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1961 AFL Receiving Yards Leaders

Yards gained receiving

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Charley Hennigan led the AFL in receiving yards in 1961 with 1,746, 570 ahead of Lionel Taylor (1,176). It was one of 2 times Charley Hennigan led in receiving yards.

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Charley Hennigan Led the AFL in 1961 Charley Hennigan HOO
1,746 Receiving Yards 570 clear of Lionel Taylor
Showing Receiving Yards and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team YDS G REC TD
1 Charley Hennigan Charley Hennigan HOO 1,746 14 82 12
2 Lionel Taylor Lionel Taylor DEN 1,176 14 100 4
3 Bill Groman HOO 1,175 14 50 17
4 Dave Kocourek Dave Kocourek SD 1,055 14 55 4
5 Art Powell Art Powell NYT 881 14 71 5
6 Chris Burford DAT 850 14 51 5
7 Don Norton Don Norton SD 816 14 47 6
8 Al Frazier DEN 799 14 47 6
9 Gino Cappelletti Gino Cappelletti BOS 768 14 45 8
10 Glenn Bass BUF 765 14 50 3
11 Jim Colclough Jim Colclough BOS 757 14 42 9
12 Don Maynard Don Maynard NYT 629 14 43 8
13 Johnny Robinson Johnny Robinson DAT 601 14 35 5
14 Doug Asad OAK 592 14 42 2
15 Billy Cannon Billy Cannon HOO 586 14 43 9
16 Abner Haynes Abner Haynes DAT 558 14 34 3
17 Dick Christy Dick Christy NYT 521 14 29 1
18 Elbert Dubenion Elbert Dubenion BUF 461 14 31 6
19 Bob Coolbaugh OAK 435 14 32 4
20 Tom Rychlec BUF 405 14 33 2
21 Gene Prebola DEN 349 14 29 1
22 Donnie Stone DEN 344 14 38 4
23 Larry Garron Larry Garron BOS 341 14 24 3
24 Charlie Hardy OAK 337 14 24 4
25 Billy Lott Billy Lott BOS 333 14 32 6
26 Monte Crockett BUF 325 14 20 0
27 Alan Miller OAK 315 14 36 4
28 Perry Richards BUF 285 11 19 3
29 Luther Hayes SD 280 14 14 3
30 Charley Fuller OAK 277 14 12 2
31 Bob Renn NYT 268 12 18 1
32 John White HOO 238 14 13 1
33 Jerry Burch OAK 235 14 18 1
34 Charley Tolar Charley Tolar HOO 219 14 24 1
35 Dewey Bohling BUF 217 12 13 1
36 Bo Dickinson DAT 209 14 14 2
37 Thurlow Cooper NYT 208 14 15 4
38 Keith Lincoln Keith Lincoln SD 208 14 12 2
39 Willard Dewveall Willard Dewveall HOO 200 7 12 3
40 Wray Carlton Wray Carlton BUF 193 14 17 0
41 Thomas Stephens BOS 186 9 19 2
42 Howard Clark SD 182 10 11 0
43 Charlie Flowers SD 175 14 16 0
44 Bob McLeod HOO 172 14 14 2
45 Frank Jackson Frank Jackson DAT 171 14 13 2
46 Max Boydston Max Boydston DAT 167 11 12 1
47 Bob Scarpitto Bob Scarpitto SD 163 7 9 2
48 Clem Daniels Clem Daniels OAK 150 8 13 0
49 Mel West NYT 146 13 13 0
50 Jack Spikes DAT 136 6 8 0
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