most receptions in a nfl regular season career by a running back from 1920 to 1965

Between the 1920 and 1965 seasons, Hugh McElhenny made the most catches by a running back, with 264 receptions.

	NAME	REC	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	264	143	3,247	12.3	22.7	20	5,281	1,124	4.7	36.9	38
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	262	118	2,499	9.5	21.2	20	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106
3	Joe Perry J. Perry	241	156	1,796	7.5	11.5	8	8,378	1,737	4.8	53.7	53
4	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	239	83	3,260	13.6	39.3	22	3,422	783	4.4	41.2	30
5	Alex Webster A. Webster	232	101	2,573	11.1	25.5	17	4,590	1,174	3.9	45.4	39
6	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	225	84	2,955	13.1	35.2	19	3,980	835	4.8	47.4	42
7	Lenny Moore L. Moore	214	84	3,674	17.2	43.7	29	3,675	754	4.9	43.8	43
8	Jon Arnett J. Arnett	212	109	2,248	10.6	20.6	10	3,655	909	4.0	33.5	25
9	Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	190	105	1,793	9.4	17.1	3	3,660	951	3.8	34.9	21
10	Ollie Matson O. Matson	184	128	2,669	14.5	20.9	18	4,891	1,114	4.4	38.2	37
11	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	184	84	3,010	16.4	35.8	25	1,069	294	3.6	12.7	5
12	Rick Casares R. Casares	183	124	1,543	8.4	12.4	10	5,662	1,388	4.1	45.7	49
13	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	178	129	1,328	7.5	10.3	7	6,577	1,501	4.4	51.0	45
14	Timmy Brown T. Brown	176	77	2,773	15.8	36.0	22	2,976	636	4.7	38.6	25
15	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	174	90	3,576	20.6	39.7	35	682	137	5.0	7.6	4
16	John David Crow J. David Crow	166	83	2,454	14.8	29.6	24	4,003	919	4.4	48.2	35
17	Lynn Chandnois L. Chandnois	162	72	2,012	12.4	27.9	7	1,934	593	3.3	26.9	16
18	Charley Tolar C. Tolar	155	67	1,127	7.3	16.8	2	2,993	807	3.7	44.7	18
19	Billy Ray Barnes B. Ray Barnes	152	96	1,766	11.6	18.4	9	3,405	989	3.4	35.5	28
20	Doak Walker D. Walker	152	67	2,539	16.7	37.9	21	1,520	309	4.9	22.7	12
21	Dub Jones D. Jones	150	72	2,514	16.8	34.9	17	1,449	344	4.2	20.1	15
22	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	150	96	1,087	7.2	11.3	2	3,271	900	3.6	34.1	17
23	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	148	79	1,247	8.4	15.8	3	2,558	670	3.8	32.4	10
24	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	146	101	1,174	8.0	11.6	8	7,502	1,607	4.7	74.3	77
25	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	145	64	2,417	16.7	37.8	19	3,727	799	4.7	58.2	19

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