most reception yds in a season 1920 to 1986

From 1920 through 1986, Charley Hennigan had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,746 yards in 1961.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	1,746	1961	HOU	14	82	21.3	124.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
2	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	1,602	1965	SD	14	69	23.2	114.4	14	-12	3	-4.0	-0.9	0
3	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,570	1986	SF	16	86	18.3	98.1	15	72	10	7.2	4.5	1
4	Roy Green R. Green	1,555	1984	STL	16	78	19.9	97.2	12	-10	1	-10.0	-0.6	0
5	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	1,546	1964	HOU	14	101	15.3	110.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	1,495	1951	LA	12	66	22.7	124.6	17	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
7	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	1,491	1986	NE	16	84	17.8	93.2	10	0	0		0.0	0
8	Bill Groman B. Groman	1,473	1960	HOU	14	72	20.5	105.2	12	0	0		0.0	0
9	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,436	1963	WAS	14	69	20.8	102.6	7	24	3	8.0	1.7	0
10	Don Maynard D. Maynard	1,434	1967	NYJ	14	71	20.2	102.4	10	18	4	4.5	1.3	0
11	Mike Quick M. Quick	1,409	1983	PHI	16	69	20.4	88.1	13	0	0		0.0	0
12	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	1,395	1984	PIT	16	80	17.4	87.2	11	0	0		0.0	0
13	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	1,389	1984	MIA	15	73	19.0	92.6	18	35	3	11.7	2.3	0
14	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,384	1962	WAS	14	72	19.2	98.9	11	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
15	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	1,383	1966	SD	13	73	18.9	106.4	13	10	3	3.3	0.8	0
16	Art Monk A. Monk	1,372	1984	WAS	16	106	12.9	85.8	7	18	2	9.0	1.1	0
17	James Lofton J. Lofton	1,361	1984	GB	16	62	22.0	85.1	7	82	10	8.2	5.1	0
18	Art Powell A. Powell	1,361	1964	OAK	14	76	17.9	97.2	11	0	0		0.0	0
19	Alfred Jenkins A. Jenkins	1,358	1981	ATL	16	70	19.4	84.9	13	0	0		0.0	0
20	Carlos Carson C. Carson	1,351	1983	KC	16	80	16.9	84.4	7	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
21	Dave Parks D. Parks	1,344	1965	SF	14	80	16.8	96.0	12	0	0		0.0	0
22	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,340	1980	SD	16	82	16.3	83.8	13	16	1	16.0	1.0	0
23	Mark Duper M. Duper	1,313	1986	MIA	16	67	19.6	82.1	11	-10	1	-10.0	-0.6	0
24	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	1,312	1968	SD	14	68	19.3	93.7	10	18	3	6.0	1.3	0
25	Mark Duper M. Duper	1,306	1984	MIA	16	71	18.4	81.6	8	0	0		0.0	0

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