most receiving yards by a player in a career before 1936

Before 1936, Luke Johnsos had the most yards on receptions, with 864 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Luke Johnsos
L. Johnsos
864
45
53
16.3
19.2
10
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
2Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
797
36
48
16.6
22.1
9
289
96
3.0
8.0
0
3Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
712
44
45
15.8
16.2
10
147
55
2.7
3.3
0
4Harry Ebding
H. Ebding
688
46
40
17.2
15.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
5Ray Flaherty
R. Flaherty
626
34
41
15.3
18.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
6Joe Carter
J. Carter
607
31
32
19.0
19.6
8
19
7
2.7
0.6
0
7Bill Hewitt
B. Hewitt
581
51
37
15.7
11.4
7
44
5
8.8
0.9
1
8Charley Malone
C. Malone
564
23
33
17.1
24.5
4
30
1
30.0
1.3
0
9Milt Gantenbein
M. Gantenbein
538
42
30
17.9
12.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Paul Riblett
P. Riblett
523
44
36
14.5
11.9
3
39
5
7.8
0.9
0
11Red Badgro
R. Badgro
501
42
32
15.7
11.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
12Roger Grove
R. Grove
489
37
32
15.3
13.2
6
308
82
3.8
8.3
1
13Bill Karr
B. Karr
470
35
21
22.4
13.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
14Lavvie Dilweg
L. Dilweg
443
37
23
19.3
12.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
15Tod Goodwin
T. Goodwin
432
12
26
16.6
36.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
16Bill Smith
B. Smith
421
22
30
14.0
19.1
3
89
21
4.2
4.0
2
17Don Hutson
D. Hutson
420
9
18
23.3
46.7
6
22
6
3.7
2.4
0
18Paul Moss
P. Moss
414
13
19
21.8
31.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
19Ben Smith
B. Smith
407
31
25
16.3
13.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
405
35
25
16.2
11.6
4
1,264
262
4.8
36.1
12
21Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
383
46
23
16.7
8.3
3
723
244
3.0
15.7
5
22Cliff Battles
C. Battles
362
39
23
15.7
9.3
2
2,023
447
4.5
51.9
13
23Les Peterson
L. Peterson
358
34
21
17.0
10.5
0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
24Jack Grossman
J. Grossman
356
34
23
15.5
10.5
4
646
231
2.8
19.0
4
25Ray Tesser
R. Tesser
349
23
19
18.4
15.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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