who led the nfl in receptions in 1979

Joe Washington made the most catches in 1979, with 82 catches.

NAMERECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Joe Washington
J. Washington
82
1979
15
750
9.1
50.0
3
884
242
3.7
58.9
4
2Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
80
1979
16
1,156
14.5
72.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
3Wally Francis
W. Francis
74
1979
16
1,013
13.7
63.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
4Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
72
1979
16
1,008
14.0
63.0
4
-12
1
-12.0
-0.8
0
5Rickey Young
R. Young
72
1979
16
519
7.2
32.4
4
708
188
3.8
44.3
3
6John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
70
1979
16
1,183
16.9
73.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
7Steve Largent
S. Largent
66
1979
15
1,237
18.7
82.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
8Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
65
1979
16
1,069
16.4
66.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
64
1979
16
937
14.6
58.6
7
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
10Freddie Scott
F. Scott
62
1979
14
929
15.0
66.4
5
21
6
3.5
1.5
0
11John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
61
1979
15
1,090
17.9
72.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Tony Hill
T. Hill
60
1979
16
1,062
17.7
66.4
10
18
2
9.0
1.1
0
13Cliff Branch
C. Branch
59
1979
14
844
14.3
60.3
6
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
14Dave Logan
D. Logan
59
1979
16
982
16.6
61.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
15Don Bass
D. Bass
58
1979
16
724
12.5
45.3
3
35
4
8.8
2.2
0
16Raymond Chester
R. Chester
58
1979
14
712
12.3
50.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
58
1979
15
484
8.3
32.3
1
708
189
3.7
47.2
9
18Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
58
1979
15
662
11.4
44.1
2
615
123
5.0
41.0
7
19Dave Casper
D. Casper
57
1979
15
771
13.5
51.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
57
1979
15
807
14.2
53.8
7
85
6
14.2
5.7
1
21Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
57
1979
16
938
16.5
58.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
22Paul Coffman
P. Coffman
56
1979
16
711
12.7
44.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
23Don McCauley
D. McCauley
55
1979
15
575
10.5
38.3
3
168
59
2.8
11.2
3
24Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
55
1979
16
781
14.2
48.8
9
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
25Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
55
1979
15
1,026
18.7
68.4
8
27
3
9.0
1.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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