all-time nfl receiving yards leaders 1920s - 1970s

Between January 1, 1920 and December 31, 1979, Don Maynard had the most receiving yards, with 11,750 yards.

Regular season

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Don Maynard D. Maynard	11,750	173	628	18.7	67.9	88	25	12	2.1	0.1	0
2	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	10,266	136	542	18.9	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
3	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	9,110	165	649	14.0	55.2	79	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	11
4	Fred Biletnikoff F. Biletnikoff	8,974	188	589	15.2	47.7	76	0	0		0.0	0
5	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	8,840	158	497	17.8	55.9	70	158	26	6.1	1.0	0
6	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	8,565	157	427	20.1	54.6	85	204	22	9.3	1.3	0
7	Carroll Dale C. Dale	8,277	184	438	18.9	45.0	52	30	4	7.5	0.2	0
8	Art Powell A. Powell	8,046	104	479	16.8	77.4	81	0	0		0.0	0
9	Jackie Smith J. Smith	7,918	210	480	16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
10	Roy Jefferson R. Jefferson	7,539	159	451	16.7	47.4	52	188	25	7.5	1.2	0
11	Gary Garrison G. Garrison	7,538	134	405	18.6	56.3	58	29	12	2.4	0.2	0
12	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	7,472	124	470	15.9	60.3	58	1,492	302	4.9	12.0	12
13	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	7,434	132	372	20.0	56.3	71	68	24	2.8	0.5	2
14	Otis Taylor O. Taylor	7,306	126	410	17.8	58.0	57	161	30	5.4	1.3	3
15	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	7,194	107	567	12.7	67.2	45	20	4	5.0	0.2	0
16	Haven Moses H. Moses	7,171	168	395	18.2	42.7	51	43	18	2.4	0.3	1
17	John Gilliam J. Gilliam	7,056	151	382	18.5	46.7	48	293	35	8.4	1.9	2
18	Gene Washington G. Washington	6,856	140	385	17.8	49.0	60	23	6	3.8	0.2	0
19	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	6,835	94	411	16.6	72.7	51	0	0		0.0	0
20	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	6,733	114	410	16.4	59.1	62	0	0		0.0	0
21	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	6,721	150	442	15.2	44.8	36	8	1	8.0	0.1	0
22	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	6,400	113	332	19.3	56.6	54	71	9	7.9	0.6	0
23	Ken Burrough K. Burrough	6,343	138	377	16.8	46.0	42	63	17	3.7	0.5	1
24	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	6,156	132	354	17.4	46.6	36	22	8	2.8	0.2	0
25	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	6,080	124	407	14.9	49.0	57	63	8	7.9	0.5	0

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Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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Chargers	0	1	0	.000
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