highest season receiving yardage counts nfl 1970s player

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Steve Largent had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,237 yards in 1979.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,237
1979
15
66
18.7
82.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
2John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
1,183
1979
16
70
16.9
73.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
3Wesley Walker
W. Walker
1,169
1978
16
48
24.4
73.1
8
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
4Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,168
1978
16
71
16.5
73.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
5Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
1,156
1979
16
80
14.5
72.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
6Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
1,116
1973
14
67
16.7
79.7
9
42
3
14.0
3.0
0
7Roger Carr
R. Carr
1,112
1976
14
43
25.9
79.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
8Cliff Branch
C. Branch
1,111
1976
14
46
24.2
79.4
12
12
3
4.0
0.9
0
9Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
1,110
1971
14
57
19.5
79.3
7
25
1
25.0
1.8
1
10Gene Washington
G. Washington
1,100
1970
13
53
20.8
84.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
11Cliff Branch
C. Branch
1,092
1974
14
60
18.2
78.0
13
0
0
0.0
0
12John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,090
1979
15
61
17.9
72.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
13Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
1,087
1974
14
62
17.5
77.6
2
6
3
2.0
0.4
0
14Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
1,082
1979
15
54
20.0
72.1
2
-6
2
-3.0
-0.4
0
15Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
1,072
1978
16
55
19.5
67.0
8
21
1
21.0
1.3
0
16Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
1,069
1979
16
65
16.4
66.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Ken Burrough
K. Burrough
1,063
1975
14
53
20.1
75.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
18Tony Hill
T. Hill
1,062
1979
16
60
17.7
66.4
10
18
2
9.0
1.1
0
19Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
1,056
1976
14
50
21.1
75.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
20Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
1,048
1972
14
62
16.9
74.9
4
76
9
8.4
5.4
0
21Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
1,036
1970
14
57
18.2
74.0
8
19
3
6.3
1.4
0
22John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
1,035
1972
14
47
22.0
73.9
7
14
8
1.8
1.0
0
23Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
1,026
1979
15
55
18.7
68.4
8
27
3
9.0
1.8
0
24Dick Gordon
D. Gordon
1,026
1970
14
71
14.5
73.3
13
17
4
4.3
1.2
0
25Wally Francis
W. Francis
1,013
1979
16
74
13.7
63.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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