what wide receivers had the most receiving yards in the 1960s

From 1960 through 1969, Don Maynard had the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver, with 10,289 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Don Maynard D. Maynard	10,289	134	546	18.8	76.8	84	23	11	2.1	0.2	0
2	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	8,976	96	458	19.6	93.5	77	137	21	6.5	1.4	2
3	Art Powell A. Powell	8,046	105	479	16.8	76.6	81	0	0		0.0	0
4	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	6,823	95	410	16.6	71.8	51	0	0		0.0	0
5	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	6,733	118	410	16.4	57.1	62	0	0		0.0	0
6	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	6,492	98	393	16.5	66.2	49	438	90	4.9	4.5	2
7	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	6,369	138	416	15.3	46.2	36	8	1	8.0	0.1	0
8	Carroll Dale C. Dale	6,356	134	328	19.4	47.4	45	21	2	10.5	0.2	0
9	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	6,201	117	322	19.3	53.0	52	71	9	7.9	0.6	0
10	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	6,019	99	467	12.9	60.8	41	20	4	5.0	0.2	0
11	Raymond Berry R. Berry	5,916	94	412	14.4	62.9	37	0	0		0.0	0
12	Sonny Randle S. Randle	5,794	112	350	16.6	51.7	64	0	0		0.0	0
13	Gail Cogdill G. Cogdill	5,595	121	349	16.0	46.2	33	-2	2	-1.0	0.0	0
14	Chris Burford C. Burford	5,505	103	391	14.1	53.4	55	10	3	3.3	0.1	0
15	Elbert Dubenion E. Dubenion	5,294	103	294	18.0	51.4	35	326	46	7.1	3.2	3
16	Bobby Joe Conrad B. Joe Conrad	5,261	118	378	13.9	44.6	33	91	24	3.8	0.8	0
17	Buddy Dial B. Dial	5,008	86	245	20.4	58.2	38	14	4	3.5	0.2	0
18	Jim Colclough J. Colclough	5,001	126	283	17.7	39.7	39	51	4	12.8	0.4	0
19	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	4,888	64	252	19.4	76.4	49	10	13	0.8	0.2	1
20	Homer Jones H. Jones	4,845	73	214	22.6	66.4	35	146	17	8.6	2.0	1
21	Bernie Casey B. Casey	4,625	92	306	15.1	50.3	34	23	1	23.0	0.3	0
22	Gary Collins G. Collins	4,564	88	279	16.4	51.9	61	60	4	15.0	0.7	0
23	Gino Cappelletti G. Cappelletti	4,540	112	290	15.7	40.5	42	6	4	1.5	0.1	0
24	Johnny Morris J. Morris	4,468	85	312	14.3	52.6	26	72	12	6.0	0.8	0
25	Del Shofner D. Shofner	4,437	89	251	17.7	49.9	36	-5	3	-1.7	-0.1	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	3	0	1.000
Patriots	1	2	.333
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Dolphins	0	3	.000

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CLE	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NYJ	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	MIA	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	LV	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

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Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Jets	1	2	0	.333
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Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Browns	2	1	0	.667
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
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Thu 10/1	PIT	@	CLE	8:15 PM
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