most receiving yards 1974 to 1979

Between the 1974 and 1979 seasons, Drew Pearson had the most yards on receptions, with 5,325 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1974 to 1979
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
5,325
87
313
17.0
61.2
29
115
14
8.2
1.3
0
2Cliff Branch
C. Branch
5,189
85
298
17.4
61.0
47
34
6
5.7
0.4
0
3Ken Burrough
K. Burrough
4,679
85
270
17.3
55.0
33
21
11
1.9
0.2
0
4Mel Gray
M. Gray
4,482
79
230
19.5
56.7
29
97
11
8.8
1.2
1
5Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
4,473
88
242
18.5
50.8
36
44
7
6.3
0.5
0
6Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
4,400
88
300
14.7
50.0
46
21
5
4.2
0.2
0
7Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
4,329
88
251
17.2
49.2
24
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
8Nat Moore
N. Moore
4,185
82
258
16.2
51.0
38
229
36
6.4
2.8
1
9Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
4,089
83
258
15.8
49.3
31
50
6
8.3
0.6
0
10Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
4,013
82
214
18.8
48.9
36
72
20
3.6
0.9
0
11Lynn Swann
L. Swann
3,982
81
240
16.6
49.2
39
51
9
5.7
0.6
1
12Haven Moses
H. Moses
3,788
87
206
18.4
43.5
26
11
8
1.4
0.1
0
13Steve Largent
S. Largent
3,753
59
224
16.8
63.6
31
-14
4
-3.5
-0.2
0
14Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
3,710
73
286
13.0
50.8
26
0
0
0.0
0
15John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
3,568
78
200
17.8
45.7
31
85
7
12.1
1.1
1
16Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
3,556
85
243
14.6
41.8
22
86
15
5.7
1.0
2
17Roger Carr
R. Carr
3,262
71
155
21.0
45.9
21
0
0
0.0
0
18Ron Jessie
R. Jessie
3,147
65
198
15.9
48.4
18
69
12
5.8
1.1
1
19Sammy White
S. White
3,122
59
187
16.7
52.9
32
26
11
2.4
0.4
0
20Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
3,059
74
170
18.0
41.3
17
79
8
9.9
1.1
1
21Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
3,040
59
170
17.9
51.5
19
7
2
3.5
0.1
0
22Dave Casper
D. Casper
2,995
86
229
13.1
34.8
32
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
23Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
2,984
75
227
13.1
39.8
26
5
3
1.7
0.1
0
24Glenn Doughty
G. Doughty
2,929
84
191
15.3
34.9
20
73
14
5.2
0.9
0
25Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
2,922
84
339
8.6
34.8
16
5,340
1,370
3.9
63.6
27
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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