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The Top Ranked Wide Receivers of the 1970s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Harold Carmichael | 28 |
| 2 | Gene A. Washington | 35 |
| 3 | John Gilliam | 44 |
| 4 | Isaac Curtis | 45 |
| 5 | Gary Garrison | 47 |
| 6 | Mel Gray | 55 |
| 7 | Drew Pearson | 56 |
| 8 | Harold Jackson | 59 |
| 9 | Cliff Branch | 60 |
| 10 | Ken Burrough | 61 |
| 11 | Steve Largent | 63 |
| 12 | Fred Biletnikoff | 68 |
| 13 | Charley Taylor | 79 |
| 14 | Lynn Swann | 88 |
| 15 | Paul Warfield | 91 |
| 16 | Reggie Rucker | 107 |
| 17 | Sammy White | 125 |
| 18 | Bob Chandler | 126 |
| 19 | Nat Moore | 133 |
| 20 | Charlie Joiner | 135 |
| 21 | Otis Taylor | 138 |
| 22 | Ron Shanklin | 145 |
| 23 | John Stallworth | 147 |
| 24 | Ahmad Rashad | 153 |
| 25 | Haven Moses | 172 |
| 26 | Roy Jefferson | 173 |
| 27 | Ron Jessie | 175 |
| 28 | Jerome Barkum | 176 |
| 29 | Alfred Jenkins | 189 |
| 30 | Danny Abramowicz | 192 |
| 31 | Ken Burrow | 199 |
| 32 | Randy Vataha | 200 |
| 33 | Jack Snow | 207 |
| 34 | J.D. Hill | 208 |
| 35 | Glenn Doughty | 217 |
| 36 | Larry Walton | 234 |
| 37 | Frank Lewis | 240 |
| 38 | Marlin Briscoe | 270 |
| 39 | James Scott | 274 |
| 40 | Bob Hayes | 292 |
| 41 | Roger Carr | 311 |
| 42 | Frank Grant | 319 |
| 43 | Bob Grim | 322 |
| 44 | Lance Rentzel | 330 |
| 45 | Frank Pitts | 332 |
| 46 | Earl L. Thomas | 338 |
| 47 | Wallace Francis | 344 |
| 48 | Rick Upchurch | 349 |
| 49 | Duriel Harris | 360 |
| 50 | Darryl Stingley | 365 |
| 51 | Chip Myers | 367 |
| 52 | Mike Siani | 380 |
| 53 | Charlie A. Smith | 383 |
| 54 | Morris Owens | 385 |
| 55 | Ike Harris | 387 |
| 56 | Golden Richards | 390 |
| 57 | Billy Johnson | 393 |
| 58 | Freddie Solomon | 395 |
| 59 | Bob Newland | 411 |
| 60 | Don Herrmann | 413 |
| 61 | George T. Farmer | 417 |
| 62 | Walker Gillette | 424 |
| 63 | Stanley Morgan | 443 |
| 64 | Fair Hooker | 454 |
| 65 | Carroll Dale | 457 |
| 66 | Billy Parks | 460 |
| 67 | Steve Odom | 485 |
| 68 | Howard Twilley | 490 |
| 69 | Pat Tilley | 500 |
| 70 | Sam McCullum | 503 |
| 71 | Freddie Scott | 507 |
| 72 | Ray Jarvis | 510 |
| 73 | Henry Marshall | 515 |
| 74 | Jerry LeVias | 518 |
| 75 | Eddie Bell | 519 |
| 76 | Eddie Hinton | 521 |
| 77 | John Jefferson | 537 |
| 78 | Larry Brunson | 550 |
| 79 | Dave Logan | 551 |
| 80 | Gene Washington | 589 |
| 81 | Jack Dolbin | 601 |
| 82 | Ben Hawkins | 605 |
| 83 | Ray Rhodes | 619 |
| 84 | Bo Rather | 622 |
| 85 | David Knight | 632 |
| 86 | Earl McCullouch | 643 |
| 87 | Ron Sellers | 650 |
| 88 | Jon Staggers | 679 |
| 89 | Jim Lash | 681 |
| 90 | Jerry Simmons | 704 |
| 91 | Ken Payne | 706 |
| 92 | Rich Houston | 714 |
| 93 | Jim Robinson | 715 |
| 94 | Danny Buggs | 716 |
| 95 | Al Dodd | 738 |
| 96 | Dick Gordon | 739 |
| 97 | John McDaniel | 745 |
| 98 | Tony Hill | 754 |
| 99 | Elmo Wright | 757 |
| 100 | Gloster Richardson | 764 |
| 101 | James Lofton | 766 |
| 102 | Dave L. Smith | 771 |
| 103 | Barry Pearson | 777 |
| 104 | Billy Van Heusen | 786 |
| 105 | Lou Piccone | 794 |
| 106 | Dave L. Williams | 803 |
| 107 | Lance Alworth | 804 |
| 108 | Don Maynard | 815 |
