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New York Yanks Receiving Yards Leaders

Career totals with the New York Yanks 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. New York Bulldogs 1949, New York Yanks 1950-1951.

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Dan Edwards holds the New York Yanks career record with 1,284 receiving yards. The single-season record is 775, by Dan Edwards in 1950.

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

All-time New York Yanks leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club YDS G
1 Dan Edwards 1950–1951 1,284 22
2 Buddy Young Buddy Young 1950–1951 810 24
3 Sherman Howard Sherman Howard 1950–1951 725 24
4 Art Weiner 1950 722 12
5 Bill Chipley Bill Chipley 1949 631 12
6 George Taliaferro George Taliaferro 1950–1951 529 24
7 Ralph Heywood 1949 499 12
8 Dan Garza 1951 470 11
9 Zollie Toth Zollie Toth 1950–1951 289 21
10 Bill O'Connor 1951 192 12
11 Jack Russell 1950 177 11
12 Hal Prescott 1949 162 5
13 Joe Osmanski 1949 135 8
14 Paul Shoults 1949 124 12
15 Joe Abbey 1949 110 6
16 Barney Poole Barney Poole 1950–1951 82 23
17 Nick Scollard 1949 81 12
18 Jim Canady 1949 80 7
19 Bruce Alford 1950–1951 79 24
20 Joe Golding 1949–1951 78 34
21 Bob Celeri Bob Celeri 1951 71 11
22 Jim Wade 1949 58 10
23 Bennie Aldridge 1950–1951 56 23
24 Frank Muehlheuser 1949 26 8
24 Bob Sponaugle 1949 26 4

Single-season New York Yanks records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season YDS G
1 Dan Edwards 1950 775 12
2 Art Weiner 1950 722 12
3 Bill Chipley Bill Chipley 1949 631 12
4 Dan Edwards 1951 509 10
5 Buddy Young Buddy Young 1951 508 12
6 Ralph Heywood 1949 499 12
7 Dan Garza 1951 470 11
8 Sherman Howard Sherman Howard 1951 447 12
9 Buddy Young Buddy Young 1950 302 12
10 George Taliaferro George Taliaferro 1950 299 12
11 Sherman Howard Sherman Howard 1950 278 12
12 George Taliaferro George Taliaferro 1951 230 12
13 Bill O'Connor 1951 192 12
14 Zollie Toth Zollie Toth 1950 189 11
15 Jack Russell 1950 177 11
16 Hal Prescott 1949 162 5
17 Joe Osmanski 1949 135 8
18 Paul Shoults 1949 124 12
19 Joe Abbey 1949 110 6
20 Zollie Toth Zollie Toth 1951 100 10
21 Barney Poole Barney Poole 1950 82 12
22 Nick Scollard 1949 81 12
23 Jim Canady 1949 80 7
24 Joe Golding 1949 78 11
25 Bob Celeri Bob Celeri 1951 71 11