nfl wide receiver receiving yards leaders 1940

Don Looney had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in his rookie season in 1940, with 707 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Don Looney D. Looney	707	1940	PHI	11	58	12.2	64.3	4	-4	2	-2.0	-0.4	0
2	Don Hutson D. Hutson	664	1940	GB	11	45	14.8	60.4	7	0	0		0.0	0
3	Perry Schwartz P. Schwartz	370	1940	BKN	11	21	17.6	33.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jim Benton J. Benton	351	1940	CLE	10	22	16.0	35.1	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
5	Paul McDonough P. McDonough	315	1940	CLE	11	12	26.3	28.6	1	5	2	2.5	0.5	0
6	Les McDonald L. McDonald	309	1940	TOT	10	15	20.6	30.9	0	-2	2	-1.0	-0.2	0
7	George Platukis G. Platukis	290	1940	PIT	11	15	19.3	26.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
8	Carl Mulleneaux C. Mulleneaux	288	1940	GB	10	16	18.0	28.8	6	0	0		0.0	0
9	Bob Masterson B. Masterson	283	1940	WAS	11	18	15.7	25.7	4	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
10	Ken Kavanaugh K. Kavanaugh	276	1940	CHB	11	12	23.0	25.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jim Lee Howell J. Lee Howell	255	1940	NYG	11	14	18.2	23.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
12	Dick Plasman D. Plasman	245	1940	CHB	11	11	22.3	22.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
13	Wayne Millner W. Millner	233	1940	WAS	10	22	10.6	23.3	3	31	3	10.3	3.1	0
14	Chuck Hanneman C. Hanneman	224	1940	DET	9	14	16.0	24.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Charley Malone C. Malone	222	1940	WAS	11	20	11.1	20.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Joe Carter J. Carter	201	1940	PHI	6	12	16.8	33.5	0	-3	1	-3.0	-0.5	0
17	Gus Tinsley G. Tinsley	165	1940	CHC	7	16	10.3	23.6	1	17	1	17.0	2.4	0
18	Al Coppage A. Coppage	163	1940	CHC	11	15	10.9	14.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jim Poole J. Poole	156	1940	NYG	11	10	15.6	14.2	3	0	0		0.0	0
20	Ray Riddick R. Riddick	148	1940	GB	10	11	13.5	14.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Red Ramsey R. Ramsey	143	1940	PHI	11	17	8.4	13.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Dave Diehl D. Diehl	131	1940	DET	10	12	10.9	13.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Bob McChesney B. McChesney	119	1940	WAS	11	9	13.2	10.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bill Sortet B. Sortet	112	1940	PIT	11	7	16.0	10.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Bob Nowaskey B. Nowaskey	105	1940	CHB	10	5	21.0	10.5	2	4	1	4.0	0.4	0

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Sun 11/8	NYG	@	PHI	1:00 PM
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