most receiving yards per game running back careerfrom 1940 to 1960

From 1940 through 1960, Del Shofner averaged the most receiving yards per game by a running back, with 91.4 per game.

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Data note: Receiving Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Del Shofner D. Shofner	91.4	12	51	1,097	21.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	60.1	9	37	541	14.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
3	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	54.2	12	36	650	18.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
4	Lenny Moore L. Moore	53.6	48	148	2,573	17.4	21	2,157	358	6.0	44.9	20
5	Jack McClairen J. McClairen	52.5	12	46	630	13.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jim Dooley J. Dooley	51.6	24	75	1,238	16.5	10	0	0		0.0	0
7	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	49.3	34	85	1,677	19.7	22	22	17	1.3	0.6	0
8	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	45.8	12	32	549	17.2	4	20	1	20.0	1.7	0
9	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	43.6	24	57	1,046	18.4	7	293	69	4.2	12.2	1
10	Dave Middleton D. Middleton	42.2	12	29	506	17.4	3	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
11	Jim Cason J. Cason	41.6	9	30	374	12.5	3	129	38	3.4	14.3	1
12	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	41.3	28	80	1,155	14.4	9	343	98	3.5	12.3	1
13	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	41.1	14	55	576	10.5	3	875	156	5.6	62.5	9
14	Joe Margucci J. Margucci	40.9	11	36	450	12.5	2	14	34	0.4	1.3	3
15	Jim Doran J. Doran	40.7	11	25	448	17.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	39.7	90	174	3,576	20.6	35	682	137	5.0	7.6	4
17	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	39.3	83	239	3,260	13.6	22	3,422	783	4.4	41.2	30
18	Ray Pelfrey R. Pelfrey	38.5	12	38	462	12.2	5	44	3	14.7	3.7	0
19	Doak Walker D. Walker	37.9	67	152	2,539	16.7	21	1,520	309	4.9	22.7	12
20	R.C. Owens	37.8	36	84	1,362	16.2	9	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
21	John David Crow J. David Crow	37.2	31	72	1,152	16.0	10	1,958	375	5.2	63.2	11
22	Jim Podoley J. Podoley	36.9	33	61	1,217	20.0	10	694	180	3.9	21.0	2
23	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	35.8	84	184	3,010	16.4	25	1,069	294	3.6	12.7	5
24	Kyle Rote K. Rote	34.9	37	84	1,293	15.4	9	807	217	3.7	21.8	4
25	Dub Jones D. Jones	34.9	72	150	2,514	16.8	17	1,449	344	4.2	20.1	15

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485

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PASS YDS/G

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49ers	6	1	.857
Seahawks	4	3	.571
Rams	3	4	.429
Cardinals	2	5	.286

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Sun 11/1	LAC	@	LAR	4:05 PM
Sun 11/8	LAR	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	LAR	@	ARI	4:05 PM
Wed 11/25	GB	@	LAR	8:00 PM
Thu 12/3	KC	@	LAR	8:15 PM

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

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Cousins

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McCaffrey

Rec TD Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

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QB Rating Leaders

112.5

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110.4

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30.7

28.1

27.2

26.5

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17.2

17.3

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19.7

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Total Yards Rankings

399.1

397.3

390.7

387.7

381.3

380.5

Rush Yards Rankings

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

141.5

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

298.0

293.2

286.0

279.7

276.9

275.5

Sack Leaders

21.0

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Gibbs

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Giants	4	2	1	.643
Eagles	2	4	0	.333
Cowboys	2	4	0	.333
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

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Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000