bears top receivers 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, James Scott had the most yards on receptions for the Bears, with 2,462 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1James Scott
J. Scott
2,462
50
139
17.7
49.2
17
-4
2
-2.0
-0.1
0
2George Farmer
G. Farmer
1,909
64
113
16.9
29.8
10
6
4
1.5
0.1
0
3Dick Gordon
D. Gordon
1,636
27
114
14.4
60.6
18
17
4
4.3
0.6
0
4Bo Rather
B. Rather
1,428
55
91
15.7
26.0
7
46
9
5.1
0.8
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,424
73
156
9.1
19.5
4
6,926
1,548
4.5
94.9
59
6Greg Latta
G. Latta
1,081
73
90
12.0
14.8
7
-8
2
-4.0
-0.1
0
7Roland Harper
R. Harper
964
54
118
8.2
17.9
3
2,527
607
4.2
46.8
9
8Brian Baschnagel
B. Baschnagel
757
56
49
15.4
13.5
2
-12
4
-3.0
-0.2
0
9Earl Thomas
E. Thomas
748
39
47
15.9
19.2
7
18
6
3.0
0.5
0
10Charlie Wade
C. Wade
683
14
39
17.5
48.8
1
-15
1
-15.0
-1.1
0
11Bob Wallace
B. Wallace
569
33
43
13.2
17.2
2
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
12Golden Richards
G. Richards
486
20
32
15.2
24.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
424
20
39
10.9
21.2
1
1,001
271
3.7
50.1
6
14Rickey Watts
R. Watts
421
16
24
17.5
26.3
3
-6
1
-6.0
-0.4
0
15Don Shy
D. Shy
421
32
39
10.8
13.2
0
989
286
3.5
30.9
4
16Jim Seymour
J. Seymour
385
31
21
18.3
12.4
5
-9
1
-9.0
-0.3
0
17Bob Grim
B. Grim
374
14
28
13.4
26.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
18Dave Williams
D. Williams
354
14
42
8.4
25.3
5
401
127
3.2
28.6
1
19Steve Schubert
S. Schubert
341
66
23
14.8
5.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Jim Harrison
J. Harrison
286
38
36
7.9
7.5
3
1,099
308
3.6
28.9
4
21Bob Parsons
B. Parsons
231
115
19
12.2
2.0
4
4
5
0.8
0.0
0
22Ike Hill
I. Hill
228
27
17
13.4
8.4
1
-14
3
-4.7
-0.5
0
23Ken Grandberry
K. Grandberry
212
14
30
7.1
15.1
0
475
144
3.3
33.9
2
24Craig Cotton
C. Cotton
186
13
13
14.3
14.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Roger Lawson
R. Lawson
180
22
17
10.6
8.2
0
176
57
3.1
8.0
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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