nfl receiving yard leaders from 1940 to 1959

Between the 1940 and 1959 seasons, Elroy Hirsch had the most receiving yards, with 6,299 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
6,299
103
343
18.4
61.2
53
317
74
4.3
3.1
1
2Billy Howton
B. Howton
6,091
92
342
17.8
66.2
44
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
3Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
5,851
96
404
14.5
60.9
48
0
0
0.0
0
4Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
5,619
107
373
15.1
52.5
61
-4
9
-0.4
0.0
0
5Tom Fears
T. Fears
5,397
87
400
13.5
62.0
38
15
5
3.0
0.2
0
6Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
5,233
94
272
19.2
55.7
58
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
7Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
5,131
131
329
15.6
39.2
37
0
0
0.0
0
8Don Hutson
D. Hutson
5,089
63
329
15.5
80.8
63
214
33
6.5
3.4
3
9Harlon Hill
H. Hill
4,467
63
218
20.5
70.9
40
31
5
6.2
0.5
0
10Bobby Walston
B. Walston
4,188
108
243
17.2
38.8
40
12
4
3.0
0.1
0
11Jim Benton
J. Benton
3,995
69
240
16.6
57.9
33
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
12Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
3,919
108
230
17.0
36.3
34
1,057
300
3.5
9.8
5
13Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
3,908
79
244
16.0
49.5
33
0
0
0.0
0
14Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
3,732
92
208
17.9
40.6
21
0
0
0.0
0
15Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
3,626
90
162
22.4
40.3
50
0
0
0.0
0
16Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
3,611
79
176
20.5
45.7
28
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
17Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
3,576
90
174
20.6
39.7
35
682
137
5.0
7.6
4
18Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
3,487
107
249
14.0
32.6
25
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
19Raymond Berry
R. Berry
3,359
60
219
15.3
56.0
31
0
0
0.0
0
20Kyle Rote
K. Rote
3,242
95
205
15.8
34.1
31
871
231
3.8
9.2
4
21Jim Keane
J. Keane
3,222
81
224
14.4
39.8
24
0
0
0.0
0
22Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,208
87
233
13.8
36.9
23
3,347
756
4.4
38.5
28
23Bob Mann
B. Mann
3,203
62
208
15.4
51.7
24
55
8
6.9
0.9
0
24Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
3,060
56
145
21.1
54.6
31
59
11
5.4
1.1
1
25Jim Mutscheller
J. Mutscheller
3,043
72
182
16.7
42.3
36
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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