most receiving yards in nfl from 1950 to 1975

Between the 1950 and 1975 seasons, Don Maynard had the most yards on receptions, with 11,834 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in NFL from 1950 to 1975
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
4Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
8,952
153
635
14.1
58.5
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.7
11
5Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
6Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
8,410
152
495
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
7Carroll Dale
C. Dale
8,277
189
438
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
8Art Powell
A. Powell
8,046
117
479
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
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
11Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,847
172
472
16.6
45.6
39
327
38
8.6
1.9
3
12Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
7,701
131
371
20.8
58.8
77
199
20
10.0
1.5
0
13Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
7,692
147
493
15.6
52.3
62
0
0
0.0
0
14Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
7,475
129
402
18.6
57.9
57
29
12
2.4
0.2
0
15Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
7,414
132
371
20.0
56.2
71
68
24
2.8
0.5
2
16Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
7,412
132
452
16.4
56.2
47
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
17Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
7,306
130
410
17.8
56.2
57
161
30
5.4
1.2
3
18Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
7,270
162
474
15.3
44.9
40
28
2
14.0
0.2
0
19Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
7,195
121
567
12.7
59.5
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
20Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
7,175
148
424
16.9
48.5
50
188
25
7.5
1.3
0
21Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
6,823
95
410
16.6
71.8
51
0
0
0.0
0
22John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
6,631
125
350
18.9
53.0
45
293
35
8.4
2.3
2
23Del Shofner
D. Shofner
6,470
125
349
18.5
51.8
51
1
4
0.3
0.0
0
24Max McGee
M. McGee
6,346
148
345
18.4
42.9
50
121
12
10.1
0.8
0
25Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
6,044
119
401
15.1
50.8
34
0
0
0.0
0
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12
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