most receiving yards in nfl from 1950 to 1980

Between the 1950 and 1980 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 1980
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
3Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
9,577
176
532
18.0
54.4
75
195
31
6.3
1.1
0
4Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
5Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
6Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
7Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
8,565
157
427
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
8Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
9Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
8,410
152
495
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
10Carroll Dale
C. Dale
8,277
189
438
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
11Art Powell
A. Powell
8,046
117
479
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
12Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
7,954
148
521
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
13Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
14Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
7,914
149
400
19.8
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
15Haven Moses
H. Moses
7,845
183
433
18.1
42.9
55
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
16Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
7,539
162
451
16.7
46.5
52
188
25
7.5
1.2
0
17Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
7,538
134
405
18.6
56.3
58
29
12
2.4
0.2
0
18Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
7,414
132
371
20.0
56.2
71
68
24
2.8
0.5
2
19Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
7,412
132
452
16.4
56.2
47
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
20Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
7,306
130
410
17.8
56.2
57
161
30
5.4
1.2
3
21Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
7,288
151
425
17.1
48.3
40
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
22Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
7,270
162
474
15.3
44.9
40
28
2
14.0
0.2
0
23Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
7,195
121
567
12.7
59.5
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
24John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
7,056
151
382
18.5
46.7
48
293
35
8.4
1.9
2
25Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
6,895
140
455
15.2
49.3
66
63
8
7.9
0.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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13
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9
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9
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11
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14
3
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12
5
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