who led the nfl in receiving in 1956

Billy Howton had the most yards on receptions in 1956, with 1,188 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Howton
B. Howton
1,188
1956
12
55
21.6
99.0
12
0
0
0.0
0
2Harlon Hill
H. Hill
1,128
1956
12
47
24.0
94.0
11
24
2
12.0
2.0
0
3Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
889
1956
12
60
14.8
74.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
4Jim Mutscheller
J. Mutscheller
715
1956
12
44
16.3
59.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
5Leon Clarke
L. Clarke
650
1956
12
36
18.1
54.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Dave Middleton
D. Middleton
606
1956
12
39
15.5
50.5
5
9
3
3.0
0.8
0
7Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
603
1956
12
51
11.8
50.3
4
819
159
5.2
68.3
5
8Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
603
1956
12
35
17.2
50.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Raymond Berry
R. Berry
601
1956
12
37
16.2
50.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Dorne Dibble
D. Dibble
597
1956
12
32
18.7
49.8
2
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
11Bobby Walston
B. Walston
590
1956
12
39
15.1
49.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
12Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
586
1956
12
30
19.5
48.8
7
-7
1
-7.0
-0.6
0
13Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
540
1956
12
31
17.4
45.0
5
-11
3
-3.7
-0.9
0
14Johnny Carson
J. Carson
504
1956
12
39
12.9
42.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Jim Doran
J. Doran
448
1956
11
25
17.9
40.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Gary Knafelc
G. Knafelc
418
1956
12
30
13.9
34.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
417
1956
12
28
14.9
34.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Kyle Rote
K. Rote
405
1956
12
28
14.5
33.8
4
5
3
1.7
0.4
0
19Steve Meilinger
S. Meilinger
395
1956
12
24
16.5
32.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
20Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
376
1956
12
27
13.9
31.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Clyde Conner
C. Conner
362
1956
12
22
16.5
30.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
22Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
344
1956
11
20
17.2
31.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Lowell Perry
L. Perry
334
1956
6
14
23.9
55.7
2
37
2
18.5
6.2
0
24Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
325
1956
12
17
19.1
27.1
4
24
4
6.0
2.0
0
25Bill McColl
B. McColl
322
1956
12
24
13.4
26.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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