gale sayers most receiving yards in a season

Gale Sayers had his most receiving yards in a season in his rookie season in 1965, with 507 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	507	1965	CHI	14	29	17.5	36.2	6	867	166	5.2	61.9	14
2	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	447	1966	CHI	14	34	13.1	31.9	2	1,231	229	5.4	87.9	8
3	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	126	1967	CHI	13	16	7.9	9.7	1	880	186	4.7	67.7	7
4	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	117	1968	CHI	9	15	7.8	13.0	0	856	138	6.2	95.1	2
5	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	116	1969	CHI	14	17	6.8	8.3	0	1,032	236	4.4	73.7	8

StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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