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Chicago Bears Yards per Reception Leaders

Career totals with the Bears and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through November 2: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Seasons before 1922 are not in the source. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics.

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Harlon Hill holds the Bears career record with 20.42 yards per reception. The single-season record is 25.56, by Ken Kavanaugh in 1947.

YDS REC TD Y/R Y/G TGT CTH% 1D YScm

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 1.875 receptions per team game with the club, a career 200+ receptions with the club.

All-time Bears leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club Y/R G
1 Harlon Hill Harlon Hill 1954–1961 20.42 89
2 Jim Dooley Jim Dooley 1952–1961 15.03 81
3 Alshon Jeffery Alshon Jeffery 2012–2016 14.96 63
4 Dick Gordon Dick Gordon 1965–1971 14.92 97
5 Jim Keane Jim Keane 1946–1951 14.71 70
6 Wendell Davis 1988–1993 14.49 81
7 Mike Ditka Mike Ditka 1961–1966 14.25 84
8 Johnny Morris Johnny Morris 1958–1967 14.21 121
9 Bill McColl Bill McColl 1952–1959 14.01 96
10 Curtis Conway 1993–1999 13.67 92
11 Emery Moorehead 1981–1988 13.65 106
12 Devin Hester Devin Hester 2006–2013 12.88 123
13 Brandon Marshall Brandon Marshall 2012–2014 12.63 45
14 DJ Moore DJ Moore 2023–2025 12.34 51
15 Darnell Mooney Darnell Mooney 2020–2023 12.17 58
16 Allen Robinson Allen Robinson 2018–2021 12.15 57
17 Marty Booker Marty Booker 1999–2008 11.84 76
18 Bobby Engram Bobby Engram 1996–2000 11.51 62
19 Desmond Clark Desmond Clark 2003–2010 10.91 100
20 Martellus Bennett Martellus Bennett 2013–2015 10.16 43
21 Cole Kmet Cole Kmet 2020–2026 10.15 104
22 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1975–1987 9.22 190
23 Neal Anderson 1986–1993 9.15 116
24 Matt Forte Matt Forte 2008–2015 8.45 120
25 Matt Suhey 1980–1989 8.13 148

Single-season Bears records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season Y/R G
1 Ken Kavanaugh Ken Kavanaugh 1947 25.56 12
2 Harlon Hill Harlon Hill 1954 24.98 12
3 Harlon Hill Harlon Hill 1956 24.00 12
4 Harry Clarke 1943 23.26 10
5 Ken Kavanaugh Ken Kavanaugh 1949 22.59 12
6 Ray McLean 1944 21.79 8
7 Ken Kavanaugh Ken Kavanaugh 1945 21.72 10
8 Willie Gault Willie Gault 1985 21.33 16
9 Willie Gault Willie Gault 1983 20.90 16
10 Willie Gault Willie Gault 1987 20.14 12
11 Johnny Knox Johnny Knox 2011 19.65 14
12 Willie Gault Willie Gault 1986 19.48 16
13 Jim Dooley Jim Dooley 1954 19.35 12
14 James Scott 1980 19.33 15
15 Mike Ditka Mike Ditka 1961 19.21 14
16 Gene Schroeder Gene Schroeder 1951 19.21 12
17 Angelo Coia 1960 19.12 12
18 Johnny Knox Johnny Knox 2010 18.82 16
19 Harlon Hill Harlon Hill 1955 18.79 12
20 Willard Dewveall Willard Dewveall 1960 18.70 12
21 James Scott 1978 18.07 15
22 Connie Berry 1944 18.00 10
22 Jim Jones 1966 18.00 14
24 Dennis McKinnon 1985 17.90 14
25 Bo Rather 1975 17.56 14