who led the nfl in receiving in 1972

Harold Jackson had the most yards on receptions in 1972, with 1,048 yards.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
1,048
1972
PHI PHI
14
62
16.9
74.9
4
76
9
8.4
5.4
0
2 John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
1,035
1972
MIN MIN
14
47
22.0
73.9
7
14
8
1.8
1.0
0
3 Gene Washington
G. Washington
918
1972
SF SF
14
46
20.0
65.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
4 Rich Caster
R. Caster
833
1972
NYJ NYJ
14
39
21.4
59.5
10
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
5 Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
821
1972
KC KC
14
57
14.4
58.6
6
13
5
2.6
0.9
0
6 Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
802
1972
OAK OAK
14
58
13.8
57.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
7 Chip Myers
C. Myers
792
1972
CIN CIN
14
57
13.9
56.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
8 Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
764
1972
NYG NYG
14
55
13.9
54.6
4
6
3
2.0
0.4
1
9 J.D. Hill
J.D. Hill
754
1972
BUF BUF
14
52
14.5
53.9
5
11
1
11.0
0.8
0
10 Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
751
1972
SF SF
14
40
18.8
53.6
9
11
5
2.2
0.8
0
11 Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
744
1972
SD SD
14
52
14.3
53.1
7
-6
2
-3.0
-0.4
0
12 Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
681
1972
NE NE
14
44
15.5
48.6
3
5
3
1.7
0.4
0
13 Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
673
1972
WAS WAS
14
49
13.7
48.1
7
39
3
13.0
2.8
0
14 Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
669
1972
PIT PIT
14
38
17.6
47.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
15 Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
668
1972
NO NO
13
38
17.6
51.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
16 Rod Sherman
R. Sherman
661
1972
DEN DEN
14
38
17.4
47.2
3
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
17 Ron Sellers
R. Sellers
653
1972
DAL DAL
14
31
21.1
46.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
18 Eddie Bell
E. Bell
629
1972
NYJ NYJ
13
35
18.0
48.4
2
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
19 Frank Pitts
F. Pitts
620
1972
CLE CLE
14
36
17.2
44.3
8
29
3
9.7
2.1
0
20 Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
606
1972
MIA MIA
12
29
20.9
50.5
3
23
4
5.8
1.9
0
21 Jack Snow
J. Snow
590
1972
LA LA
14
30
19.7
42.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
22 Art Malone
A. Malone
585
1972
ATL ATL
14
50
11.7
41.8
2
798
180
4.4
57.0
8
23 Bob Newland
B. Newland
579
1972
NO NO
14
47
12.3
41.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
24 Raymond Chester
R. Chester
576
1972
OAK OAK
13
34
16.9
44.3
8
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
25 Sam Havrilak
S. Havrilak
571
1972
BAL BAL
14
33
17.3
40.8
4
72
12
6.0
5.1
2
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14
3
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10
0
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14
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3
0
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Commanders Commanders
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Lions Lions
15
2
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3
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7
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9
0
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2
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6
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