1981 NFC Receiving Yards per Game Leaders

Receiving yards per game played

Alfred Jenkins led the NFC in receiving yards per game in 1981 with 84.9, 4.0 ahead of James Lofton (80.9).

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84.9 Receiving Yards per Game 4.0 clear of James Lofton

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#	Player	Team	Y/G	G	REC	YDS	TD
1	Alfred Jenkins	ATL	84.9	16	70	1,358	13
2	James Lofton	GB	80.9	16	71	1,294	8
3	Kevin House	TB	73.5	16	56	1,176	9
4	Dwight Clark	SF	69.1	16	85	1,105	4
5	Pat Tilley	SLC	65.0	16	66	1,040	3
6	Freddie Solomon	SF	64.6	15	59	969	8
7	Harold Carmichael	PHI	64.3	16	61	1,028	6
8	Freddie Scott	DET	63.9	16	53	1,022	5
9	Joe Senser	MIN	62.8	16	79	1,004	8
10	Sammy White	MIN	62.6	16	66	1,001	3
11	Tony Hill	DAL	59.6	16	46	953	4
12	Art Monk	WAS	55.9	16	56	894	6
13	Ahmad Rashad	MIN	55.3	16	58	884	7
14	Preston Dennard	LAN	54.7	15	49	821	4
15	Johnny Perkins	NYG	53.6	16	51	858	6
16	Jimmie Giles	TB	49.1	16	45	786	6
17	John Jefferson	GB	48.6	13	39	632	4
18	William Andrews	ATL	45.9	16	81	735	2
19	Roy Green	SLC	44.3	16	33	708	4
20	Ted Brown	MIN	43.4	16	83	694	2
21	Paul Coffman	GB	42.9	16	55	687	4
22	Joe Washington	WAS	39.9	14	70	558	3
23	Drew Pearson	DAL	38.4	16	38	614	3
24	Alfred Jackson	ATL	37.8	16	37	604	6
25	Terry Metcalf	WAS	37.2	16	48	595	0
26	Ken Margerum	CHI	36.5	16	39	584	1
27	Charlie Smith	PHI	35.3	16	38	564	4
28	Wilbert Montgomery	PHI	34.7	15	49	521	2
29	Brian Baschnagel	CHI	34.6	16	34	554	3
30	Leonard Thompson	DET	34.4	16	30	550	3
31	James Wilder	TB	31.7	16	48	507	1
32	Gerry Ellis	GB	31.2	16	65	499	3
33	David Hill	DET	30.8	15	33	462	4
34	Billy Waddy	LAN	30.7	15	31	460	0
35	Earl Cooper	SF	29.8	16	51	477	0
36	Wendell Tyler	LAN	29.1	15	45	436	5
37	Gary Shirk	NYG	27.8	16	42	445	3
38	Wallace Francis	ATL	27.6	16	30	441	4
39	Lynn Cain	ATL	26.3	16	55	421	2
40	Charle Young	SF	25.0	16	37	400	5
41	Junior Miller	ATL	24.9	16	32	398	3
42	Ottis Anderson	SLC	24.2	16	51	387	0
43	Wayne Wilson	NO	24.0	16	31	384	4
44	Walter Payton	CHI	23.7	16	41	379	2
45	Ron Springs	DAL	22.4	16	46	359	2
46	Billy Campfield	PHI	20.4	16	36	326	3
47	Tony Dorsett	DAL	20.3	16	32	325	2
48	Rob Carpenter	NYG	20.1	14	37	281	1
49	Rickey Young	MIN	18.5	16	43	296	2
50	Jack Holmes	NO	12.9	16	38	206	0