lions single season receiving yards leader 1940

Lloyd Cardwell had the most receiving yards for the Lions in 1940, with 349 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lloyd Cardwell
L. Cardwell
349
1940
10
20
17.5
34.9
1
186
48
3.9
18.6
2
2Chuck Hanneman
C. Hanneman
224
1940
9
14
16.0
24.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Dave Diehl
D. Diehl
131
1940
10
12
10.9
13.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Kent Ryan
K. Ryan
96
1940
10
9
10.7
9.6
0
42
22
1.9
4.2
0
5Fred Vanzo
F. Vanzo
75
1940
10
7
10.7
7.5
0
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
6Howie Weiss
H. Weiss
56
1940
11
4
14.0
5.1
0
298
79
3.8
27.1
3
7Whizzer White
W. White
55
1940
11
4
13.8
5.0
0
514
146
3.5
46.7
5
8Jack Johnson
J. Johnson
48
1940
11
1
48.0
4.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Bill Callihan
B. Callihan
42
1940
10
4
10.5
4.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Paul Moore
P. Moore
29
1940
7
4
7.3
4.1
1
4
2
2.0
0.6
0
11Les McDonald
L. McDonald
20
1940
1
1
20.0
20.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Stillman Rouse
S. Rouse
17
1940
10
2
8.5
1.7
0
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
13Butch Morse
B. Morse
13
1940
2
1
13.0
6.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
12
1940
3
2
6.0
4.0
0
67
24
2.8
22.3
0
15Bill Fisk
B. Fisk
10
1940
10
1
10.0
1.0
0
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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