who led the nfl in receiving in 1940

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

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Looney
D. Looney
707
1940
11
58
12.2
64.3
4
-4
2
-2.0
-0.4
0
2Don Hutson
D. Hutson
664
1940
11
45
14.8
60.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
3Dick Todd
D. Todd
402
1940
11
20
20.1
36.5
4
408
76
5.4
37.1
4
4Perry Schwartz
P. Schwartz
370
1940
11
21
17.6
33.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
5Jim Benton
J. Benton
351
1940
10
22
16.0
35.1
3
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
6Jimmy Johnston
J. Johnston
350
1940
11
29
12.1
31.8
3
256
87
2.9
23.3
3
7Lloyd Cardwell
L. Cardwell
349
1940
10
20
17.5
34.9
1
186
48
3.9
18.6
2
8Paul McDonough
P. McDonough
315
1940
11
12
26.3
28.6
1
5
2
2.5
0.5
0
9Les McDonald
L. McDonald
309
1940
TOT
10
15
20.6
30.9
0
-2
2
-1.0
-0.2
0
10George Platukis
G. Platukis
290
1940
11
15
19.3
26.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
11Carl Mulleneaux
C. Mulleneaux
288
1940
10
16
18.0
28.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
12Bob Masterson
B. Masterson
283
1940
11
18
15.7
25.7
4
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
13Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
276
1940
11
12
23.0
25.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Vic Spadaccini
V. Spadaccini
276
1940
9
22
12.5
30.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
15Jim Lee Howell
J. Lee Howell
255
1940
11
14
18.2
23.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
16Dick Plasman
D. Plasman
245
1940
11
11
22.3
22.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Wayne Millner
W. Millner
233
1940
10
22
10.6
23.3
3
31
3
10.3
3.1
0
18Chuck Hanneman
C. Hanneman
224
1940
9
14
16.0
24.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Charley Malone
C. Malone
222
1940
11
20
11.1
20.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
220
1940
8
13
16.9
27.5
1
86
15
5.7
10.8
1
21Joe Carter
J. Carter
201
1940
6
12
16.8
33.5
0
-3
1
-3.0
-0.5
0
22Andy Uram
A. Uram
188
1940
11
10
18.8
17.1
2
270
71
3.8
24.5
1
23Ed Justice
E. Justice
170
1940
7
15
11.3
24.3
2
34
3
11.3
4.9
0
24Gus Tinsley
G. Tinsley
165
1940
7
16
10.3
23.6
1
17
1
17.0
2.4
0
25Al Coppage
A. Coppage
163
1940
11
15
10.9
14.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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