1981 Receiving Yards Leaders

Yards gained receiving

#	Player	Team	G	REC	TGT	YDS	Y/R	TD	1D	CTH%
1	Alfred Jenkins	ATL	16	70	—	1,358	19.40	13	—	—
2	James Lofton	GB	16	71	—	1,294	18.23	8	—	—
3	Frank Lewis	BUF	16	70	—	1,244	17.77	4	—	—
4	Steve Watson	DEN	16	60	—	1,244	20.73	13	—	—
5	Steve Largent	SEA	16	75	—	1,224	16.32	9	—	—
6	Charlie Joiner	SD	16	70	—	1,188	16.97	7	—	—
7	Kevin House	TB	16	56	—	1,176	21.00	9	—	—
8	Wes Chandler	SD	16	69	—	1,142	16.55	6	—	—
9	Dwight Clark	SF	16	85	—	1,105	13.00	4	—	—
10	John Stallworth	PIT	16	63	—	1,098	17.43	5	—	—
11	Kellen Winslow	SD	16	88	—	1,075	12.22	10	—	—
12	Pat Tilley	SLC	16	66	—	1,040	15.76	3	—	—
13	Stanley Morgan	NE	13	44	—	1,029	23.39	6	—	—
14	Harold Carmichael	PHI	16	61	—	1,028	16.85	6	—	—
15	Freddie Scott	DET	16	53	—	1,022	19.28	5	—	—
16	Cris Collinsworth	CIN	16	67	—	1,009	15.06	8	—	—
17	Joe Senser	MIN	16	79	—	1,004	12.71	8	—	—
18	Ozzie Newsome	CLE	16	69	—	1,002	14.52	6	—	—
19	Sammy White	MIN	16	66	—	1,001	15.17	3	—	—
20	Freddie Solomon	SF	15	59	—	969	16.42	8	—	—
21	Tony Hill	DAL	16	46	—	953	20.72	4	—	—
22	Duriel Harris	MIA	15	53	—	911	17.19	2	—	—
23	Dan Ross	CIN	16	71	—	910	12.82	5	—	—
24	Art Monk	WAS	16	56	—	894	15.96	6	—	—
25	Ahmad Rashad	MIN	16	58	—	884	15.24	7	—	—
26	Johnny Perkins	NYG	16	51	—	858	16.82	6	—	—
27	J.T. Smith	KC	16	63	—	852	13.52	2	—	—
28	Jerry Butler	BUF	16	55	—	842	15.31	8	—	—
29	Ray Butler	BAC	16	46	—	832	18.09	9	—	—
30	Preston Dennard	LAN	15	49	—	821	16.76	4	—	—
31	Don Hasselbeck	NE	14	46	—	808	17.57	6	—	—
32	Jimmie Giles	TB	16	45	—	786	17.47	6	—	—
33	Wesley Walker	NYJ	13	47	—	770	16.38	9	—	—
34	William Andrews	ATL	16	81	—	735	9.07	2	—	—
35	Roy Green	SLC	16	33	—	708	21.46	4	—	—
36	Ted Brown	MIN	16	83	—	694	8.36	2	—	—
37	Paul Coffman	GB	16	55	—	687	12.49	4	—	—
38	Derrick Ramsey	OAK	16	52	—	674	12.96	4	—	—
39	Harold Jackson	NE	16	39	—	669	17.15	0	—	—
40	Ken Burrough	HOO	16	40	—	668	16.70	7	—	—
41	Ricky Feacher	CLE	16	29	—	654	22.55	3	—	—
42	Greg Pruitt	CLE	15	65	—	636	9.79	4	—	—
43	Cliff Branch	OAK	16	41	—	635	15.49	1	—	—
44	John Jefferson	GB	13	39	—	632	16.21	4	—	—
45	Jimmy Cefalo	MIA	16	29	—	631	21.76	3	—	—
46	Henry Marshall	KC	12	38	—	620	16.32	4	—	—
47	Drew Pearson	DAL	16	38	—	614	16.16	3	—	—
48	Isaac Curtis	CIN	15	37	—	609	16.46	2	—	—
49	Alfred Jackson	ATL	16	37	—	604	16.32	6	—	—
50	Joe Cribbs	BUF	15	40	—	603	15.08	7	—	—