most receiving yards in a season before 1995

Before 1995, Charley Hennigan had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,746 yards in 1961.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in a season before 1995
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,746
1961
14
82
21.3
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
2Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
1,602
1965
14
69
23.2
114.4
14
-12
3
-4.0
-0.9
0
3Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,570
1986
16
86
18.3
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
4Roy Green
R. Green
1,555
1984
16
78
19.9
97.2
12
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
5Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,546
1964
14
101
15.3
110.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
6Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,523
1991
16
93
16.4
95.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
7Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,503
1993
16
98
15.3
93.9
15
69
3
23.0
4.3
1
8Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,502
1990
16
100
15.0
93.9
13
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
9Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,499
1994
16
112
13.4
93.7
13
93
7
13.3
5.8
2
10Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
1,495
1951
12
66
22.7
124.6
17
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
11Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
1,491
1986
16
84
17.8
93.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1,483
1989
16
82
18.1
92.7
17
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
13Bill Groman
B. Groman
1,473
1960
14
72
20.5
105.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
14Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,461
1992
16
108
13.5
91.3
13
8
4
2.0
0.5
0
15Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,436
1963
14
69
20.8
102.6
7
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
16Don Maynard
D. Maynard
1,434
1967
14
71
20.2
102.4
10
18
4
4.5
1.3
0
17Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,423
1989
16
90
15.8
88.9
12
25
2
12.5
1.6
0
18Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
1,422
1989
16
86
16.5
88.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
19Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,414
1988
16
86
16.4
88.4
10
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
20Mike Quick
M. Quick
1,409
1983
16
69
20.4
88.1
13
0
0
0.0
0
21Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,397
1994
16
74
18.9
87.3
6
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
22Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
1,396
1992
16
78
17.9
87.3
7
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
23John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
1,395
1984
16
80
17.4
87.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
24Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1,389
1984
15
73
19.0
92.6
18
35
3
11.7
2.3
0
25Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,384
1962
14
72
19.2
98.9
11
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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