most running back receiving yards by league in a season

Running backs had their most yards on receptions in a season in 1980, with 27,220 yards.

	POSITION	REC YDS	SEASON	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Running Back	27,220	1980	2,336	3,161		8.6	11.7	113	52,008	13,145	4.0	22.3	371
2	Running Back	27,193	1981	2,275	3,102		8.8	12.0	121	53,741	13,366	4.0	23.6	392
3	Running Back	25,479	1986	2,077	2,869		8.9	12.3	101	47,983	12,208	3.9	23.1	354
4	Running Back	24,549	1979	2,390	2,834		8.7	10.3	105	56,092	14,051	4.0	23.5	431
5	Running Back	23,956	1983	2,170	2,640		9.1	11.0	111	52,970	12,949	4.1	24.4	389
6	Running Back	23,273	1985	1,949	2,556		9.1	11.9	100	51,188	12,338	4.1	26.3	391
7	Running Back	22,704	1988	2,072	2,500		9.1	11.0	94	48,006	12,041	4.0	23.2	353
8	Running Back	22,345	2015	1,975	2,682	3,611	8.3	11.3	109	47,355	11,576	4.1	24.0	293
9	Running Back	22,204	2017	1,901	2,724	3,666	8.2	11.7	103	47,125	11,714	4.0	24.8	306
10	Running Back	22,093	1989	2,009	2,443		9.0	11.0	106	44,647	11,474	3.9	22.2	332
11	Running Back	22,039	2018	1,791	2,748	3,616	8.0	12.3	118	47,670	10,956	4.4	26.6	354
12	Running Back	22,002	2002	2,177	2,837	3,898	7.8	10.1	97	50,285	12,104	4.2	23.1	379
13	Running Back	21,976	1994	1,966	2,731		8.0	11.2	84	42,075	11,218	3.8	21.4	297
14	Running Back	21,832	2000	2,081	2,690	3,758	8.1	10.5	93	46,657	11,690	4.0	22.4	344
15	Running Back	21,691	1987	1,941	2,457		8.8	11.2	94	45,740	11,677	3.9	23.6	289
16	Running Back	21,347	1995	2,056	2,724		7.8	10.4	77	46,589	11,735	4.0	22.7	328
17	Running Back	21,340	2019	1,873	2,704	3,530	7.9	11.4	103	47,704	11,204	4.3	25.5	352
18	Running Back	21,128	1999	2,179	2,635	3,768	8.0	9.7	92	46,034	11,846	3.9	21.1	306
19	Running Back	20,903	1978	2,360	2,459		8.5	8.9	70	58,958	14,864	4.0	25.0	409
20	Running Back	20,870	1984	2,234	2,501		8.3	9.3	89	50,837	12,535	4.1	22.8	357
21	Running Back	20,705	2001	2,172	2,622	3,648	7.9	9.5	86	47,300	11,711	4.0	21.8	299
22	Running Back	20,612	2021	1,987	2,730	3,516	7.6	10.4	110	50,345	11,845	4.3	25.3	381
23	Running Back	20,312	2014	1,956	2,518	3,448	8.1	10.4	100	48,314	11,715	4.1	24.7	323
24	Running Back	20,114	1996	2,050	2,530		8.0	9.8	82	46,784	11,997	3.9	22.8	312
25	Running Back	20,113	1993	1,815	2,472		8.1	11.1	58	43,932	11,208	3.9	24.2	267

StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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