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1974 NFC Yards per Reception Leaders

Receiving yards per catch

1974 wide receivers only → All-time career leaders →

Gene Washington led the NFC in yards per reception with 21.21 in 1974, 1.47 ahead of Mel Gray (19.74).

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Showing players who met 1.875 receptions per team game. Show all players

Gene Washington Led the NFC in 1974 Gene Washington SF
21.21 Yards per Reception 1.47 clear of Mel Gray
Showing Yards per Reception and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team Y/R G REC YDS TD
1 Gene Washington Gene Washington SF 21.21 14 29 615 6
2 Mel Gray Mel Gray SLC 19.74 14 39 770 6
3 Jim Lash MIN 19.72 14 32 631 0
4 Bob Newland Bob Newland NO 18.15 14 27 490 2
5 Drew Pearson Drew Pearson DAL 17.53 14 62 1,087 2
6 Charlie Wade CHI 17.51 14 39 683 1
7 Harold Jackson Harold Jackson LAN 17.13 14 30 514 5
8 Bob Grim NYG 16.64 14 28 466 2
9 Billy DuPree DAL 16.07 14 29 466 4
10 Walker Gillette NYG 16.07 11 29 466 3
11 Ken Burrow Ken Burrow ATL 16.03 14 34 545 1
12 Jim Mitchell ATL 15.97 14 30 479 1
13 Roy Jefferson Roy Jefferson WAS 15.21 14 43 654 4
14 Earl Thomas SLC 15.09 14 34 513 5
15 Rich McGeorge GB 14.67 14 30 440 0
16 Paul Seal Paul Seal NO 14.56 14 32 466 3
17 Ron Jessie Ron Jessie DET 14.09 12 54 761 3
18 Jon Staggers GB 14.06 14 32 450 0
19 Bo Rather CHI 13.79 13 29 400 3
20 Charley Taylor Charley Taylor WAS 13.67 14 54 738 5
21 Larry Walton DET 13.03 13 31 404 3
22 Charlie Sanders DET 12.67 14 42 532 3
23 Jerry Smith Jerry Smith WAS 12.59 14 44 554 3
24 Don Zimmerman PHI 12.27 14 30 368 2
25 Bob Tucker Bob Tucker NYG 12.10 13 41 496 2
26 Harold Carmichael Harold Carmichael PHI 11.59 14 56 649 8
27 Joel Parker NO 11.10 14 41 455 4
28 Chuck Foreman Chuck Foreman MIN 11.06 13 53 586 6
29 Charle Young Charle Young PHI 11.05 14 63 696 3
30 Larry Brown Larry Brown WAS 10.49 11 37 388 4
31 Lawrence McCutcheon Lawrence McCutcheon LAN 10.46 14 39 408 2
32 Altie Taylor Altie Taylor DET 9.77 13 30 293 1
33 MacArthur Lane MacArthur Lane GB 9.26 14 34 315 3
34 Stu Voigt MIN 8.38 14 32 268 5
35 Tom Sullivan Tom Sullivan PHI 8.00 14 39 312 1
36 Terry Metcalf Terry Metcalf SLC 7.54 14 50 377 1
37 Walt Garrison Walt Garrison DAL 7.44 14 34 253 1
38 John Brockington John Brockington GB 7.30 14 43 314 0
39 Norm Bulaich Norm Bulaich PHI 7.29 11 28 204 0
40 Larry Schreiber SF 7.23 14 30 217 1
41 Joe Dawkins NYG 7.22 14 46 332 3
42 Ken Grandberry CHI 7.07 14 30 212 0
43 Alvin Maxson NO 7.00 14 42 294 1
44 Po James PHI 6.97 11 33 230 0
45 Dave Osborn Dave Osborn MIN 6.76 13 29 196 0
46 Art Malone Art Malone ATL 6.00 13 28 168 0