who led the nfl in receiving in 1978

Wesley Walker had the most yards on receptions in 1978, with 1,169 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 Wesley Walker
W. Walker
1,169
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
48
24.4
73.1
8
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
2 Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,168
1978
SEA SEA
16
71
16.5
73.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
3 Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
1,072
1978
PHI PHI
16
55
19.5
67.0
8
21
1
21.0
1.3
0
4 John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,001
1978
SD SD
14
56
17.9
71.5
13
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
5 Pat Tilley
P. Tilley
900
1978
STL STL
16
62
14.5
56.3
3
32
1
32.0
2.0
0
6 Reggie Rucker
R. Rucker
893
1978
CLE CLE
15
43
20.8
59.5
8
14
2
7.0
0.9
0
7 Lynn Swann
L. Swann
880
1978
PIT PIT
16
61
14.4
55.0
11
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
8 Mel Gray
M. Gray
871
1978
STL STL
13
44
19.8
67.0
1
51
5
10.2
3.9
1
9 Henry Childs
H. Childs
869
1978
NO NO
16
53
16.4
54.3
4
-4
2
-2.0
-0.3
0
10 Dave Casper
D. Casper
852
1978
OAK OAK
16
62
13.7
53.3
9
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
11 Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
829
1978
DEN DEN
16
54
15.4
51.8
6
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
12 Tony Hill
T. Hill
823
1978
DAL DAL
16
46
17.9
51.4
6
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
13 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
820
1978
NE NE
16
34
24.1
51.3
5
11
2
5.5
0.7
0
14 James Lofton
J. Lofton
818
1978
GB GB
16
46
17.8
51.1
6
13
3
4.3
0.8
0
15 John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
798
1978
PIT PIT
16
41
19.5
49.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
16 Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
769
1978
MIN MIN
16
66
11.7
48.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
17 Willie Miller
W. Miller
767
1978
LA LA
16
50
15.3
47.9
5
-7
1
-7.0
-0.4
0
18 James Scott
J. Scott
759
1978
CHI CHI
15
42
18.1
50.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
19 Ron Jessie
R. Jessie
752
1978
LA LA
16
49
15.3
47.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
20 Haven Moses
H. Moses
744
1978
DEN DEN
16
37
20.1
46.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
21 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
743
1978
NE NE
16
37
20.1
46.4
6
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
22 Sammy White
S. White
741
1978
MIN MIN
16
53
14.0
46.3
9
30
5
6.0
1.9
0
23 Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
737
1978
CIN CIN
16
47
15.7
46.1
3
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
24 Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
735
1978
BUF BUF
15
41
17.9
49.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
25 Drew Pearson
D. Pearson
714
1978
DAL DAL
16
44
16.2
44.6
3
29
3
9.7
1.8
0
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2
0
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.588
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7
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9
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.471
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2
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.882
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6
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.647