who led the nfl in receptions in 1978

Rickey Young had the most receptions in 1978, with 88 receptions.

NAMERECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rickey Young
R. Young
88
1978
16
704
8.0
44.0
5
417
134
3.1
26.1
1
2Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
74
1978
16
582
7.9
36.4
2
635
186
3.4
39.7
5
3Steve Largent
S. Largent
71
1978
16
1,168
16.5
73.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
4Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
66
1978
16
769
11.7
48.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
5Dave Casper
D. Casper
62
1978
16
852
13.7
53.3
9
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
6Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
62
1978
16
900
14.5
56.3
3
32
1
32.0
2.0
0
7Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
61
1978
14
396
6.5
28.3
2
749
237
3.2
53.5
5
8Lynn Swann
L. Swann
61
1978
16
880
14.4
55.0
11
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
9Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
57
1978
16
500
8.8
31.3
2
820
214
3.8
51.3
3
10John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
56
1978
14
1,001
17.9
71.5
13
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
11Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
55
1978
16
1,072
19.5
67.0
8
21
1
21.0
1.3
0
12Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
54
1978
16
829
15.4
51.8
6
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
13Henry Childs
H. Childs
53
1978
16
869
16.4
54.3
4
-4
2
-2.0
-0.3
0
14David Hill
D. Hill
53
1978
16
633
11.9
39.6
4
12
3
4.0
0.8
0
15Sammy White
S. White
53
1978
16
741
14.0
46.3
9
30
5
6.0
1.9
0
16Willie Miller
W. Miller
50
1978
16
767
15.3
47.9
5
-7
1
-7.0
-0.4
0
17Walter Payton
W. Payton
50
1978
16
480
9.6
30.0
0
1,395
333
4.2
87.2
11
18Cliff Branch
C. Branch
49
1978
16
709
14.5
44.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Ron Jessie
R. Jessie
49
1978
16
752
15.3
47.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Horace King
H. King
48
1978
15
396
8.3
26.4
2
660
155
4.3
44.0
4
21Nat Moore
N. Moore
48
1978
16
645
13.4
40.3
10
-3
4
-0.8
-0.2
0
22Tony Reed
T. Reed
48
1978
16
483
10.1
30.2
1
1,053
206
5.1
65.8
5
23Wesley Walker
W. Walker
48
1978
16
1,169
24.4
73.1
8
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
24Ken Burrough
K. Burrough
47
1978
16
624
13.3
39.0
2
-11
3
-3.7
-0.7
0
25Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
47
1978
16
737
15.7
46.1
3
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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