| 109 | Wesley Walker | 822 |
| 110 | Steve Holden | 827 |
| 111 | Jim Beirne | 829 |
| 112 | Dick Witcher | 864 |
| 113 | Dwight McDonald | 872 |
| 114 | Jim O'Brien | 874 |
| 115 | Sam Havrilak | 883 |
| 116 | Warren Wells | 893 |
| 117 | Billy Brooks | 894 |
| 118 | Clifton McNeil | 899 |
| 119 | Morris Bradshaw | 902 |
| 120 | Barry Smith | 921 |
| 121 | Rod Sherman | 933 |
| 122 | Steve Raible | 974 |
| 123 | Johnny Perkins | 977 |
| 124 | Wes Chandler | 988 |
| 125 | Speedy Thomas | 991 |
| 126 | Butch Johnson | 1016 |
| 127 | Otto Stowe | 1025 |
| 128 | Billy Waddy | 1053 |
| 129 | Ricky Thompson | 1063 |
| 130 | Leonard Thompson | 1069 |
| 131 | Brian Baschnagel | 1071 |
| 132 | Dwight Scales | 1091 |
| 133 | Derrick Gaffney | 1103 |
| 134 | John W. Henderson | 1156 |
| 135 | Charlie Wade | 1160 |
| 136 | Steve Schubert | 1164 |
| 137 | Gary Collins | 1190 |
| 138 | Aundra Thompson | 1201 |
| 139 | Billy Ryckman | 1214 |
| 140 | Terry Beasley | 1216 |
| 141 | Cotton Speyrer | 1227 |
| 142 | Ollie Smith | 1229 |
| 143 | Don Zimmerman | 1234 |
| 144 | Larry Mucker | 1256 |
| 145 | Tinker Owens | 1257 |
| 146 | Larry Burton | 1269 |
| 147 | John McKay | 1270 |
| 148 | Jerry Butler | 1273 |
| 149 | Ray Perkins | 1275 |
| 150 | John Holland | 1280 |
| 151 | Willie McGee | 1283 |
| 152 | Gary Hammond | 1291 |
| 153 | Larry Dorsey | 1293 |
| 154 | Willie Miller | 1296 |
| 155 | Eric Crabtree | 1331 |
| 156 | George Sauer (WR) | 1339 |
| 157 | Isaac Hagins | 1353 |
| 158 | Dave Stief | 1375 |
| 159 | Preston Riley | 1385 |
| 160 | Paul Flatley | 1403 |
| 161 | Wes Chesson | 1423 |
| 162 | Tom Geredine | 1429 |
| 163 | Mike Renfro | 1440 |
| 164 | Earnest Gray | 1444 |
| 165 | Ike Hill | 1470 |
| 166 | Joel Parker | 1473 |
| 167 | Mike Shumann | 1475 |
| 168 | Duke Fergerson | 1498 |
| 169 | Luther Blue | 1503 |
| 170 | Artie Owens | 1519 |
| 171 | Dennis Homan | 1527 |
| 172 | Leland Glass | 1537 |
| 173 | Al Denson | 1546 |
| 174 | Jimmy Cefalo | 1548 |
| 175 | Preston Dennard | 1555 |
| 176 | Bake Turner | 1557 |
| 177 | Harrison Davis | 1559 |
| 178 | J.T. Smith | 1560 |
| 179 | Chuck Dicus | 1566 |
| 180 | Cecil Turner | 1569 |
| 181 | Steve Burks | 1572 |
| 182 | Jim Smith | 1578 |
| 183 | Kenny Harrison | 1590 |
| 184 | Tom Reynolds | 1592 |
| 185 | Jubilee Dunbar | 1596 |
| 186 | Rich Mauti | 1605 |
| 187 | Rickey Watts | 1613 |
| 188 | Alfred Jackson | 1618 |
| 189 | Todd Snyder | 1638 |
| 190 | Willie Richardson | 1641 |
| 191 | Hubie Bryant | 1642 |
| 192 | Andy Hamilton | 1644 |
| 193 | Theo Bell | 1645 |
| 194 | John Spilis | 1664 |
| 195 | Karl Noonan | 1667 |
| 196 | Ernest Pough | 1668 |
| 197 | Ed Marshall | 1672 |
| 198 | Walter Roberts | 1691 |
| 199 | Robert West | 1694 |
| 200 | Drew Buie | 1739 |
| 201 | Jim Seymour | 1763 |
| 202 | Margene Adkins | 1789 |
| 203 | Larry Jones | 1791 |
| 204 | Al Barnes | 1795 |
| 205 | Mike Holmes | 1806 |
| 206 | Joe Sweet | 1815 |
| 207 | Boyd Dowler | 1821 |
| 208 | Dave Davis | 1840 |
| 209 | Jack Clancy | 1845 |
| 210 | John Kimbrough (WR) | 1846 |
| 211 | Jon Henderson | 1885 |
| 212 | Emery Moorehead | 1890 |
| 213 | Jesse Thompson | 1906 |
| 214 | Jimmy Orr | 1930 |
