before 1989 what wr had the most receptions through first season

5 players were tied for the most catches by a wide receiver in their first season, with 72 receptions. The first three are Gary Clark, Charley Taylor and Bobby Mitchell.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Gary Clark
G. Clark
72
16
926
12.9
57.9
5
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
2Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
72
14
1,119
15.5
79.9
12
262
87
3.0
18.7
3
3Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
72
14
1,384
19.2
98.9
11
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
4Bill Groman
B. Groman
72
14
1,473
20.5
105.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
5Don Maynard
D. Maynard
72
14
1,265
17.6
90.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
6Bake Turner
B. Turner
71
14
1,009
14.2
72.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
7Art Powell
A. Powell
69
14
1,167
16.9
83.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
8Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
67
16
1,009
15.1
63.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Jack Clancy
J. Clancy
67
14
868
13.0
62.0
2
-4
3
-1.3
-0.3
0
10Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
65
16
1,131
17.4
70.7
8
5
4
1.3
0.3
0
11George Sauer
G. Sauer
63
14
1,079
17.1
77.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Ernest Givins
E. Givins
61
15
1,062
17.4
70.8
3
148
9
16.4
9.9
1
13Art Monk
A. Monk
58
16
797
13.7
49.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Don Bass
D. Bass
58
16
724
12.5
45.3
3
35
4
8.8
2.2
0
15Don Looney
D. Looney
58
11
707
12.2
64.3
4
-4
2
-2.0
-0.4
0
16John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
56
14
1,001
17.9
71.5
13
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
17Bud Grant
B. Grant
56
12
997
17.8
83.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
18Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
55
16
791
14.4
49.4
1
-2
4
-0.5
-0.1
0
19Steve Largent
S. Largent
54
14
705
13.1
50.4
4
-14
4
-3.5
-1.0
0
20Eddie Brown
E. Brown
53
16
942
17.8
58.9
8
129
14
9.2
8.1
0
21Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
53
12
841
15.9
70.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Billy Howton
B. Howton
53
12
1,231
23.2
102.6
13
0
0
0.0
0
23Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
52
14
920
17.7
65.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
24Dan Edwards
D. Edwards
52
12
775
14.9
64.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
25Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
51
16
721
14.1
45.1
3
36
10
3.6
2.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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