who led the nfl in receiving in 1961

Charley Hennigan had the most yards on receptions in 1961, with 1,746 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
1,746
1961
14
82
21.3
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
2Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
1,176
1961
14
100
11.8
84.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
3Bill Groman
B. Groman
1,175
1961
14
50
23.5
83.9
17
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
4Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
1,144
1961
14
64
17.9
81.7
13
0
0
0.0
0
5Del Shofner
D. Shofner
1,125
1961
14
68
16.5
80.4
11
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
6Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
1,092
1961
14
78
14.0
78.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
7Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
1,076
1961
14
56
19.2
76.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
8Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
1,055
1961
14
55
19.2
75.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
9Buddy Dial
B. Dial
1,047
1961
14
53
19.8
74.8
12
6
3
2.0
0.4
0
10R.C. Owens
R.C. Owens
1,032
1961
14
55
18.8
73.7
5
23
0
1.6
1
11Gail Cogdill
G. Cogdill
956
1961
14
45
21.2
68.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
12Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
919
1961
14
41
22.4
65.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
13Max McGee
M. McGee
883
1961
13
51
17.3
67.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
14Art Powell
A. Powell
881
1961
14
71
12.4
62.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
15Raymond Berry
R. Berry
873
1961
12
75
11.6
72.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Jerry Reichow
J. Reichow
859
1961
14
50
17.2
61.4
11
9
3
3.0
0.6
0
17Chris Burford
C. Burford
850
1961
14
51
16.7
60.7
5
-13
1
-13.0
-0.9
0
18Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
834
1961
14
48
17.4
59.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
19Fred Dugan
F. Dugan
817
1961
13
53
15.4
62.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Don Norton
D. Norton
816
1961
14
47
17.4
58.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
21Kyle Rote
K. Rote
805
1961
14
53
15.2
57.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
22Al Frazier
A. Frazier
799
1961
14
47
17.0
57.1
6
110
23
4.8
7.9
0
23Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
794
1961
14
43
18.5
56.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
24Billy Howton
B. Howton
785
1961
14
56
14.0
56.1
4
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
25Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
769
1961
14
50
15.4
54.9
8
8
1
8.0
0.6
0

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