most yards by a wide receiver 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Harold Jackson had the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver in a decade, with 7,724 yards in the 1970s.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a wide receiver 1970s
NAMEREC YDSDECADEGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
7,724
1970s
144
432
17.9
53.6
61
148
24
6.2
1.0
0
2Ken Burrough
K. Burrough
6,343
1970s
138
377
16.8
46.0
42
63
17
3.7
0.5
1
3Gene Washington
G. Washington
6,145
1970s
126
334
18.4
48.8
57
27
5
5.4
0.2
0
4Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
6,079
1970s
128
347
17.5
47.5
36
22
8
2.8
0.2
0
5Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
5,804
1970s
111
387
15.0
52.3
55
63
8
7.9
0.6
0
6Haven Moses
H. Moses
5,786
1970s
140
314
18.4
41.3
44
47
13
3.6
0.3
1
7Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
5,765
1970s
129
368
15.7
44.7
39
68
12
5.7
0.5
0
8Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
5,713
1970s
101
335
17.1
56.6
31
115
14
8.2
1.1
0
9Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
5,621
1970s
124
393
14.3
45.3
50
0
0
0.0
0
10Mel Gray
M. Gray
5,591
1970s
112
280
20.0
49.9
40
153
13
11.8
1.4
1
11Cliff Branch
C. Branch
5,520
1970s
112
320
17.3
49.3
50
39
7
5.6
0.3
0
12John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
5,511
1970s
110
284
19.4
50.1
38
220
25
8.8
2.0
2
13Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
4,856
1970s
96
259
18.7
50.6
45
61
22
2.8
0.6
0
14Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
4,619
1970s
100
345
13.4
46.2
32
44
9
4.9
0.4
0
15Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
4,219
1970s
86
212
19.9
49.1
41
171
18
9.5
2.0
0
16Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
4,217
1970s
82
223
18.9
51.4
35
31
10
3.1
0.4
0
17Nat Moore
N. Moore
4,185
1970s
82
258
16.2
51.0
38
229
36
6.4
2.8
1
18Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
4,077
1970s
84
295
13.8
48.5
37
48
6
8.0
0.6
0
19Ron Jessie
R. Jessie
4,022
1970s
107
246
16.3
37.6
25
100
18
5.6
0.9
2
20Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
3,999
1970s
116
295
13.6
34.5
34
18
11
1.6
0.2
0
21Lynn Swann
L. Swann
3,982
1970s
81
240
16.6
49.2
39
51
9
5.7
0.6
1
22Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
3,903
1970s
105
223
17.5
37.2
25
146
12
12.2
1.4
1
23Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
3,868
1970s
97
252
15.3
39.9
23
61
7
8.7
0.6
0
24Steve Largent
S. Largent
3,753
1970s
59
224
16.8
63.6
31
-14
4
-3.5
-0.2
0
25John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
3,568
1970s
78
200
17.8
45.7
31
85
7
12.1
1.1
1
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