who led the nfl in receiving in 1978

Wesley Walker had the most yards on receptions in 1978, with 1,169 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Wesley Walker
W. Walker
1,169
1978
16
48
24.4
73.1
8
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
2Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,168
1978
16
71
16.5
73.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
3Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
1,072
1978
16
55
19.5
67.0
8
21
1
21.0
1.3
0
4John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,001
1978
14
56
17.9
71.5
13
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
5Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
900
1978
16
62
14.5
56.3
3
32
1
32.0
2.0
0
6Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
893
1978
15
43
20.8
59.5
8
14
2
7.0
0.9
0
7Lynn Swann
L. Swann
880
1978
16
61
14.4
55.0
11
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
8Mel Gray
M. Gray
871
1978
13
44
19.8
67.0
1
51
5
10.2
3.9
1
9Henry Childs
H. Childs
869
1978
16
53
16.4
54.3
4
-4
2
-2.0
-0.3
0
10Dave Casper
D. Casper
852
1978
16
62
13.7
53.3
9
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
11Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
829
1978
16
54
15.4
51.8
6
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
12Tony Hill
T. Hill
823
1978
16
46
17.9
51.4
6
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
13Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
820
1978
16
34
24.1
51.3
5
11
2
5.5
0.7
0
14James Lofton
J. Lofton
818
1978
16
46
17.8
51.1
6
13
3
4.3
0.8
0
15John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
798
1978
16
41
19.5
49.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
16Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
769
1978
16
66
11.7
48.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Willie Miller
W. Miller
767
1978
16
50
15.3
47.9
5
-7
1
-7.0
-0.4
0
18James Scott
J. Scott
759
1978
15
42
18.1
50.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Ron Jessie
R. Jessie
752
1978
16
49
15.3
47.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Haven Moses
H. Moses
744
1978
16
37
20.1
46.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
743
1978
16
37
20.1
46.4
6
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
22Sammy White
S. White
741
1978
16
53
14.0
46.3
9
30
5
6.0
1.9
0
23Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
737
1978
16
47
15.7
46.1
3
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
24Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
735
1978
15
41
17.9
49.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
25Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
714
1978
16
44
16.2
44.6
3
29
3
9.7
1.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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