who led the nfl in receiving yards between 1975 to 1982

From 1975 through 1982, Charlie Joiner had the most yards on receptions, with 6,804 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	6,804	115	404	16.8	59.2	34	-12	1	-12.0	-0.1	0
2	Steve Largent S. Largent	6,534	99	399	16.4	66.0	49	43	12	3.6	0.4	1
3	Cliff Branch C. Branch	6,165	112	353	17.5	55.0	46	45	9	5.0	0.4	0
4	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	6,134	115	388	15.8	53.3	57	28	4	7.0	0.2	0
5	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	5,802	114	358	16.2	50.9	39	170	16	10.6	1.5	0
6	Alfred Jenkins A. Jenkins	5,780	100	322	18.0	57.8	39	7	2	3.5	0.1	0
7	Sammy White S. White	5,513	98	335	16.5	56.3	45	90	17	5.3	0.9	0
8	Ahmad Rashad A. Rashad	5,489	98	400	13.7	56.0	34	8	1	8.0	0.1	0
9	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	5,365	107	286	18.8	50.1	36	63	13	4.8	0.6	0
10	Lynn Swann L. Swann	5,254	104	325	16.2	50.5	49	58	10	5.8	0.6	1
11	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	5,035	93	283	17.8	54.1	43	120	8	15.0	1.3	1
12	Frank Lewis F. Lewis	5,029	101	278	18.1	49.8	25	54	6	9.0	0.5	1
13	James Lofton J. Lofton	5,002	73	277	18.1	68.5	26	113	8	14.1	1.5	1
14	Reggie Rucker R. Rucker	4,953	103	310	16.0	48.1	32	50	6	8.3	0.5	0
15	Ken Burrough K. Burrough	4,946	92	278	17.8	53.8	38	21	10	2.1	0.2	0
16	Isaac Curtis I. Curtis	4,919	107	287	17.1	46.0	32	25	15	1.7	0.2	0
17	Dave Casper D. Casper	4,910	113	350	14.0	43.5	47	27	6	4.5	0.2	0
18	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	4,869	84	216	22.5	58.0	35	120	18	6.7	1.4	0
19	Pat Tilley P. Tilley	4,780	98	320	14.9	48.8	21	32	1	32.0	0.3	0
20	Mel Gray M. Gray	4,765	98	262	18.2	48.6	28	98	13	7.5	1.0	1
21	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	4,690	72	283	16.6	65.1	29	50	13	3.8	0.7	0
22	Nat Moore N. Moore	4,678	107	302	15.5	43.7	46	219	35	6.3	2.0	1
23	Roger Carr R. Carr	4,630	100	248	18.7	46.3	31	-8	1	-8.0	-0.1	0
24	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	4,515	66	265	17.0	68.4	40	61	6	10.2	0.9	0
25	Tony Hill T. Hill	4,440	87	249	17.8	51.0	29	81	11	7.4	0.9	0

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Chiefs	4	0	1.000
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Sun 10/18	LAC	@	KC	4:25 PM
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Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
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