who led the nfl in receiving in 1981

Alfred Jenkins had the most receiving yards in 1981, with 1,358 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 Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
1,358
1981
ATL ATL
16
70
19.4
84.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
2 James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,294
1981
GB GB
16
71
18.2
80.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
3 Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
1,244
1981
BUF BUF
16
70
17.8
77.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
4 Steve Watson
S. Watson
1,244
1981
DEN DEN
16
60
20.7
77.8
13
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
5 Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,224
1981
SEA SEA
16
75
16.3
76.5
9
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
6 Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
1,188
1981
SD SD
16
70
17.0
74.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
7 Kevin House
K. House
1,176
1981
TB TB
16
56
21.0
73.5
9
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
8 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
1,142
1981
TOT
16
69
16.6
71.4
6
-1
5
-0.2
-0.1
0
9 Dwight Clark
D. Clark
1,105
1981
SF SF
16
85
13.0
69.1
4
32
3
10.7
2.0
0
10 John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
1,098
1981
PIT PIT
16
63
17.4
68.6
5
17
1
17.0
1.1
0
11 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,075
1981
SD SD
16
88
12.2
67.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
12 Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
1,040
1981
STL STL
16
66
15.8
65.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
13 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,029
1981
NE NE
13
44
23.4
79.2
6
21
2
10.5
1.6
0
14 Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
1,028
1981
PHI PHI
16
61
16.9
64.3
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
15 Freddie Scott
F. Scott
1,022
1981
DET DET
16
53
19.3
63.9
5
25
7
3.6
1.6
0
16 Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
1,009
1981
CIN CIN
16
67
15.1
63.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
17 Joe Senser
J. Senser
1,004
1981
MIN MIN
16
79
12.7
62.8
8
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
18 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
1,002
1981
CLE CLE
16
69
14.5
62.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
19 Sammy White
S. White
1,001
1981
MIN MIN
16
66
15.2
62.6
3
-1
2
-0.5
-0.1
0
20 Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
969
1981
SF SF
15
59
16.4
64.6
8
43
9
4.8
2.9
0
21 Tony Hill
T. Hill
953
1981
DAL DAL
16
46
20.7
59.6
4
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
22 Duriel Harris
D. Harris
911
1981
MIA MIA
15
53
17.2
60.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
23 Dan Ross
D. Ross
910
1981
CIN CIN
16
71
12.8
56.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
24 Art Monk
A. Monk
894
1981
WAS WAS
16
56
16.0
55.9
6
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
25 Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
884
1981
MIN MIN
16
58
15.2
55.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
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Sat
9/6
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