who led the nfl in receiving in 1953

Pete Pihos had the most receiving yards in 1953, with 1,049 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
1,049
1953
12
63
16.7
87.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
2Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
941
1953
12
61
15.4
78.4
4
-6
1
-6.0
-0.5
0
3Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
841
1953
12
53
15.9
70.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
4Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
840
1953
12
51
16.5
70.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
5Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
783
1953
12
45
17.4
65.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
6Bobby Walston
B. Walston
750
1953
12
41
18.3
62.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
7Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
743
1953
12
62
12.0
61.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
8Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
722
1953
12
39
18.5
60.2
4
352
60
5.9
29.3
4
9Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
703
1953
12
35
20.1
58.6
8
0
0
0.0
0
10Don Stonesifer
D. Stonesifer
684
1953
12
56
12.2
57.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
11Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
632
1953
12
32
19.8
52.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
620
1953
12
43
14.4
51.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
13Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
610
1953
11
43
14.2
55.5
6
0
0
0.0
0
14Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
548
1953
12
24
22.8
45.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Doak Walker
D. Walker
502
1953
12
30
16.7
41.8
3
337
66
5.1
28.1
2
16Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
474
1953
12
30
15.8
39.5
2
503
112
4.5
41.9
3
17Leon Hart
L. Hart
472
1953
12
25
18.9
39.3
7
2
1
2.0
0.2
0
18Billy Howton
B. Howton
463
1953
8
25
18.5
57.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
19Bill McColl
B. McColl
453
1953
12
36
12.6
37.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Kyle Rote
K. Rote
440
1953
9
26
16.9
48.9
5
213
63
3.4
23.7
1
21Jerry Williams
J. Williams
438
1953
12
31
14.1
36.5
1
345
61
5.7
28.8
3
22Charlie Justice
C. Justice
434
1953
12
22
19.7
36.2
2
616
115
5.4
51.3
2
23Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
412
1953
12
43
9.6
34.3
0
470
123
3.8
39.2
3
24Cloyce Box
C. Box
403
1953
12
16
25.2
33.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
25Billy Stone
B. Stone
376
1953
12
34
11.1
31.3
4
169
72
2.3
14.1
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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