who led the nfl in receiving in 1971

Otis Taylor had the most receiving yards in 1971, with 1,110 yards.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
1,110
1971
KC KC
14
57
19.5
79.3
7
25
1
25.0
1.8
1
2 Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
996
1971
MIA MIA
14
43
23.2
71.1
11
115
9
12.8
8.2
0
3 Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
929
1971
OAK OAK
14
61
15.2
66.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
4 Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
889
1971
SD SD
14
42
21.2
63.5
6
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
5 Gene Washington
G. Washington
884
1971
SF SF
14
46
19.2
63.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
6 Randy Vataha
R. Vataha
872
1971
NE NE
14
51
17.1
62.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
7 Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
840
1971
DAL DAL
14
35
24.0
60.0
8
18
3
6.0
1.3
0
8 John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
837
1971
STL STL
14
42
19.9
59.8
3
16
2
8.0
1.1
0
9 Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
791
1971
NYG NYG
12
59
13.4
65.9
4
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
10 Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
741
1971
ATL ATL
14
33
22.5
52.9
6
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
11 George Farmer
G. Farmer
737
1971
CHI CHI
14
46
16.0
52.6
5
11
1
11.0
0.8
0
12 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
716
1971
PHI PHI
14
47
15.2
51.1
3
41
5
8.2
2.9
0
13 Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
701
1971
WAS WAS
14
47
14.9
50.1
4
13
2
6.5
0.9
0
14 Bob Grim
B. Grim
691
1971
MIN MIN
14
45
15.4
49.4
7
127
6
21.2
9.1
0
15 Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
681
1971
HOU HOU
14
31
22.0
48.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
16 Jack Snow
J. Snow
666
1971
LA LA
14
37
18.0
47.6
5
-10
1
-10.0
-0.7
0
17 Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
664
1971
SF SF
14
52
12.8
47.4
5
62
6
10.3
4.4
0
18 Dave Smith
D. Smith
663
1971
PIT PIT
14
47
14.1
47.4
5
-10
1
-10.0
-0.7
0
19 Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
657
1971
NO NO
14
37
17.8
46.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
20 Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
652
1971
PIT PIT
14
49
13.3
46.6
6
1
2
0.5
0.1
0
21 Ben Hawkins
B. Hawkins
650
1971
PHI PHI
14
37
17.6
46.4
4
8
4
2.0
0.6
0
22 Fair Hooker
F. Hooker
649
1971
CLE CLE
14
45
14.4
46.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
23 Dick Gordon
D. Gordon
610
1971
CHI CHI
13
43
14.2
46.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
24 Billy Parks
B. Parks
609
1971
SD SD
10
41
14.9
60.9
4
77
5
15.4
7.7
0
25 Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
603
1971
BUF BUF
14
44
13.7
43.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
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