who led the nfl in receiving in 1971

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

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