all-time leader in receiving yards before 1979

Before 1979, Don Maynard had the most yards on receptions, with 11,834 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Maynard
D. Maynard
11,834
186
633
18.7
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
2Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
10,266
136
542
18.9
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
3Raymond Berry
R. Berry
9,275
154
631
14.7
60.2
68
0
0
0.0
0
4Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
9,110
165
649
14.0
55.2
79
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
5Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
8,974
190
589
15.2
47.2
76
0
0
0.0
0
6Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
8,565
157
427
20.1
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
7Billy Howton
B. Howton
8,459
142
503
16.8
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
8Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
8,410
152
495
17.0
55.3
84
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
9Carroll Dale
C. Dale
8,277
189
438
18.9
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
10Art Powell
A. Powell
8,046
117
479
16.8
68.8
81
0
0
0.0
0
11Don Hutson
D. Hutson
7,991
116
488
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
12Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
7,954
148
521
15.3
53.7
65
2,735
513
5.3
18.5
18
13Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
14Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
7,914
149
400
19.8
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
15Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
7,827
144
452
17.3
54.4
63
146
23
6.3
1.0
0
16Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
7,539
162
451
16.7
46.5
52
188
25
7.5
1.2
0
17Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
7,538
134
405
18.6
56.3
58
29
12
2.4
0.2
0
18Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
7,414
132
371
20.0
56.2
71
68
24
2.8
0.5
2
19Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
7,412
132
452
16.4
56.2
47
-4
6
-0.7
0.0
0
20Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
7,306
130
410
17.8
56.2
57
161
30
5.4
1.2
3
21Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
7,270
162
474
15.3
44.9
40
28
2
14.0
0.2
0
22Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
7,195
121
567
12.7
59.5
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
23John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
7,056
151
382
18.5
46.7
48
293
35
8.4
1.9
2
24Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
6,823
95
410
16.6
71.8
51
0
0
0.0
0
25Gene Washington
G. Washington
6,664
124
371
18.0
53.7
59
-1
5
-0.2
0.0
0
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