most receiving yards 1932 to 1972

Between the 1932 and 1972 seasons, Don Maynard had the most yards on receptions, with 11,816 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1932 to 1972
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,816
184
632
18.7
64.2
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
2Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
3Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
4Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
5Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
8,410
152
495
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
6Carroll Dale
C. Dale
8,085
176
424
19.1
45.9
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
7Art Powell
A. Powell
8,046
117
479
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
8Don Hutson
D. Hutson
7,991
116
488
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
9Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
7,954
148
521
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
10Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
7,914
149
400
19.8
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
11Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
7,412
132
452
16.4
56.2
47
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
12Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
7,270
162
474
15.3
44.9
40
28
2
14.0
0.2
0
13Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
7,195
121
567
12.7
59.5
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
14Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
6,823
95
410
16.6
71.8
51
0
0
0.0
0
15Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
6,817
103
336
20.3
66.2
67
70
22
3.2
0.7
2
16Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
6,669
111
469
14.2
60.1
61
1,496
440
3.4
13.5
11
17Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
6,651
108
315
21.1
61.6
64
184
19
9.7
1.7
0
18Jackie Smith
J. Smith
6,588
135
393
16.8
48.8
33
341
37
9.2
2.5
3
19Del Shofner
D. Shofner
6,470
125
349
18.5
51.8
51
1
4
0.3
0.0
0
20Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
6,366
105
352
18.1
60.6
51
169
25
6.8
1.6
3
21Max McGee
M. McGee
6,346
148
345
18.4
42.9
50
121
12
10.1
0.8
0
22Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
6,299
103
343
18.4
61.2
53
317
74
4.3
3.1
1
23Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
6,044
119
401
15.1
50.8
34
0
0
0.0
0
24Lenny Moore
L. Moore
6,039
143
363
16.6
42.2
48
5,174
1,069
4.8
36.2
63
25Sonny Randle
S. Randle
5,996
120
365
16.4
50.0
65
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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