most receptions in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Billy Wilson made the most receptions, with 404 receptions.

Interpreted as:
most receptions by a player in the 1950s
NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
404
96
5,851
14.5
60.9
48
0
0
0.0
0
2Billy Howton
B. Howton
342
92
6,091
17.8
66.2
44
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
3Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
321
91
5,973
18.6
65.6
49
30
6
5.0
0.3
0
4Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
280
96
4,164
14.9
43.4
33
0
0
0.0
0
5Tom Fears
T. Fears
272
63
3,686
13.6
58.5
25
10
2
5.0
0.2
0
6Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
270
72
3,987
14.8
55.4
39
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
7Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
249
107
3,487
14.0
32.6
25
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
8Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
244
79
3,908
16.0
49.5
33
0
0
0.0
0
9Bobby Walston
B. Walston
243
108
4,188
17.2
38.8
40
12
4
3.0
0.1
0
10Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
233
87
3,208
13.8
36.9
23
3,347
756
4.4
38.5
28
11Don Stonesifer
D. Stonesifer
231
72
2,901
12.6
40.3
14
0
0
0.0
0
12Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
230
108
3,919
17.0
36.3
34
1,057
300
3.5
9.8
5
13Raymond Berry
R. Berry
219
60
3,359
15.3
56.0
31
0
0
0.0
0
14Harlon Hill
H. Hill
218
63
4,467
20.5
70.9
40
31
5
6.2
0.5
0
15Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
208
92
3,732
17.9
40.6
21
0
0
0.0
0
16Kyle Rote
K. Rote
205
95
3,242
15.8
34.1
31
871
231
3.8
9.2
4
17Bill McColl
B. McColl
201
96
2,815
14.0
29.3
25
0
0
0.0
0
18Jim Mutscheller
J. Mutscheller
182
72
3,043
16.7
42.3
36
0
0
0.0
0
19Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
181
88
2,552
14.1
29.0
14
3,941
782
5.0
44.8
35
20Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
181
60
3,600
19.9
60.0
40
0
0
0.0
0
21Joe Perry
J. Perry
178
112
1,271
7.1
11.3
7
7,151
1,415
5.1
63.8
49
22Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
176
79
3,611
20.5
45.7
28
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
23Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
174
90
3,576
20.6
39.7
35
682
137
5.0
7.6
4
24Leon Hart
L. Hart
174
92
2,499
14.4
27.2
26
612
143
4.3
6.7
5
25Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
169
63
2,656
15.7
42.2
15
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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