| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 79 | 988 | 12.5 | 5 | 59 | Donny Anderson | GBN | 84 | 634 | 7.5 | 1 | 30 |
| Mike W. Richardson | HOU | 67 | 634 | 9.5 | 2 | 33 | Gene A. Washington | SFN | 73 | 1136 | 15.6 | 11 | 49 |
| Marlin Briscoe | BUF | 63 | 1051 | 16.7 | 6 | 62 | Larry Brown | WAS | 66 | 744 | 11.3 | 8 | 61 |
| Haven Moses | BUF | 56 | 847 | 15.1 | 5 | 54 | Jerry Smith | WAS | 65 | 663 | 10.2 | 3 | 26 |
| George Sauer | NYJ | 56 | 667 | 11.9 | 6 | 48 | Ken Willard | SFN | 64 | 679 | 10.6 | 1 | 23 |
| Raymond Chester | OAK | 55 | 756 | 13.7 | 11 | 45 | Jim Mitchell | ATL | 64 | 673 | 10.5 | 2 | 65 |
| Roy Jefferson | BAL | 48 | 855 | 17.8 | 7 | 76 | Charlie Sanders | DET | 63 | 674 | 10.7 | 7 | 35 |
| Milt Morin | CLE | 47 | 631 | 13.4 | 6 | 55 | Dick Gordon | CHI | 62 | 820 | 13.2 | 3 | 60 |
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 47 | 414 | 8.8 | 2 | 23 | Les Josephson | LAN | 62 | 666 | 10.7 | 8 | 23 |
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 46 | 436 | 9.5 | 2 | 31 | Bob Windsor | SFN | 60 | 839 | 14.0 | 3 | 41 |
| Gary Collins | CLE | 44 | 496 | 11.3 | 2 | 58 | Charley Taylor | WAS | 59 | 661 | 11.2 | 5 | 39 |
| Willie Frazier | SDA | 44 | 433 | 9.8 | 10 | 30 | Ben Hawkins | PHI | 53 | 834 | 15.7 | 6 | 75 |
| Gary Garrison | SDA | 43 | 913 | 21.2 | 8 | 67 | Dan Abramowicz | NON | 51 | 485 | 9.5 | 3 | 30 |
| Charlie H. Smith | OAK | 43 | 459 | 10.7 | 2 | 23 | Billy Truax | LAN | 48 | 523 | 10.9 | 9 | 42 |
| Warren Wells | OAK | 42 | 1291 | 30.7 | 7 | 69 | Gene Washington | MIN | 47 | 738 | 15.7 | 5 | 63 |
| Eddie Hinton | BAL | 42 | 579 | 13.8 | 2 | 37 | Ron A. Johnson | NYG | 47 | 486 | 10.3 | 0 | 17 |
| Lance Alworth | SDA | 41 | 810 | 19.8 | 5 | 77 | Carroll Dale | GBN | 46 | 803 | 17.5 | 7 | 68 |
| Jim Whalen | DEN | 41 | 411 | 10.0 | 2 | 18 | Walter Roberts | WAS | 45 | 685 | 15.2 | 3 | 68 |
| John Mackey | BAL | 40 | 400 | 10.0 | 4 | 67 | Lee Bouggess | PHI | 45 | 514 | 11.4 | 0 | 51 |
| Otis Taylor | KCA | 39 | 482 | 12.4 | 1 | 19 | Cyril Pinder | PHI | 45 | 355 | 7.9 | 1 | 23 |
| Floyd Little | DEN | 39 | 309 | 7.9 | 0 | 23 | Jackie Smith | STL | 44 | 578 | 13.1 | 4 | 75 |
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 38 | 441 | 11.6 | 2 | 41 | Jack Snow | LAN | 42 | 662 | 15.8 | 3 | 47 |
| Chip Myers | CIN | 37 | 483 | 13.1 | 3 | 70 | Al Dodd | NON | 42 | 439 | 10.5 | 1 | 42 |
| Bo Scott | CLE | 37 | 314 | 8.5 | 2 | 16 | Mel Farr | DET | 42 | 266 | 6.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Dennis Hughes | PIT | 36 | 430 | 11.9 | 2 | 58 | Clifton McNeil | NYG | 41 | 788 | 19.2 | 3 | 80 |
| Ed Podolak | KCA | 36 | 395 | 11.0 | 2 | 23 | Lance Rentzel | DAL | 41 | 779 | 19.0 | 5 | 61 |
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 35 | 497 | 14.2 | 9 | 46 | Walt Garrison | DAL | 41 | 319 | 7.8 | 1 | 17 |
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 35 | 439 | 12.5 | 4 | 47 | Bob Tucker | NYG | 40 | 621 | 15.5 | 7 | 59 |
| Fred Biletnikoff | OAK | 34 | 697 | 20.5 | 2 | 63 | Dave Parks | NON | 40 | 445 | 11.1 | 2 | 33 |
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 34 | 479 | 14.1 | 3 | 35 | Harmon Wages | ATL | 39 | 328 | 8.4 | 0 | 20 |
| Ron Sellers | BOS | 34 | 458 | 13.5 | 0 | 66 | Dick Witcher | SFN | 37 | 459 | 12.4 | 5 | 31 |
| Austin Denney | BUF | 33 | 469 | 14.2 | 3 | 64 | George T. Farmer | CHI | 36 | 763 | 21.2 | 4 | 71 |
| Wendell Hayes | KCA | 33 | 244 | 7.4 | 1 | 16 | Harold Jackson | PHI | 35 | 645 | 18.4 | 5 | 63 |
| Jeff Queen | SDA | 31 | 335 | 10.8 | 2 | 30 | Paul Flatley | ATL | 34 | 625 | 18.4 | 3 | 67 |
| Frenchy Fuqua | PIT | 31 | 283 | 9.1 | 0 | 18 | Pat Studstill | LAN | 34 | 500 | 14.7 | 2 | 55 |
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 30 | 512 | 17.1 | 2 | 53 | John Gilliam | STL | 34 | 432 | 12.7 | 1 | 34 |
| Jerry LeVias | HOU | 30 | 273 | 9.1 | 3 | 40 | Gary Ballman | PHI | 34 | 426 | 12.5 | 5 | 58 |
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 29 | 436 | 15.0 | 3 | 53 | Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 34 | 359 | 10.6 | 2 | 23 |
| Al Denson | DEN | 29 | 305 | 10.5 | 2 | 21 | Willie Ellison | LAN | 33 | 305 | 9.2 | 2 | 30 |
| Carl Garrett | BOS | 28 | 235 | 8.4 | 1 | 23 | Bob Hayes | DAL | 32 | 643 | 20.1 | 4 | 55 |
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 27 | 719 | 26.6 | 4 | 64 | John W. Henderson | MIN | 32 | 378 | 11.8 | 2 | 31 |
| Sam Havrilak | BAL | 26 | 245 | 9.4 | 1 | 17 | John Hilton | GBN | 31 | 388 | 12.5 | 2 | 37 |
| Marv Fleming | MIA | 25 | 286 | 11.4 | 4 | 28 | Don Shy | CHI | 30 | 397 | 13.2 | 2 | 56 |
