most receiving yards by a wr in 1972

Harold Jackson had the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver in 1972, with 1,048 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
1,048
1972
PHI PHI
14
62
16.9
74.9
4
76
9
8.4
5.4
0
2John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
1,035
1972
MIN MIN
14
47
22.0
73.9
7
14
8
1.8
1.0
0
3Gene Washington
G. Washington
918
1972
SF SF
14
46
20.0
65.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
4Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
821
1972
KC KC
14
57
14.4
58.6
6
13
5
2.6
0.9
0
5Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
802
1972
OAK OAK
14
58
13.8
57.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
6Chip Myers
C. Myers
792
1972
CIN CIN
14
57
13.9
56.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
7J.D. Hill
J.D. Hill
754
1972
BUF BUF
14
52
14.5
53.9
5
11
1
11.0
0.8
0
8Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
744
1972
SD SD
14
52
14.3
53.1
7
-6
2
-3.0
-0.4
0
9Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
681
1972
NE NE
14
44
15.5
48.6
3
5
3
1.7
0.4
0
10Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
673
1972
WAS WAS
14
49
13.7
48.1
7
39
3
13.0
2.8
0
11Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
669
1972
PIT PIT
14
38
17.6
47.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
12Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
668
1972
NO NO
13
38
17.6
51.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
13Rod Sherman
R. Sherman
661
1972
DEN DEN
14
38
17.4
47.2
3
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
14Ron Sellers
R. Sellers
653
1972
DAL DAL
14
31
21.1
46.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
15Eddie Bell
E. Bell
629
1972
NYJ NYJ
13
35
18.0
48.4
2
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
16Frank Pitts
F. Pitts
620
1972
CLE CLE
14
36
17.2
44.3
8
29
3
9.7
2.1
0
17Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
606
1972
MIA MIA
12
29
20.9
50.5
3
23
4
5.8
1.9
0
18Jack Snow
J. Snow
590
1972
LA LA
14
30
19.7
42.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
19Bob Newland
B. Newland
579
1972
NO NO
14
47
12.3
41.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Sam Havrilak
S. Havrilak
571
1972
BAL BAL
14
33
17.3
40.8
4
72
12
6.0
5.1
2
21Walker Gillette
W. Gillette
550
1972
STL STL
14
33
16.7
39.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
550
1972
WAS WAS
14
35
15.7
39.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
23Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
528
1972
BUF BUF
14
33
16.0
37.7
5
27
3
9.0
1.9
0
24Ken Burrough
K. Burrough
521
1972
HOU HOU
14
26
20.0
37.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
25Ben Hawkins
B. Hawkins
512
1972
PHI PHI
14
30
17.1
36.6
1
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
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