who led the nfl in receiving in 1970

Gene Washington had the most yards on receptions in 1970, with 1,100 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Gene Washington
G. Washington
1,100
1970
13
53
20.8
84.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
2Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
1,036
1970
14
57
18.2
74.0
8
19
3
6.3
1.4
0
3Dick Gordon
D. Gordon
1,026
1970
14
71
14.5
73.3
13
17
4
4.3
1.2
0
4Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
1,006
1970
14
44
22.9
71.9
12
7
4
1.8
0.5
0
5John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
952
1970
14
45
21.2
68.0
5
68
5
13.6
4.9
1
6Warren Wells
W. Wells
935
1970
14
43
21.7
66.8
11
34
3
11.3
2.4
0
7Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
906
1970
14
55
16.5
64.7
5
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
8Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
889
1970
13
34
26.1
68.4
10
34
4
8.5
2.6
1
9Jack Snow
J. Snow
859
1970
14
51
16.8
61.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
10Carroll Dale
C. Dale
814
1970
14
49
16.6
58.1
2
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
11Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
768
1970
14
45
17.1
54.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
12Clifton McNeil
C. McNeil
764
1970
14
50
15.3
54.6
4
7
4
1.8
0.5
0
13Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
749
1970
14
44
17.0
53.5
7
47
4
11.8
3.4
0
14Eddie Hinton
E. Hinton
733
1970
13
47
15.6
56.4
5
58
5
11.6
4.5
2
15Haven Moses
H. Moses
726
1970
14
39
18.6
51.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
16Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
703
1970
11
28
25.1
63.9
6
13
2
6.5
1.2
0
17Gene Washington
G. Washington
702
1970
14
44
16.0
50.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
18Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
691
1970
14
30
23.0
49.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
19Jackie Smith
J. Smith
687
1970
14
37
18.6
49.1
4
43
5
8.6
3.1
0
20Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
650
1970
14
44
14.8
46.4
6
23
5
4.6
1.6
1
21Al Denson
A. Denson
646
1970
14
47
13.7
46.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
618
1970
13
34
18.2
47.5
3
13
3
4.3
1.0
0
23Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
613
1970
14
41
15.0
43.8
5
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
24Ben Hawkins
B. Hawkins
612
1970
14
30
20.4
43.7
4
3
2
1.5
0.2
0
25Milt Morin
M. Morin
611
1970
14
37
16.5
43.6
1
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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