receiving yards leader in 1981

Alfred Jenkins had the most receiving yards in 1981, with 1,358 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
1,358
1981
16
70
19.4
84.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
2James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,294
1981
16
71
18.2
80.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
3Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
1,244
1981
16
70
17.8
77.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
4Steve Watson
S. Watson
1,244
1981
16
60
20.7
77.8
13
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,224
1981
16
75
16.3
76.5
9
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
6Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
1,188
1981
16
70
17.0
74.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
7Kevin House
K. House
1,176
1981
16
56
21.0
73.5
9
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
8Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
1,142
1981
TOT
16
69
16.6
71.4
6
-1
5
-0.2
-0.1
0
9Dwight Clark
D. Clark
1,105
1981
16
85
13.0
69.1
4
32
3
10.7
2.0
0
10John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
1,098
1981
16
63
17.4
68.6
5
17
1
17.0
1.1
0
11Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,075
1981
16
88
12.2
67.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
1,040
1981
16
66
15.8
65.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,029
1981
13
44
23.4
79.2
6
21
2
10.5
1.6
0
14Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
1,028
1981
16
61
16.9
64.3
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
15Freddie Scott
F. Scott
1,022
1981
16
53
19.3
63.9
5
25
7
3.6
1.6
0
16Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
1,009
1981
16
67
15.1
63.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Joe Senser
J. Senser
1,004
1981
16
79
12.7
62.8
8
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
18Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
1,002
1981
16
69
14.5
62.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
19Sammy White
S. White
1,001
1981
16
66
15.2
62.6
3
-1
2
-0.5
-0.1
0
20Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
969
1981
15
59
16.4
64.6
8
43
9
4.8
2.9
0
21Tony Hill
T. Hill
953
1981
16
46
20.7
59.6
4
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
22Duriel Harris
D. Harris
911
1981
15
53
17.2
60.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Dan Ross
D. Ross
910
1981
16
71
12.8
56.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
24Art Monk
A. Monk
894
1981
16
56
16.0
55.9
6
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
25Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
884
1981
16
58
15.2
55.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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