nfl career receiving leaders between 1950 to 1979

From 1950 through 1979, Don Maynard had the most receiving yards, with 11,834 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Don Maynard D. Maynard	11,834	186	633	18.7	63.6	88	70	24	2.9	0.4	0
2	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	10,266	136	542	18.9	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
3	Raymond Berry R. Berry	9,275	154	631	14.7	60.2	68	0	0		0.0	0
4	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	9,110	165	649	14.0	55.2	79	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	11
5	Fred Biletnikoff F. Biletnikoff	8,974	190	589	15.2	47.2	76	0	0		0.0	0
6	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	8,840	160	497	17.8	55.3	70	158	26	6.1	1.0	0
7	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	8,565	157	427	20.1	54.6	85	204	22	9.3	1.3	0
8	Billy Howton B. Howton	8,459	142	503	16.8	59.6	61	29	5	5.8	0.2	0
9	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	8,410	152	495	17.0	55.3	84	22	17	1.3	0.1	0
10	Carroll Dale C. Dale	8,277	189	438	18.9	43.8	52	30	4	7.5	0.2	0
11	Art Powell A. Powell	8,046	117	479	16.8	68.8	81	0	0		0.0	0
12	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	7,954	148	521	15.3	53.7	65	2,735	513	5.3	18.5	18
13	Jackie Smith J. Smith	7,918	210	480	16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
14	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	7,914	149	400	19.8	53.1	66	122	15	8.1	0.8	0
15	Roy Jefferson R. Jefferson	7,539	162	451	16.7	46.5	52	188	25	7.5	1.2	0
16	Gary Garrison G. Garrison	7,538	134	405	18.6	56.3	58	29	12	2.4	0.2	0
17	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	7,414	132	371	20.0	56.2	71	68	24	2.8	0.5	2
18	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	7,412	132	452	16.4	56.2	47	-4	6	-0.7	0.0	0
19	Otis Taylor O. Taylor	7,306	130	410	17.8	56.2	57	161	30	5.4	1.2	3
20	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	7,270	162	474	15.3	44.9	40	28	2	14.0	0.2	0
21	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	7,195	121	567	12.7	59.5	45	20	4	5.0	0.2	0
22	Haven Moses H. Moses	7,171	168	395	18.2	42.7	51	43	18	2.4	0.3	1
23	John Gilliam J. Gilliam	7,056	151	382	18.5	46.7	48	293	35	8.4	1.9	2
24	Gene Washington G. Washington	6,856	140	385	17.8	49.0	60	23	6	3.8	0.2	0
25	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	6,823	95	410	16.6	71.8	51	0	0		0.0	0

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Lions	2	1	0	.667
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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