lions single season receiving yards leader 1970

Charlie Sanders had the most receiving yards for the Lions in 1970, with 544 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
544
1970
14
40
13.6
38.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
2Larry Walton
L. Walton
532
1970
13
30
17.7
40.9
5
20
2
10.0
1.5
0
3Earl McCullouch
E. McCullouch
278
1970
10
15
18.5
27.8
4
7
1
7.0
0.7
0
4Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
261
1970
14
27
9.7
18.6
2
666
198
3.4
47.6
2
5Mel Farr
M. Farr
213
1970
12
29
7.3
17.8
2
717
166
4.3
59.8
9
6Chuck Hughes
C. Hughes
162
1970
13
8
20.3
12.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Bill Triplett
B. Triplett
52
1970
14
6
8.7
3.7
0
156
48
3.3
11.1
1
8Charlie Brown
C. Brown
38
1970
14
2
19.0
2.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Nick Eddy
N. Eddy
22
1970
11
4
5.5
2.0
0
47
18
2.6
4.3
1
10Steve Owens
S. Owens
21
1970
6
4
5.3
3.5
0
122
36
3.4
20.3
2
11Craig Cotton
C. Cotton
6
1970
14
1
6.0
0.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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