nfl most yards per reception by a player 1954

Harlon Hill averaged the most yards per catch in 1954, with 25.0 per catch in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
NFL most yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a player 1954
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Harlon Hill
H. Hill
25.0
1954
CHB CHB
12
45
1,124
93.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
2 Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
22.9
1954
LA LA
12
53
1,212
101.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
3 Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
20.6
1954
LA LA
12
35
720
60.0
3
6
1
6.0
0.5
0
4 Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
19.4
1954
CHB CHB
12
34
658
54.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
5 Kyle Rote
K. Rote
19.0
1954
NYG NYG
11
29
551
50.1
2
59
30
2.0
5.4
0
6 Bill Jessup
B. Jessup
18.8
1954
SF SF
12
30
565
47.1
3
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
7 Bobby Walston
B. Walston
18.7
1954
PHI PHI
12
31
581
48.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
8 Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
18.3
1954
NYG NYG
12
30
550
45.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
9 Ken MacAfee
K. MacAfee
18.3
1954
NYG NYG
11
24
438
39.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
10 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
18.0
1954
CHC CHC
10
34
611
61.1
3
506
101
5.0
50.6
4
11 Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
17.8
1954
WAS WAS
12
37
659
54.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
12 Doak Walker
D. Walker
17.6
1954
DET DET
12
32
564
47.0
3
240
32
7.5
20.0
1
13 Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
17.1
1954
CLE CLE
12
47
802
66.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
14 Max McGee
M. McGee
17.1
1954
GB GB
12
36
614
51.2
9
9
1
9.0
0.8
0
15 Dorne Dibble
D. Dibble
16.7
1954
DET DET
12
46
768
64.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
16 Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
16.1
1954
CLE CLE
12
42
676
56.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
17 Leon Hart
L. Hart
15.7
1954
DET DET
12
24
377
31.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Jug Girard
J. Girard
15.6
1954
DET DET
12
27
421
35.1
7
36
9
4.0
3.0
0
19 Ed Barker
E. Barker
15.3
1954
WAS WAS
12
23
353
29.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
20 Bill McColl
B. McColl
15.3
1954
CHB CHB
12
24
368
30.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
21 Jerry Williams
J. Williams
15.2
1954
PHI PHI
11
44
668
60.7
3
183
47
3.9
16.6
1
22 Tom Fears
T. Fears
15.2
1954
LA LA
10
36
546
54.6
3
10
1
10.0
1.0
0
23 Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
14.8
1954
PIT PIT
12
44
652
54.3
6
242
80
3.0
20.2
2
24 Billy Howton
B. Howton
14.8
1954
GB GB
12
52
768
64.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
25 George Sulima
G. Sulima
14.6
1954
PIT PIT
12
30
439
36.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

25.3

12th

OPP PPG

29.3

25th

RUSH YDS/G

102.3

24th

PASS YDS/G

238.5

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
LV Raiders

1 - 3 - 0

24

Final

25

CHI Bears

2 - 2 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM