who led the nfl in receptions in 1981

Kellen Winslow had the most receptions in 1981, with 88 receptions.

NAMERECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
88
1981
16
1,075
12.2
67.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
2Dwight Clark
D. Clark
85
1981
16
1,105
13.0
69.1
4
32
3
10.7
2.0
0
3Ted Brown
T. Brown
83
1981
16
694
8.4
43.4
2
1,063
274
3.9
66.4
6
4William Andrews
W. Andrews
81
1981
16
735
9.1
45.9
2
1,301
289
4.5
81.3
10
5Joe Senser
J. Senser
79
1981
16
1,004
12.7
62.8
8
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
6Steve Largent
S. Largent
75
1981
16
1,224
16.3
76.5
9
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
7James Lofton
J. Lofton
71
1981
16
1,294
18.2
80.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
8Dan Ross
D. Ross
71
1981
16
910
12.8
56.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
70
1981
16
1,358
19.4
84.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
10Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
70
1981
16
1,188
17.0
74.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
11Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
70
1981
16
1,244
17.8
77.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Joe Washington
J. Washington
70
1981
14
558
8.0
39.9
3
916
210
4.4
65.4
4
13Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
69
1981
TOT
16
1,142
16.6
71.4
6
-1
5
-0.2
-0.1
0
14Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
69
1981
16
1,002
14.5
62.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
15Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
67
1981
16
1,009
15.1
63.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
16Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
66
1981
16
1,040
15.8
65.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
17Sammy White
S. White
66
1981
16
1,001
15.2
62.6
3
-1
2
-0.5
-0.1
0
18Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
65
1981
16
499
7.7
31.2
3
860
196
4.4
53.8
4
19Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
65
1981
15
636
9.8
42.4
4
124
31
4.0
8.3
0
20Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
63
1981
16
442
7.0
27.6
1
1,103
247
4.5
68.9
7
21J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
63
1981
16
852
13.5
53.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
22John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
63
1981
16
1,098
17.4
68.6
5
17
1
17.0
1.1
0
23Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
61
1981
16
1,028
16.9
64.3
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
24Steve Watson
S. Watson
60
1981
16
1,244
20.7
77.8
13
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
25Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
59
1981
15
969
16.4
64.6
8
43
9
4.8
2.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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