most receiving yards 1970's wr nfc

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Gene Washington had the most yards on receptions by an NFC wide receiver, with 6,145 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Gene Washington
G. Washington
6,145
126
334
18.4
48.8
57
27
5
5.4
0.2
0
2Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
5,968
112
350
17.1
53.3
48
129
20
6.5
1.2
0
3Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
5,804
111
387
15.0
52.3
55
63
8
7.9
0.6
0
4Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
5,713
101
335
17.1
56.6
31
115
14
8.2
1.1
0
5Mel Gray
M. Gray
5,591
112
280
20.0
49.9
40
153
13
11.8
1.4
1
6John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
5,511
110
284
19.4
50.1
38
220
25
8.8
2.0
2
7Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
4,186
86
309
13.5
48.7
28
44
9
4.9
0.5
0
8Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
4,077
84
295
13.8
48.5
37
48
6
8.0
0.6
0
9Ron Jessie
R. Jessie
4,022
107
246
16.3
37.6
25
100
18
5.6
0.9
2
10Sammy White
S. White
3,122
59
187
16.7
52.9
32
26
11
2.4
0.4
0
11Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
3,119
83
208
15.0
37.6
16
14
3
4.7
0.2
0
12Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
3,060
69
192
15.9
44.3
19
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
13Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
3,040
59
170
17.9
51.5
19
7
2
3.5
0.1
0
14Jack Snow
J. Snow
2,850
80
162
17.6
35.6
22
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
15Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
2,668
64
152
17.6
41.7
21
25
6
4.2
0.4
0
16Bob Grim
B. Grim
2,651
105
178
14.9
25.2
14
117
7
16.7
1.1
0
17Don Herrmann
D. Herrmann
2,616
88
201
13.0
29.7
11
-8
4
-2.0
-0.1
0
18Ike Harris
I. Harris
2,580
69
172
15.0
37.4
10
31
4
7.8
0.4
0
19Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
2,526
68
119
21.2
37.1
22
58
11
5.3
0.9
1
20Larry Walton
L. Walton
2,514
81
157
16.0
31.0
26
121
11
11.0
1.5
1
21Frank Grant
F. Grant
2,486
85
149
16.7
29.2
18
27
5
5.4
0.3
0
22James Scott
J. Scott
2,462
50
139
17.7
49.2
17
-4
2
-2.0
-0.1
0
23Wally Francis
W. Francis
2,392
74
160
15.0
32.3
16
7
8
0.9
0.1
0
24Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
2,309
59
150
15.4
39.1
10
32
1
32.0
0.5
0
25Golden Richards
G. Richards
2,136
86
122
17.5
24.8
17
15
5
3.0
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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