what wide reciever had the most yards by 1982

Wes Chandler had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in 1982, with 1,032 yards.

Interpreted as:
What wide reciever had the most receiving yards by 1982?
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
1,032
1982
8
49
21.1
129.0
9
32
5
6.4
4.0
0
2Dwight Clark
D. Clark
913
1982
9
60
15.2
101.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
700
1982
9
49
14.3
77.8
1
-11
1
-11.0
-1.2
0
4James Lofton
J. Lofton
696
1982
9
35
19.9
77.3
4
101
4
25.3
11.2
1
5Charlie Brown
C. Brown
690
1982
9
32
21.6
76.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
6Wesley Walker
W. Walker
620
1982
9
39
15.9
68.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
7Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
584
1982
9
28
20.9
64.9
3
3
2
1.5
0.3
0
8Cliff Branch
C. Branch
575
1982
9
30
19.2
63.9
4
10
2
5.0
1.1
0
9Steve Watson
S. Watson
555
1982
9
36
15.4
61.7
2
-4
1
-4.0
-0.4
0
10Henry Marshall
H. Marshall
549
1982
9
40
13.7
61.0
3
25
3
8.3
2.8
0
11Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
545
1982
9
36
15.1
60.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
540
1982
9
35
15.4
60.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Tony Hill
T. Hill
526
1982
9
35
15.0
58.4
1
22
1
22.0
2.4
0
14Sammy White
S. White
503
1982
7
29
17.3
71.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
15Carlos Carson
C. Carson
494
1982
9
27
18.3
54.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
16Steve Largent
S. Largent
493
1982
8
34
14.5
61.6
3
8
1
8.0
1.0
0
17Ron Smith
R. Smith
475
1982
9
34
14.0
52.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
465
1982
9
36
12.9
51.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Roy Green
R. Green
453
1982
9
32
14.2
50.3
3
8
6
1.3
0.9
0
20John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
452
1982
8
27
16.7
56.5
0
16
2
8.0
2.0
0
21Art Monk
A. Monk
447
1982
9
35
12.8
49.7
1
21
7
3.0
2.3
0
22Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
443
1982
8
28
15.8
55.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
23John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
441
1982
9
27
16.3
49.0
7
9
1
9.0
1.0
0
24Kevin House
K. House
438
1982
9
28
15.6
48.7
2
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
25Johnny Perkins
J. Perkins
430
1982
8
26
16.5
53.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
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