who led the nfl in receiving in 1952

Billy Howton had the most receiving yards in 1952, with 1,231 yards in his rookie season.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Howton
B. Howton
1,231
1952
GB GB
12
53
23.2
102.6
13
0
0
0.0
0
2Bud Grant
B. Grant
997
1952
PHI PHI
12
56
17.8
83.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
3Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
961
1952
WAS WAS
12
41
23.4
80.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
4Cloyce Box
C. Box
924
1952
DET DET
12
42
22.0
77.0
15
0
0
0.0
0
5Mac Speedie
M. Speedie
911
1952
CLE CLE
12
62
14.7
75.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
6Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
884
1952
PIT PIT
12
55
16.1
73.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
7Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
774
1952
SF SF
12
55
14.1
64.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
8Gene Schroeder
G. Schroeder
660
1952
CHB CHB
12
39
16.9
55.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Dub Jones
D. Jones
651
1952
CLE CLE
12
43
15.1
54.3
4
270
65
4.2
22.5
2
10Don Stonesifer
D. Stonesifer
617
1952
CHC CHC
12
54
11.4
51.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Tom Fears
T. Fears
600
1952
LA LA
12
48
12.5
50.0
6
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
12Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
590
1952
LA LA
10
25
23.6
59.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
543
1952
PIT PIT
12
33
16.5
45.3
5
315
66
4.8
26.3
0
14Bob Carey
B. Carey
539
1952
LA LA
12
36
15.0
44.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Bob Mann
B. Mann
517
1952
GB GB
12
30
17.2
43.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
16Bobby Walston
B. Walston
469
1952
PHI PHI
12
26
18.0
39.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
17J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
461
1952
SF SF
12
25
18.4
38.4
1
72
24
3.0
6.0
0
18Bob McChesney
B. McChesney
430
1952
NYG NYG
12
21
20.5
35.8
6
2
2
1.0
0.2
0
19Dick Wilkins
D. Wilkins
416
1952
DAL DAL
12
32
13.0
34.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Bill Stribling
B. Stribling
399
1952
NYG NYG
12
26
15.3
33.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Leon Hart
L. Hart
376
1952
DET DET
11
32
11.8
34.2
4
10
3
3.3
0.9
0
22Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
370
1952
PIT PIT
12
28
13.2
30.8
2
298
97
3.1
24.8
1
23Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
367
1952
SF SF
12
26
14.1
30.6
3
684
98
7.0
57.0
6
24Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
336
1952
CLE CLE
8
21
16.0
42.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
25Jug Girard
J. Girard
316
1952
DET DET
11
17
18.6
28.7
2
222
61
3.6
20.2
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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