which wide receiver led the league in receiving in 1978

Wesley Walker had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in 1978, with 1,169 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Wesley Walker W. Walker	1,169	1978	NYJ	16	48	24.4	73.1	8	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
2	Steve Largent S. Largent	1,168	1978	SEA	16	71	16.5	73.0	8	0	0		0.0	0
3	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	1,072	1978	PHI	16	55	19.5	67.0	8	21	1	21.0	1.3	0
4	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,001	1978	SD	14	56	17.9	71.5	13	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
5	Pat Tilley P. Tilley	900	1978	STL	16	62	14.5	56.3	3	32	1	32.0	2.0	0
6	Reggie Rucker R. Rucker	893	1978	CLE	15	43	20.8	59.5	8	14	2	7.0	0.9	0
7	Lynn Swann L. Swann	880	1978	PIT	16	61	14.4	55.0	11	7	1	7.0	0.4	0
8	Mel Gray M. Gray	871	1978	STL	13	44	19.8	67.0	1	51	5	10.2	3.9	1
9	Tony Hill T. Hill	823	1978	DAL	16	46	17.9	51.4	6	17	3	5.7	1.1	0
10	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	820	1978	NE	16	34	24.1	51.3	5	11	2	5.5	0.7	0
11	James Lofton J. Lofton	818	1978	GB	16	46	17.8	51.1	6	13	3	4.3	0.8	0
12	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	798	1978	PIT	16	41	19.5	49.9	9	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ahmad Rashad A. Rashad	769	1978	MIN	16	66	11.7	48.1	8	0	0		0.0	0
14	Willie Miller W. Miller	767	1978	LA	16	50	15.3	47.9	5	-7	1	-7.0	-0.4	0
15	James Scott J. Scott	759	1978	CHI	15	42	18.1	50.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
16	Ron Jessie R. Jessie	752	1978	LA	16	49	15.3	47.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
17	Haven Moses H. Moses	744	1978	DEN	16	37	20.1	46.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	743	1978	NE	16	37	20.1	46.4	6	7	1	7.0	0.4	0
19	Sammy White S. White	741	1978	MIN	16	53	14.0	46.3	9	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
20	Isaac Curtis I. Curtis	737	1978	CIN	16	47	15.7	46.1	3	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
21	Frank Lewis F. Lewis	735	1978	BUF	15	41	17.9	49.0	7	0	0		0.0	0
22	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	714	1978	DAL	16	44	16.2	44.6	3	29	3	9.7	1.8	0
23	Cliff Branch C. Branch	709	1978	OAK	16	49	14.5	44.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Wally Francis W. Francis	695	1978	ATL	16	45	15.4	43.4	3	-11	2	-5.5	-0.7	0
25	Derrick Gaffney D. Gaffney	691	1978	NYJ	16	38	18.2	43.2	3	-2	2	-1.0	-0.1	0

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