| Norm Bulaich | BAL | 25 | 174 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 | Dave L. Williams | STL | 30 | 397 | 13.2 | 2 | 60 |
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 24 | 179 | 7.5 | 1 | 23 | Earl McCullouch | DET | 30 | 366 | 12.2 | 3 | 29 |
| Bake Turner | BOS | 23 | 290 | 12.6 | 0 | 31 | Don Herrmann | NYG | 30 | 342 | 11.4 | 1 | 31 |
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 22 | 396 | 18.0 | 6 | 61 | Pettis Norman | DAL | 29 | 269 | 9.3 | 1 | 19 |
| Mike Garrett | SDA | 22 | 225 | 10.2 | 1 | 30 | Sonny Campbell | ATL | 29 | 232 | 8.0 | 3 | 29 |
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 2 | 45 | Bill Brown | MIN | 29 | 194 | 6.7 | 1 | 20 |
| Barry Brown | BOS | 21 | 241 | 11.5 | 2 | 41 | Todd Snyder | ATL | 27 | 377 | 14.0 | 2 | 40 |
| Tom Mitchell | BAL | 21 | 222 | 10.6 | 1 | 39 | Ray Poage | NON | 27 | 299 | 11.1 | 1 | 38 |
| Robert 'Tank' Holmes | KCA | 21 | 181 | 8.6 | 0 | 18 | Larry Walton | DET | 27 | 274 | 10.1 | 2 | 31 |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 21 | 170 | 8.1 | 1 | 23 | MacArthur Lane | STL | 26 | 240 | 9.2 | 1 | 16 |
| Bill Van Heusen | DEN | 19 | 568 | 29.9 | 4 | 80 | Altie Taylor | DET | 26 | 187 | 7.2 | 0 | 22 |
| Dickie Post | SDA | 19 | 215 | 11.3 | 2 | 30 | Jack Clancy | GBN | 25 | 325 | 13.0 | 2 | 53 |
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 16 | 165 | 10.3 | 1 | 37 | Dave Osborn | MIN | 25 | 250 | 10.0 | 2 | 67 |
| Jim Nance | BOS | 16 | 115 | 7.2 | 0 | 15 | Cannonball Butler | ATL | 24 | 195 | 8.1 | 1 | 23 |
| Bill Enyart | BUF | 14 | 109 | 7.8 | 0 | 19 | Jim Seymour | CHI | 23 | 262 | 11.4 | 3 | 53 |
| Ray Perkins | BAL | 13 | 151 | 11.6 | 2 | 29 | John Beasley | MIN | 23 | 230 | 10.0 | 7 | 21 |
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 13 | 138 | 10.6 | 0 | 18 | Bob Wallace | CHI | 23 | 185 | 8.0 | 2 | 30 |
| Chip Glass | CLE | 13 | 136 | 10.5 | 0 | 20 | Doug Cunningham | SFN | 22 | 201 | 9.1 | 2 | 23 |
| Willis Crenshaw | DEN | 13 | 107 | 8.2 | 0 | 16 | Ken Burrough | NON | 22 | 196 | 8.9 | 0 | 30 |
| Frank Pitts | KCA | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 0 | 15 | Wendell Tucker | LAN | 18 | 373 | 20.7 | 0 | 55 |
| Tom Beer | BOS | 12 | 99 | 8.3 | 5 | 13 | Paul Gipson | ATL | 18 | 146 | 8.1 | 1 | 18 |
| Fred Arbanas | KCA | 12 | 96 | 8.0 | 2 | 13 | Ronnie Bull | CHI | 18 | 135 | 7.5 | 1 | 23 |
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 12 | 75 | 6.3 | 0 | 13 | Charley Harraway | WAS | 17 | 150 | 8.8 | 2 | 29 |
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 0 | 17 | John Spilis | GBN | 16 | 254 | 15.9 | 0 | 30 |
| Charley Frazier | BOS | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 1 | 30 | Reggie Rucker | DAL | 15 | 227 | 15.1 | 0 | 32 |
| Matt Snell | NYJ | 11 | 103 | 9.4 | 0 | 27 | Bob Grim | MIN | 15 | 140 | 9.3 | 0 | 18 |
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 1 | 23 | Tony Baker | NON | 14 | 120 | 8.6 | 1 | 19 |
| Hewritt Dixon | OAK | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 1 | 15 | Aaron Thomas | NYG | 12 | 246 | 20.5 | 4 | 51 |
| Jimmy Orr | BAL | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 1 | 65 | Jim Otis | NON | 12 | 142 | 11.8 | 0 | 23 |
| Rod Sherman | OAK | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 1 | 32 | Craig Baynham | CHI | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 1 | 41 |
| Billy Cannon | KCA | 10 | 134 | 13.4 | 2 | 30 | Mike Hull | CHI | 12 | 93 | 7.8 | 1 | 20 |
| Odell Lawson | BOS | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 1 | 55 | Jimmy Thomas | SFN | 11 | 142 | 12.9 | 0 | 16 |
| Jack Maitland | BAL | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | 23 | Gail Cogdill | ATL | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 2 | 44 |
| Joe Dawkins | HOU | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | 17 | Clint Jones | MIN | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 0 | 23 |
| Eric Crabtree | CIN | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 1 | 17 | Calvin Hill | DAL | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Jerry Hill | BAL | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 1 | 13 | Tom Barrington | NON | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Gene Foster | SDA | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 0 | 15 | Cid Edwards | STL | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 0 | 17 |
| Glenn Alexander | BUF | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 0 | 15 | Jim Hester | CHI | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | 19 |
| Mike Haffner | DEN | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 1 | 15 | Gale Sayers | CHI | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | 10 |
