most receiving yards in first 53 games

Tommy McDonald has the most career yards on receptions in his first 53 games, with 4,294 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in first 53 games
NAME REC YDS GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
4,294
67
235
18.3
64.1
49
0
0
0.0
0
2 Buddy Dial
B. Dial
4,203
53
198
21.2
79.3
35
14
4
3.5
0.3
0
3 Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
4,150
51
326
12.7
81.4
28
20
4
5.0
0.4
0
4 Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
4,141
49
227
18.2
84.5
32
0
0
0.0
0
5 Art Powell
A. Powell
4,071
53
258
15.8
76.8
34
0
0
0.0
0
6 Gail Cogdill
G. Cogdill
3,740
62
205
18.2
60.3
27
2
1
2.0
0.0
0
7 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
3,701
53
214
17.3
69.8
27
1,083
215
5.0
20.4
10
8 Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
3,589
53
241
14.9
67.7
19
0
0
0.0
0
9 Sonny Randle
S. Randle
3,548
53
214
16.6
66.9
42
0
0
0.0
0
10 Don Maynard
D. Maynard
3,529
51
200
17.6
69.2
29
0
0
0.0
0
11 Del Shofner
D. Shofner
3,453
49
194
17.8
70.5
31
-5
3
-1.7
-0.1
0
12 Raymond Berry
R. Berry
3,431
46
237
14.5
74.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
13 Bill Groman
B. Groman
3,400
56
168
20.2
60.7
36
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
14 Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
3,245
53
216
15.0
61.2
22
95
6
15.8
1.8
0
15 Steve Largent
S. Largent
3,223
53
191
16.9
60.8
26
-14
4
-3.5
-0.3
0
16 Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
3,175
53
213
14.9
59.9
17
0
0
0.0
0
17 Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
3,125
67
184
17.0
46.6
15
0
0
0.0
0
18 Max McGee
M. McGee
3,048
52
165
18.5
58.6
18
98
6
16.3
1.9
0
19 Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
3,012
45
136
22.1
66.9
35
6
2
3.0
0.1
0
20 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
2,951
46
172
17.2
64.2
19
11
3
3.7
0.2
0
21 Chris Burford
C. Burford
2,907
49
194
15.0
59.3
29
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
22 Jim Colclough
J. Colclough
2,861
53
165
17.3
54.0
30
51
4
12.8
1.0
0
23 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
2,734
41
170
16.1
66.7
24
0
0
0.0
0
24 Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
2,617
37
198
13.2
70.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
25 Michael Jackson
M. Jackson
2,596
45
183
14.2
57.7
18
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
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7
6
0
.538
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6
7
0
.462
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Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
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8
6
0
.571
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Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
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6
7
0
.462
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Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
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Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
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Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

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12/22
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12/22
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4:25 PM
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12/22
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4:05 PM
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12/22
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