most receiving yards in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Billy Howton had the most receiving yards, with 6,091 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in the 1950s
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Howton
B. Howton
6,091
92
342
17.8
66.2
44
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
2Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
5,973
91
321
18.6
65.6
49
30
6
5.0
0.3
0
3Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
5,851
96
404
14.5
60.9
48
0
0
0.0
0
4Harlon Hill
H. Hill
4,467
63
218
20.5
70.9
40
31
5
6.2
0.5
0
5Bobby Walston
B. Walston
4,188
108
243
17.2
38.8
40
12
4
3.0
0.1
0
6Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
4,164
96
280
14.9
43.4
33
0
0
0.0
0
7Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
3,987
72
270
14.8
55.4
39
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
8Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
3,919
108
230
17.0
36.3
34
1,057
300
3.5
9.8
5
9Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
3,908
79
244
16.0
49.5
33
0
0
0.0
0
10Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
3,732
92
208
17.9
40.6
21
0
0
0.0
0
11Tom Fears
T. Fears
3,686
63
272
13.6
58.5
25
10
2
5.0
0.2
0
12Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
3,611
79
176
20.5
45.7
28
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
13Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
3,600
60
181
19.9
60.0
40
0
0
0.0
0
14Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
3,576
90
174
20.6
39.7
35
682
137
5.0
7.6
4
15Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
3,487
107
249
14.0
32.6
25
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
16Raymond Berry
R. Berry
3,359
60
219
15.3
56.0
31
0
0
0.0
0
17Kyle Rote
K. Rote
3,242
95
205
15.8
34.1
31
871
231
3.8
9.2
4
18Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,208
87
233
13.8
36.9
23
3,347
756
4.4
38.5
28
19Jim Mutscheller
J. Mutscheller
3,043
72
182
16.7
42.3
36
0
0
0.0
0
20Jim Doran
J. Doran
2,960
89
168
17.6
33.3
19
59
3
19.7
0.7
0
21Don Stonesifer
D. Stonesifer
2,901
72
231
12.6
40.3
14
0
0
0.0
0
22Bill McColl
B. McColl
2,815
96
201
14.0
29.3
25
0
0
0.0
0
23Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
2,656
79
149
17.8
33.6
27
0
0
0.0
0
24Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
2,656
63
169
15.7
42.2
15
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
25Lenny Moore
L. Moore
2,573
48
148
17.4
53.6
21
2,157
358
6.0
44.9
20
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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