most receiving yards through first 21 games 1981

Frank Lewis had the most receiving yards in his first 21 games in 1981, with 1,440 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player through first 21 games 1981
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
1,440
1981
18
80
18.0
80.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
2Dwight Clark
D. Clark
1,374
1981
19
102
13.5
72.3
6
36
5
7.2
1.9
0
3Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
1,358
1981
16
70
19.4
84.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
4Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
1,337
1981
18
80
16.7
74.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
5Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
1,327
1981
TOT
18
81
16.4
73.7
6
-1
5
-0.2
-0.1
0
6James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,294
1981
16
71
18.2
80.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
7Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,288
1981
18
104
12.4
71.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
8Steve Watson
S. Watson
1,244
1981
16
60
20.7
77.8
13
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,224
1981
16
75
16.3
76.5
9
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
10Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
1,203
1981
18
75
16.0
66.8
10
69
11
6.3
3.8
0
11Kevin House
K. House
1,186
1981
17
57
20.8
69.8
9
9
2
4.5
0.5
0
12Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
1,168
1981
19
76
15.4
61.5
9
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
13Dan Ross
D. Ross
1,154
1981
19
93
12.4
60.7
7
0
0
0.0
0
14John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
1,098
1981
16
63
17.4
68.6
5
17
1
17.0
1.1
0
15Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
1,071
1981
17
63
17.0
63.0
7
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
16Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
1,040
1981
16
66
15.8
65.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
17Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,029
1981
13
44
23.4
79.2
6
21
2
10.5
1.6
0
18Freddie Scott
F. Scott
1,022
1981
16
53
19.3
63.9
5
25
7
3.6
1.6
0
19Duriel Harris
D. Harris
1,017
1981
16
59
17.2
63.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Tony Hill
T. Hill
1,014
1981
18
50
20.3
56.3
6
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
21Joe Senser
J. Senser
1,004
1981
16
79
12.7
62.8
8
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
22Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
1,002
1981
16
69
14.5
62.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
23Sammy White
S. White
1,001
1981
16
66
15.2
62.6
3
-1
2
-0.5
-0.1
0
24Johnny Perkins
J. Perkins
990
1981
18
59
16.8
55.0
8
-1
2
-0.5
-0.1
0
25Jerry Butler
J. Butler
946
1981
18
60
15.8
52.6
9
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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10
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14
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10
7
0
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8
9
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11
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9
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5
12
0
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4
13
0
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6
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9
7
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8
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9
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
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11
0
.353
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14
3
0
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12
5
0
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5
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14
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