what wide reciever had the most yards by 1980

John Jefferson had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in 1980, with 1,340 yards.

Interpreted as:
What wide reciever had the most receiving yards by 1980?
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,340
1980
16
82
16.3
83.8
13
16
1
16.0
1.0
0
2James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,226
1980
16
71
17.3
76.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
3Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
1,132
1980
16
71
15.9
70.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
4Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
1,095
1980
16
69
15.9
68.4
5
8
1
8.0
0.5
0
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,064
1980
16
66
16.1
66.5
6
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
6Tony Hill
T. Hill
1,055
1980
16
60
17.6
65.9
8
27
4
6.8
1.7
0
7Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
1,035
1980
16
58
17.8
64.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
8Dwight Clark
D. Clark
991
1980
16
82
12.1
61.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
991
1980
16
45
22.0
61.9
6
36
4
9.0
2.3
0
10Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
975
1980
16
65
15.0
60.9
6
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
11Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
966
1980
14
68
14.2
69.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
12Roger Carr
R. Carr
924
1980
16
61
15.1
57.8
5
-8
1
-8.0
-0.5
0
13Sammy White
S. White
887
1980
16
53
16.7
55.4
5
65
4
16.3
4.1
0
14Sam McCullum
S. McCullum
874
1980
16
62
14.1
54.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
15Wally Francis
W. Francis
862
1980
16
54
16.0
53.9
7
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
16Cliff Branch
C. Branch
858
1980
16
44
19.5
53.6
7
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
17Freddie Scott
F. Scott
834
1980
16
53
15.7
52.1
4
86
5
17.2
5.4
1
18Jerry Butler
J. Butler
832
1980
16
57
14.6
52.0
6
18
1
18.0
1.1
0
19Charlie Smith
C. Smith
825
1980
16
47
17.6
51.6
3
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
20Dave Logan
D. Logan
822
1980
16
51
16.1
51.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
21Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
815
1980
16
48
17.0
50.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
22Henry Marshall
H. Marshall
799
1980
16
47
17.0
49.9
6
22
3
7.3
1.4
0
23Art Monk
A. Monk
797
1980
16
58
13.7
49.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
24Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
786
1980
16
49
16.0
49.1
10
0
0
0.0
0
25Earnest Gray
E. Gray
777
1980
16
52
14.9
48.6
10
0
0
0.0
0
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