who led the nfl in receiving in 1977

Drew Pearson had the most receiving yards in 1977, with 870 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
870
1977
14
48
18.1
62.1
2
22
2
11.0
1.6
0
2Ken Burrough
K. Burrough
816
1977
14
43
19.0
58.3
8
10
4
2.5
0.7
0
3James Scott
J. Scott
809
1977
14
50
16.2
57.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
4Lynn Swann
L. Swann
789
1977
14
50
15.8
56.4
7
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
5John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
784
1977
14
44
17.8
56.0
7
47
6
7.8
3.4
0
6Mel Gray
M. Gray
782
1977
14
38
20.6
55.9
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
7Billy Brooks
B. Brooks
772
1977
14
39
19.8
55.1
4
-4
2
-2.0
-0.3
0
8Nat Moore
N. Moore
765
1977
14
52
14.7
54.6
12
89
14
6.4
6.4
1
9Sammy White
S. White
760
1977
14
41
18.5
54.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
10Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
745
1977
14
60
12.4
53.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Wesley Walker
W. Walker
740
1977
14
35
21.1
52.9
3
25
3
8.3
1.8
0
12Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
681
1977
14
51
13.4
48.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
13Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
677
1977
14
39
17.4
48.4
4
7
2
3.5
0.5
0
14Walter White
W. White
674
1977
13
48
14.0
51.8
5
-3
2
-1.5
-0.2
0
15Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
666
1977
14
48
13.9
47.6
6
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
16Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
665
1977
14
46
14.5
47.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
17Darryl Stingley
D. Stingley
657
1977
14
39
16.8
46.9
5
33
3
11.0
2.4
1
18Morris Owens
M. Owens
655
1977
14
34
19.3
46.8
3
-2
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
19Reuben Gant
R. Gant
646
1977
14
41
15.8
46.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Steve Largent
S. Largent
643
1977
14
33
19.5
45.9
10
0
0
0.0
0
21Gene Washington
G. Washington
638
1977
14
32
19.9
45.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
22Jean Fugett
J. Fugett
631
1977
14
36
17.5
45.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
23Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
620
1977
14
71
8.7
44.3
4
1,159
301
3.9
82.8
3
24Duriel Harris
D. Harris
601
1977
14
34
17.7
42.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
25Dave Casper
D. Casper
584
1977
14
48
12.2
41.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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