 | Cornell Burbage | 3210 |
| 381 | Billy Brooks | 3224 |
| 382 | David Williams | 3228 |
| 383 | Jeff Postell | 3232 |
| 384 | Malcolm Moore | 3236 |
| 385 | Mike Miller | 3238 |
| 386 | Wilford Morgan | 3243 |
| 387 | Danny Fulton | 3253 |
| 388 | Buster Rhymes | 3259 |
| 389 | Clyde Duncan | 3264 |
| 390 | James Murphy | 3265 |
| 391 | Jerome Stelly | 3266 |
| 392 | Kelley Johnson | 3268 |
| 393 | Lawyer Tillman | 3270 |
| 394 | Robert Holt | 3272 |
| 395 | Danny Peebles | 3295 |
| 396 | Gerald Bradley | 3297 |
| 397 | John Arnold | 3300 |
| 398 | Kitrick Taylor | 3301 |
| 399 | Larry Brunson | 3302 |
| 400 | Ronnie Mallett | 3306 |
| 401 | Shawn Potts | 3314 |
| 402 | Mike Akiu | 3325 |
| 403 | Henry L. Williams | 3326 |
| 404 | Billy Ryckman | 3338 |
| 405 | Scott Schwedes | 3356 |
| 406 | Mark Pattison | 3362 |
| 407 | Leon Gonzalez | 3375 |
| 408 | Mike Kincaid | 3378 |
| 409 | Lew Barnes | 3404 |
| 410 | Mark Tolbert | 3417 |
| 411 | Chris Castor | 3428 |
| 412 | Glenn Starks | 3430 |
| 413 | Stacey Mobley | 3434 |
| 414 | Ricky Coffman | 3459 |
| 415 | Vince Heflin | 3463 |
| 416 | Andre Tyler | 3474 |
| 417 | Paul Darby | 3480 |
| 418 | Ira Matthews | 3498 |
| 419 | Bernard Ford | 3502 |
| 420 | Bubba Garcia | 3504 |
| 421 | Carl Roaches | 3505 |
| 422 | Gary Lowell | 3508 |
| 423 | William Curran | 3512 |
| 424 | Dana Brinson | 3531 |
| 425 | Dwayne Dixon | 3533 |
| 426 | Mike McDade | 3545 |
| 427 | Oliver Williams | 3546 |
| 428 | Lonnie Harris | 3551 |
| 429 | Timmie Ware | 3557 |
| 430 | Reggie Sandilands | 3581 |
| 431 | Brad Calip | 3602 |
| 432 | Kenny Harrison | 3608 |
| 433 | Al Hill | 3621 |
| 434 | Duke Fergerson | 3632 |
| 435 | Holden Smith | 3634 |
| 436 | Thad McFadden | 3638 |
| 437 | Larry Mucker | 3654 |
| 438 | Leroy Campbell | 3655 |
| 439 | Mardye McDole | 3656 |
| 440 | Mike Fisher | 3660 |
| 441 | Jimmy Teal | 3688 |
| 442 | Mike Levenseller | 3692 |
| 443 | Chuck Scott | 3716 |
| 444 | Craig White | 3717 |
| 445 | Tinker Owens | 3730 |
| 446 | Mike Harmon | 3756 |
| 447 | Kim Dameron | 3785 |
| 448 | Naz Worthen | 3790 |
| 449 | Tommy Kane | 3809 |
| 450 | Gene Taylor | 3821 |
| 451 | George R. Thomas | 3822 |
| 452 | Jim Fitzpatrick | 3824 |
| 453 | Ken Thompson | 3825 |
| 454 | Steve Tasker | 3828 |
| 455 | Chuck McCurley | 3856 |
| 456 | Darrell Colbert | 3857 |
| 457 | Jack Cameron | 3863 |
| 458 | James Harbour | 3864 |
| 459 | James Maness | 3865 |
| 460 | Reggie Butts | 3869 |
| 461 | Chris Woods | 3889 |
| 462 | Nick Bruckner | 3897 |
| 463 | Otha Hill | 3898 |
| 464 | Victor Oatis | 3900 |
| 465 | Eric Yarber | 3912 |
| 466 | James Milling | 3913 |
| 467 | Floyd Eddings | 3939 |
| 468 | Lee Morris | 3941 |
| 469 | Keith Baker | 3966 |
| 470 | Marcus Hackett | 3968 |
| 471 | Phil Smith | 3974 |
| 472 | Sam Graddy | 4005 |
| 473 | Paco Craig | 4030 |
| 474 | Calvin Nicholas | 4070 |
| 475 | Jason Johnson (WR) | 4097 |
| 476 | Robb Thomas | 4101 |
| 477 | Keith McDonald | 4144 |
| 478 | Michael Harper | 4169 |
| 479 | Anthony Edwards | 4228 |
| 480 | Kirk Phillips | 4231 |
| 481 | Mark Stock | 4263 |
| 482 | John Ford | 4283 |
| 483 | Darryl Usher | 4387 |
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