nfl most yards per reception by a player 1952

Elroy Hirsch averaged the most yards per catch in 1952, with 23.6 per catch.

Interpreted as:
NFL most yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a player 1952
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
23.6
1952
LA LA
10
25
590
59.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
2 Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
23.4
1952
WAS WAS
12
41
961
80.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
3 Billy Howton
B. Howton
23.2
1952
GB GB
12
53
1,231
102.6
13
0
0
0.0
0
4 Cloyce Box
C. Box
22.0
1952
DET DET
12
42
924
77.0
15
0
0
0.0
0
5 J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
18.4
1952
SF SF
12
25
461
38.4
1
72
24
3.0
6.0
0
6 Bobby Walston
B. Walston
18.0
1952
PHI PHI
12
26
469
39.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
7 Bud Grant
B. Grant
17.8
1952
PHI PHI
12
56
997
83.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
8 Bob Mann
B. Mann
17.2
1952
GB GB
12
30
517
43.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
9 Gene Schroeder
G. Schroeder
16.9
1952
CHB CHB
12
39
660
55.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
10 Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
16.5
1952
PIT PIT
12
33
543
45.3
5
315
66
4.8
26.3
0
11 Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
16.1
1952
PIT PIT
12
55
884
73.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
12 Bill Stribling
B. Stribling
15.3
1952
NYG NYG
12
26
399
33.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
13 Dub Jones
D. Jones
15.1
1952
CLE CLE
12
43
651
54.3
4
270
65
4.2
22.5
2
14 Bob Carey
B. Carey
15.0
1952
LA LA
12
36
539
44.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
15 Mac Speedie
M. Speedie
14.7
1952
CLE CLE
12
62
911
75.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
16 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
14.1
1952
SF SF
12
26
367
30.6
3
684
98
7.0
57.0
6
17 Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
14.1
1952
SF SF
12
55
774
64.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
18 Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
13.2
1952
SF SF
9
23
304
33.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
19 Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
13.2
1952
PIT PIT
12
28
370
30.8
2
298
97
3.1
24.8
1
20 Dick Wilkins
D. Wilkins
13.0
1952
DAL DAL
12
32
416
34.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
21 Tom Fears
T. Fears
12.5
1952
LA LA
12
48
600
50.0
6
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
22 Leon Hart
L. Hart
11.8
1952
DET DET
11
32
376
34.2
4
10
3
3.3
0.9
0
23 Don Stonesifer
D. Stonesifer
11.4
1952
CHC CHC
12
54
617
51.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Leon Heath
L. Heath
6.3
1952
WAS WAS
11
23
146
13.3
1
388
90
4.3
35.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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