nfl most yards per reception by a player 1956

Harlon Hill averaged the most yards per reception in 1956, with 24.0 per catch.

Interpreted as:
NFL most yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a player 1956
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
24.0
1956
CHB CHB
12
47
1,128
94.0
11
24
2
12.0
2.0
0
2 Billy Howton
B. Howton
21.6
1956
GB GB
12
55
1,188
99.0
12
0
0
0.0
0
3 Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
19.5
1956
LA LA
12
30
586
48.8
7
-7
1
-7.0
-0.6
0
4 Dorne Dibble
D. Dibble
18.7
1956
DET DET
12
32
597
49.8
2
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
5 Leon Clarke
L. Clarke
18.1
1956
LA LA
12
36
650
54.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
6 Jim Doran
J. Doran
17.9
1956
DET DET
11
25
448
40.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
7 Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
17.4
1956
PIT PIT
12
31
540
45.0
5
-11
3
-3.7
-0.9
0
8 Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
17.2
1956
LA LA
12
35
603
50.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
9 Steve Meilinger
S. Meilinger
16.5
1956
WAS WAS
12
24
395
32.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
10 Jim Mutscheller
J. Mutscheller
16.3
1956
BAL BAL
12
44
715
59.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
11 Raymond Berry
R. Berry
16.2
1956
BAL BAL
12
37
601
50.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
12 Dave Middleton
D. Middleton
15.5
1956
DET DET
12
39
606
50.5
5
9
3
3.0
0.8
0
13 Bobby Walston
B. Walston
15.1
1956
PHI PHI
12
39
590
49.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
14 Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
14.9
1956
CLE CLE
12
28
417
34.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
15 Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
14.8
1956
SF SF
12
60
889
74.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
16 Kyle Rote
K. Rote
14.5
1956
NYG NYG
12
28
405
33.8
4
5
3
1.7
0.4
0
17 Gary Knafelc
G. Knafelc
13.9
1956
GB GB
12
30
418
34.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
18 Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
13.9
1956
PIT PIT
12
27
376
31.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
19 Bill McColl
B. McColl
13.4
1956
CHB CHB
12
24
322
26.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
20 Johnny Carson
J. Carson
12.9
1956
WAS WAS
12
39
504
42.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
21 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
11.8
1956
NYG NYG
12
51
603
50.3
4
819
159
5.2
68.3
5
22 Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
9.2
1956
GB GB
11
28
258
23.5
0
129
35
3.7
11.7
0
23 Rick Casares
R. Casares
8.8
1956
CHB CHB
12
23
203
16.9
2
1,126
234
4.8
93.8
12
24 Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
7.3
1956
BAL BAL
12
26
189
15.8
0
858
178
4.8
71.5
8
25 Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
3.8
1956
PIT PIT
12
23
88
7.3
0
476
131
3.6
39.7
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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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
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CHI Bears

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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
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ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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10/5
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Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
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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