nfl receiving yards leaders in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Don Hutson had the most receiving yards, with 5,089 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Hutson
D. Hutson
5,089
63
329
15.5
80.8
63
214
33
6.5
3.4
3
2Jim Benton
J. Benton
3,995
69
240
16.6
57.9
33
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
3Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
3,295
78
145
22.7
42.2
48
0
0
0.0
0
4Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
2,986
47
141
21.2
63.5
31
59
11
5.4
1.3
1
5Bill Dewell
B. Dewell
2,657
69
177
15.0
38.5
17
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
6John Greene
J. Greene
2,597
66
153
17.0
39.3
24
0
0
0.0
0
7Jim Keane
J. Keane
2,351
46
155
15.2
51.1
22
0
0
0.0
0
8Jack Ferrante
J. Ferrante
2,296
69
134
17.1
33.3
28
0
0
0.0
0
9Ray McLean
R. McLean
2,232
76
103
21.7
29.4
21
412
152
2.7
5.4
5
10Don Currivan
D. Currivan
1,979
75
78
25.4
26.4
24
-4
1
-4.0
-0.1
0
11Val Jansante
V. Jansante
1,803
47
113
16.0
38.4
13
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
12Clyde Goodnight
C. Goodnight
1,782
48
100
17.8
37.1
13
25
9
2.8
0.5
0
13Frank Liebel
F. Liebel
1,753
62
84
20.9
28.3
23
0
0
0.0
0
14Hal Crisler
H. Crisler
1,735
43
116
15.0
40.3
17
6
4
1.5
0.1
0
15Tom Fears
T. Fears
1,711
24
128
13.4
71.3
13
5
3
1.7
0.2
0
16Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
1,633
34
91
17.9
48.0
18
7
1
7.0
0.2
0
17Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
1,632
35
103
15.8
46.6
22
-3
8
-0.4
-0.1
0
18Dick Todd
D. Todd
1,596
69
100
16.0
23.1
18
1,307
311
4.2
18.9
9
19Bob Mann
B. Mann
1,574
24
99
15.9
65.6
7
46
6
7.7
1.9
0
20Nolan Luhn
N. Luhn
1,525
56
100
15.3
27.2
13
0
0
0.0
0
21Eddie Rucinski
E. Rucinski
1,408
60
99
14.2
23.5
8
85
18
4.7
1.4
0
22Bob Masterson
B. Masterson
1,370
63
106
12.9
21.7
11
15
5
3.0
0.2
0
23George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,359
63
85
16.0
21.6
11
1,681
339
5.0
26.7
21
24Red Hickey
R. Hickey
1,288
49
75
17.2
26.3
16
7
7
1.0
0.1
0
25Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
1,245
79
83
15.0
15.8
8
1,679
299
5.6
21.3
5
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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