League Leaders Who Led?

1956 Receiving Yards Leaders

Yards gained receiving

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YDSRECTDY/RY/GTGTCTH%1DYScm
# Player Team G REC TGT YDS Y/R TD 1D CTH%
1 Billy Howton Billy Howton GB 12 55 — 1,188 21.60 12 — —
2 Harlon Hill Harlon Hill CHI 12 47 — 1,128 24.00 11 — —
3 Billy Wilson Billy Wilson SF 12 60 — 889 14.82 5 — —
4 Jim Mutscheller BAC 12 44 — 715 16.25 6 — —
5 Leon Clarke Leon Clarke LAN 12 36 — 650 18.06 4 — —
6 Dave Middleton DET 12 39 — 606 15.54 5 — —
7 Frank Gifford Frank Gifford NYG 12 51 — 603 11.82 4 — —
8 Elroy Hirsch Elroy Hirsch LAN 12 35 — 603 17.23 6 — —
9 Raymond Berry Raymond Berry BAC 12 37 — 601 16.24 2 — —
10 Dorne Dibble Dorne Dibble DET 12 32 — 597 18.66 2 — —
11 Bobby Walston Bobby Walston PHI 12 39 — 590 15.13 3 — —
12 Bob Boyd Bob Boyd LAN 12 30 — 586 19.53 7 — —
13 Ray Mathews Ray Mathews PIT 12 31 — 540 17.42 5 — —
14 John Carson WAS 12 39 — 504 12.92 3 — —
15 Jim Doran Jim Doran DET 11 25 — 448 17.92 0 — —
16 Gary Knafelc GB 12 30 — 418 13.93 6 — —
17 Pete Brewster Pete Brewster CLE 12 28 — 417 14.89 1 — —
18 Kyle Rote NYG 12 28 — 405 14.46 4 — —
19 Steve Meilinger Steve Meilinger WAS 12 24 — 395 16.46 5 — —
20 Elbie Nickel Elbie Nickel PIT 12 27 — 376 13.93 5 — —
21 Clyde Conner SF 12 22 — 362 16.46 1 — —
22 Dante Lavelli Dante Lavelli CLE 11 20 — 344 17.20 1 — —
23 Lowell Perry Lowell Perry PIT 6 14 — 334 23.86 2 — —
24 Ray Renfro Ray Renfro CLE 12 17 — 325 19.12 4 — —
25 Bill McColl Bill McColl CHI 12 24 — 322 13.42 4 — —
26 Don Stonesifer Don Stonesifer CHC 12 22 — 320 14.55 2 — —
27 Gene Schroeder Gene Schroeder CHI 11 20 — 315 15.75 1 — —
28 Gordie Soltau SF 12 18 — 299 16.61 1 — —
29 Tank Younger LAN 12 18 — 268 14.89 0 — —
30 Gern Nagler Gern Nagler CHC 8 14 — 268 19.14 4 — —
31 Joe Johnson GB 11 28 — 258 9.21 0 — —
32 Joe Arenas Joe Arenas SF 12 14 — 226 16.14 1 — —
33 Fred Cone Fred Cone GB 12 12 — 218 18.17 2 — —
34 L.G. Dupre L.G. Dupre BAC 11 16 — 216 13.50 2 — —
35 Howie Ferguson GB 11 22 — 214 9.73 0 — —
36 Hank Burnine PHI 10 10 — 208 20.80 2 — —
37 Rick Casares CHI 12 23 — 203 8.83 2 — —
38 Ollie Matson Ollie Matson CHC 12 15 — 199 13.27 2 — —
39 Alex Webster NYG 12 21 — 197 9.38 3 — —
40 Hugh McElhenny Hugh McElhenny SF 12 16 — 193 12.06 0 — —
41 Alan Ameche Alan Ameche BAC 12 26 — 189 7.27 0 — —
42 Ken MacAfee NYG 12 14 — 184 13.14 4 — —
43 Johnny Olszewski Johnny Olszewski CHC 11 17 — 182 10.71 0 — —
44 Al Carmichael Al Carmichael GB 12 13 — 180 13.85 1 — —
45 Royce Womble Royce Womble BAC 12 9 — 180 20.00 2 — —
46 Billy Vessels BAC 12 11 — 177 16.09 1 — —
47 Dave Mann Dave Mann CHC 12 13 — 170 13.08 1 — —
48 Pete Retzlaff PHI 10 12 — 159 13.25 0 — —
49 John Bredice PHI 12 10 — 146 14.60 1 — —
50 Gene Gedman DET 12 15 — 142 9.47 1 — —
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