| 215 | Bobby Jones | 1945 |
| 216 | Gerald Tinker | 1974 |
| 217 | Ron Holliday | 1990 |
| 218 | Melvin Baker | 1994 |
| 219 | Rich Martini | 2013 |
| 220 | Don Westbrook | 2018 |
| 221 | Don Clune | 2020 |
| 222 | Fred Hyatt | 2022 |
| 223 | Ron B. Smith | 2041 |
| 224 | Marshall Johnson | 2048 |
| 225 | Ricky Feacher | 2050 |
| 226 | Jack Gehrke | 2062 |
| 227 | Mike Haffner | 2086 |
| 228 | Louis Neal | 2107 |
| 229 | Reggie Garrett | 2124 |
| 230 | Wendell Tucker | 2128 |
| 231 | Johnny Rodgers | 2140 |
| 232 | Eddie Foster | 2153 |
| 233 | Homer Jones | 2154 |
| 234 | Mac Haik | 2175 |
| 235 | Steve Sweeney | 2178 |
| 236 | Dennis Pearson | 2185 |
| 237 | Rhett Dawson | 2229 |
| 238 | Matt Maslowski | 2252 |
| 239 | Terry LeCount | 2253 |
| 240 | Walter Tullis | 2280 |
| 241 | Dwight Clark | 2298 |
| 242 | Terry Anderson | 2306 |
| 243 | Bob Pickard | 2322 |
| 244 | Emmett Edwards | 2335 |
| 245 | Al L. Young | 2349 |
| 246 | Charley Frazier | 2355 |
| 247 | Pat McInally | 2360 |
| 248 | Guido Merkens | 2368 |
| 249 | Reggie Craig | 2376 |
| 250 | Doug Winslow | 2403 |
| 251 | Paul Staroba | 2408 |
| 252 | Scott Fitzkee | 2410 |
| 253 | Howard Satterwhite | 2428 |
| 254 | Wayne Wheeler | 2431 |
| 255 | Jimmy Childs | 2437 |
| 256 | Lawrence Williams | 2444 |
| 257 | Dave Jones | 2451 |
| 258 | Glenn Alexander | 2452 |
| 259 | Clint Haslerig | 2466 |
| 260 | Drew Hill | 2469 |
| 261 | Tim George | 2473 |
| 262 | Charlie K. Brown | 2489 |
| 263 | James Owens | 2492 |
| 264 | Keith Wright | 2498 |
| 265 | Gordon Jones | 2508 |
| 266 | Jerry Daanen | 2509 |
| 267 | Nate Hawkins | 2511 |
| 268 | James Thompson | 2525 |
| 269 | Randy Burke | 2528 |
| 270 | Carlos Pennywell | 2530 |
| 271 | Bob Wicks | 2533 |
| 272 | Clyde Glosson | 2534 |
| 273 | Brian DeRoo | 2558 |
| 274 | Kevin Miller | 2560 |
| 275 | Bill Houston | 2577 |
| 276 | Dennis Law | 2578 |
| 277 | Gail Cogdill | 2580 |
| 278 | Jim Krieg | 2581 |
| 279 | Stan Davis | 2582 |
| 280 | Gil Chapman | 2611 |
| 281 | J.R. Wilburn | 2612 |
| 282 | John Embree | 2637 |
| 283 | John Love | 2651 |
| 284 | Lew Porter | 2652 |
| 285 | Karl Farmer | 2664 |
| 286 | Linzy Cole | 2665 |
| 287 | Steve Watson | 2667 |
| 288 | Eldridge Dickey | 2675 |
| 289 | Rick Eber | 2678 |
| 290 | Steve Wilson | 2679 |
| 291 | Donnie Williams | 2691 |
| 292 | John Schultz | 2693 |
| 293 | Mike Carter | 2696 |
| 294 | Vince Papale | 2701 |
| 295 | Wally Henry | 2711 |
| 296 | Harry Washington | 2766 |
| 297 | Steve Kreider | 2768 |
| 298 | Roy Green | 2771 |
| 299 | Steve Rivera | 2782 |
| 300 | Robert Steele | 2799 |
| 301 | Dave Sullivan | 2811 |
| 302 | Willis Adams | 2814 |
| 303 | Jessie Green | 2823 |
| 304 | Freddie Douglas | 2839 |
| 305 | Shelton Diggs | 2856 |
| 306 | Elmo Boyd | 2876 |
| 307 | John Floyd | 2877 |
| 308 | Dennis Franklin | 2903 |
| 309 | Jack Steptoe | 2909 |
| 310 | Steve Gaunty | 2926 |
| 311 | Ron Cassidy | 2945 |
| 312 | Vince Kinney | 2946 |
| 313 | Douglas Cunningham | 2982 |
| 314 | Danny Fulton | 3002 |
| 315 | Jeff Groth | 3036 |
| 316 | Jerrold McRae | 3056 |
| 317 | Stan Rome | 3070 |
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