| Billy Masters | DEN | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 1 | 15 | Jim Grabowski | GBN | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 0 | 16 |
| Tom Nowatzke | BAL | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | 10 | Rich Coady | CHI | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 0 | 16 |
| Hubie Bryant | PIT | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 0 | 39 | Don McCall | NON | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 1 | 18 |
| Gloster Richardson | KCA | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 0 | 22 | Jon Henderson | WAS | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | 13 |
| Warren McVea | KCA | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | 23 | Ross Montgomery | CHI | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 30 |
| Larry Todd | OAK | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | 13 | Larry L. Smith | LAN | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 17 |
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 30 | Mike Ditka | DAL | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | 23 | Dick Davis | NON | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 9 |
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | 30 | John Isenbarger | SFN | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 16 |
| George Nock | NYJ | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 15 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 14 |
| Morris Stroud | KCA | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 1 | 63 | Dennis Homan | DAL | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 15 |
| Russ Smith | SDA | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 1 | 73 | Elijah Pitts | NON | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 16 |
| Bill Rademacher | BOS | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 16 | Jerry Daanen | STL | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 1 | 67 |
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 | Cecil Turner | CHI | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 2 | 45 |
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 13 | Johnny Roland | STL | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 37 |
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 17 | Bobby Duhon | NYG | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Mac Haik | HOU | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 30 | Chuck Hughes | DET | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Clem Turner | DEN | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | Tom Woodeshick | PHI | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Drew Buie | OAK | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 29 | Rich Houston | NYG | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Karl Noonan | MIA | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 32 | Jim Lindsey | MIN | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Gayle Knief | BOS | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | Kent Kramer | MIN | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Sid Blanks | BOS | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 13 | Craig Cotton | DET | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 13 |
| Reece Morrison | CLE | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 18 | Dan Reeves | DAL | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Art Strozier | SDA | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | Ernie Koy | NYG | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Bob Adams | PIT | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | Bill Triplett | DET | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Willie Grate | BUF | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | Steve Owens | DET | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bruce Coslet | CIN | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | Duane Thomas | DAL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
| Lee White | NYJ | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Walker Gillette | SDA | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lewis Porter | KCA | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lloyd Pate | BUF | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| Ted Koy | OAK | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| Greg M. Jones | BUF | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Rick Eber | SDA | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Brad Hubbert | SDA | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |