most career receiving yards before 1966

Before 1966, Billy Howton had the most yards on receptions, with 8,459 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career receiving yards by a player before 1966
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
2Raymond Berry
R. Berry
8,322
133
564
14.8
62.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
3Don Hutson
D. Hutson
7,991
116
488
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
4Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
7,147
116
400
17.9
61.6
77
22
17
1.3
0.2
0
5Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
6,759
118
412
16.4
57.3
41
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
6Art Powell
A. Powell
6,643
96
405
16.4
69.2
66
0
0
0.0
0
7Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
6,510
81
383
17.0
80.4
48
0
0
0.0
0
8Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
6,424
90
508
12.6
71.4
43
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
9Del Shofner
D. Shofner
6,305
106
339
18.6
59.5
50
1
4
0.3
0.0
0
10Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
6,299
103
343
18.4
61.2
53
317
74
4.3
3.1
1
11Max McGee
M. McGee
6,222
126
338
18.4
49.4
49
121
12
10.1
1.0
0
12Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6,053
106
389
15.6
57.1
50
2,359
429
5.5
22.3
16
13Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
5,902
100
407
14.5
59.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
14Don Maynard
D. Maynard
5,864
94
328
17.9
62.4
53
56
18
3.1
0.6
0
15Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
5,808
103
296
19.6
56.4
52
122
15
8.1
1.2
0
16Lenny Moore
L. Moore
5,626
116
329
17.1
48.5
48
4,833
964
5.0
41.7
56
17Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
5,619
107
373
15.1
52.5
61
-4
9
-0.4
0.0
0
18Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
5,508
142
281
19.6
38.8
50
682
137
5.0
4.8
4
19Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
5,434
136
367
14.8
40.0
43
3,609
840
4.3
26.5
34
20Tom Fears
T. Fears
5,397
87
400
13.5
62.0
38
15
5
3.0
0.2
0
21Bobby Walston
B. Walston
5,363
148
311
17.2
36.2
46
12
4
3.0
0.1
0
22Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
5,233
94
272
19.2
55.7
58
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
23Sonny Randle
S. Randle
5,220
83
311
16.8
62.9
58
0
0
0.0
0
24Buddy Dial
B. Dial
5,184
88
247
21.0
58.9
43
14
4
3.5
0.2
0
25Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
5,138
94
348
14.8
54.7
28
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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