what nfl wr had the most receptions in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Billy Wilson had the most catches by a wide receiver, with 404 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
404
96
5,851
14.5
60.9
48
0
0
0.0
0
2Billy Howton
B. Howton
342
92
6,091
17.8
66.2
44
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
3Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
286
79
5,253
18.4
66.5
46
24
5
4.8
0.3
0
4Tom Fears
T. Fears
272
63
3,686
13.6
58.5
25
10
2
5.0
0.2
0
5Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
258
60
3,768
14.6
62.8
38
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
6Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
244
79
3,908
16.0
49.5
33
0
0
0.0
0
7Bobby Walston
B. Walston
243
108
4,188
17.2
38.8
40
12
4
3.0
0.1
0
8Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
243
72
3,673
15.1
51.0
27
0
0
0.0
0
9Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
237
83
3,363
14.2
40.5
25
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
10Don Stonesifer
D. Stonesifer
231
72
2,901
12.6
40.3
14
0
0
0.0
0
11Raymond Berry
R. Berry
219
60
3,359
15.3
56.0
31
0
0
0.0
0
12Harlon Hill
H. Hill
218
63
4,467
20.5
70.9
40
31
5
6.2
0.5
0
13Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
208
92
3,732
17.9
40.6
21
0
0
0.0
0
14Bill McColl
B. McColl
182
84
2,533
13.9
30.2
24
0
0
0.0
0
15Jim Mutscheller
J. Mutscheller
181
60
2,994
16.5
49.9
36
0
0
0.0
0
16Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
181
60
3,600
19.9
60.0
40
0
0
0.0
0
17Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
176
79
3,611
20.5
45.7
28
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
18Dan Edwards
D. Edwards
169
47
2,149
12.7
45.7
13
0
0
0.0
0
19Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
149
79
2,656
17.8
33.6
27
0
0
0.0
0
20Leon Hart
L. Hart
147
59
2,274
15.5
38.5
24
6
8
0.8
0.1
0
21Dorne Dibble
D. Dibble
146
68
2,552
17.5
37.5
19
13
2
6.5
0.2
0
22Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
141
66
2,262
16.0
34.3
24
0
0
0.0
0
23Mac Speedie
M. Speedie
138
34
2,048
14.8
60.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
24Johnny Carson
J. Carson
128
57
1,987
15.5
34.9
11
0
0
0.0
0
25Kyle Rote
K. Rote
121
58
1,949
16.1
33.6
22
64
14
4.6
1.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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