most receiving yards 1932 to 1973

Between the 1932 and 1973 seasons, Don Maynard had the most yards on receptions, with 11,834 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player 1932 to 1973
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
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
8,277
189
438
18.9
43.8
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
11Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
7,470
125
528
14.1
59.8
68
1,489
441
3.4
11.9
11
12Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
7,412
132
452
16.4
56.2
47
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
13Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
7,270
162
474
15.3
44.9
40
28
2
14.0
0.2
0
14Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
7,195
121
567
12.7
59.5
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
15Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,188
149
434
16.6
48.2
34
327
38
8.6
2.2
3
16Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
7,177
116
358
20.0
61.9
70
70
22
3.2
0.6
2
17Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
7,165
122
344
20.8
58.7
75
199
20
10.0
1.6
0
18Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
6,931
119
386
18.0
58.2
55
155
29
5.3
1.3
3
19Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
6,823
95
410
16.6
71.8
51
0
0
0.0
0
20Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
6,512
122
408
16.0
53.4
53
0
0
0.0
0
21Del Shofner
D. Shofner
6,470
125
349
18.5
51.8
51
1
4
0.3
0.0
0
22Max McGee
M. McGee
6,346
148
345
18.4
42.9
50
121
12
10.1
0.8
0
23Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
6,299
103
343
18.4
61.2
53
317
74
4.3
3.1
1
24Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
6,266
121
366
17.1
51.8
44
188
25
7.5
1.6
0
25Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
6,252
101
334
18.7
61.9
50
-1
9
-0.1
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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