most receiving yards by a mvp

Gino Cappelletti has the most yards on receptions by an MVP in a season, with 865 yards in 1964.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a mvp in a regular season by a player
NAMEREC YDSMVPSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
865
1
1964
14
49
17.7
61.8
7
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
2Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
830
1
2000
14
81
113
10.2
59.3
8
1,359
253
5.4
97.1
18
3Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
631
1
1991
15
62
10.2
42.1
5
1,407
288
4.9
93.8
7
4Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
576
1
1960
14
55
10.5
41.1
3
875
156
5.6
62.5
9
5Marcus Allen
M. Allen
555
1
1985
16
67
8.3
34.7
3
1,759
380
4.6
109.9
11
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
508
1
2006
16
56
80
9.1
31.8
3
1,815
348
5.2
113.4
28
7Larry Brown
L. Brown
473
1
1972
12
32
14.8
39.4
4
1,216
285
4.3
101.3
8
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
414
1
1993
14
57
7.3
29.6
1
1,486
283
5.3
106.1
9
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
328
1
1965
14
34
9.6
23.4
4
1,544
289
5.3
110.3
17
10Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
319
1
1962
14
24
13.3
22.8
2
1,096
214
5.1
78.3
13
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
305
1
1997
16
33
9.2
19.1
3
2,053
335
6.1
128.3
11
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
269
1
1977
14
27
10.0
19.2
2
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
14
13Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
217
1
2012
16
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
2,097
348
6.0
131.1
12
14Terrell Davis
T. Davis
217
1
1998
16
25
8.7
13.6
2
2,008
392
5.1
125.5
21
15Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
145
1
1961
12
15
9.7
12.1
2
597
127
4.7
49.8
8
16Jim Brown
J. Brown
138
1
1958
12
16
8.6
11.5
1
1,527
257
5.9
127.3
17
17Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
106
1
1962
14
22
4.8
7.6
0
1,474
272
5.4
105.3
19
18Jim Nance
J. Nance
103
1
1966
14
8
12.9
7.4
0
1,458
299
4.9
104.1
11
19Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
94
1
1979
16
16
5.9
5.9
0
1,697
368
4.6
106.1
19
20Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
78
1
2005
16
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
1,880
370
5.1
117.5
27
21O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
70
1
1973
14
6
11.7
5.0
0
2,003
332
6.0
143.1
12
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
55
1
1957
12
16
3.4
4.6
1
942
202
4.7
78.5
9
23Josh Allen
J. Allen
7
1
2024
17
0
0
0.4
1
531
102
5.2
31.2
12
24Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
6
1
2022
17
1
1
6.0
0.4
0
358
61
5.9
21.1
4
25Steve McNair
S. McNair
4
1
2003
14
1
1
4.0
0.3
0
138
38
3.6
9.9
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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