| 1961 NFL Receiving
Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Jim Phillips, LAM | 78 | 1092 | 14.0 | 5 | Raymond Berry, BAL | 75 | 873 | 11.6 | 0 | Del Shofner, NYG | 68 | 1125 | 16.5 | 11 | Tommy McDonald, PHI | 64 | 1144 | 17.9 | 13 | Mike Ditka, CHI | 56 | 1076 | 19.2 | 12 | Billy Howton, DAL | 56 | 785 | 14.0 | 4 | R. C. Owens, SF | 55 | 1032 | 18.8 | 5 | Buddy Dial, PIT | 53 | 1047 | 19.8 | 12 | Fred Dugan, WAS | 53 | 817 | 15.4 | 4 | Kyle Rote, NYG | 53 | 805 | 15.2 | 7 | Max McGee, GB | 51 | 883 | 17.3 | 7 | Jerry Reichow, MIN | 50 | 859 | 17.2 | 11 | Pete Retzlaff, PHI | 50 | 769 | 15.4 | 8 | Lenny Moore, BAL | 49 | 728 | 14.9 | 8 | Ray Renfro, CLE | 48 | 834 | 17.4 | 6 | Jim Brown, CLE | 46 | 459 | 10.0 | 2 | Gail Cogdill, DET | 45 | 956 | 21.2 | 6 | Jim Gibbons, DET | 45 | 566 | 12.6 | 1 | Sonny Randle, STL | 44 | 591 | 13.4 | 9 | Monty Stickles, SF | 43 | 794 | 18.5 | 5 | Frank Clarke, DAL | 41 | 919 | 22.4 | 9 | Bill Anderson, WAS | 40 | 637 | 15.9 | 0 | Terry Barr, DET | 40 | 630 | 15.8 | 6 | Hugh McElhenny, MIN | 37 | 283 | 7.6 | 3 | Boyd Dowler, GB | 36 | 633 | 17.6 | 3 | Johnny Morris, CHI | 36 | 548 | 15.2 | 4 | Joe Walton, NYG | 36 | 544 | 15.1 | 2 | Carroll Dale, LAM | 35 | 561 | 16.0 | 2 | Ron Kramer, GB | 35 | 559 | 16.0 | 4 | Bobby Walston, PHI | 34 | 569 | 16.7 | 2 | Joe Perry, BAL | 34 | 322 | 9.5 | 1 | Willie Galimore, CHI | 33 | 502 | 15.2 | 3 | Preston Carpenter, PIT | 33 | 460 | 13.9 | 4 | Clarence Peaks, PHI | 32 | 472 | 14.8 | 0 | Bobby Mitchell, CLE | 32 | 368 | 11.5 | 3 | Don Perkins, DAL | 32 | 298 | 9.3 | 1 | Bobby Joe Conrad, STL | 30 | 499 | 16.6 | 2 | Dave Middleton, MIN | 30 | 444 | 14.8 | 2 | Ollie Matson, LAM | 29 | 537 | 18.5 | 3 | J. D. Smith, SF | 28 | 343 | 12.3 | 1 | Jon Arnett, LAM | 28 | 194 | 6.9 | 0 | Dick Bielski, DAL | 26 | 377 | 14.5 | 3 | Nick Pietrosante, DET | 26 | 315 | 12.1 | 0 | Alex Webster, NYG | 26 | 313 | 12.0 | 3 | Jim Taylor, GB | 25 | 175 | 7.0 | 1 | Bob Schnelker, MIN/PIT | 24 | 401 | 16.7 | 4 | John Henry Johnson, PIT | 24 | 262 | 10.9 | 1 | Taz Anderson, STL | 22 | 399 | 18.1 | 2 | Tom Osborne, WAS | 22 | 297 | 13.5 | 2 | Bo Farrington, CHI | 21 | 349 | 16.6 | 4 | Ted Dean, PHI | 21 | 335 | 16.0 | 1 | Rich Kreitling, CLE | 21 | 229 | 10.9 | 3 | Amos Marsh, DAL | 21 | 189 | 9.0 | 2 | Jim Mutscheller, BAL | 20 | 370 | 18.5 | 2 | John Crow, STL | 20 | 306 | 15.3 | 3 | Dick James, WAS | 20 | 298 | 14.9 | 2 | Alex Hawkins, BAL | 20 | 158 | 7.9 | 1 | Tommy Mason, MIN | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 0 | Gern Nagler, CLE | 19 | 241 | 12.7 | 1 | J.W. Lockett, SF/DAL | 19 | 149 | 7.8 | 2 | Jimmy Orr, BAL | 18 | 357 | 19.8 | 4 | Dick Bass, LAM | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 0 | Ray Hayes, MIN | 16 | 121 | 7.6 | 0 | Don Bosseler, WAS | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 1 | Aaron Thomas, SF | 15 | 301 | 20.1 | 2 | Billy Barnes, PHI | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 3 | Paul Hornung, GB | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 2 | Timmy Brown, PHI | 14 | 264 | 18.9 | 2 | Tom Tracy, PIT | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 1 | A.D. Williams, MIN | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 1 | Jim Doran, DAL | 13 | 153 | 11.8 | 2 | Gordon Smith, MIN | 12 | 320 | 26.7 | 4 | Angelo Coia, CHI | 12 | 249 | 20.8 | 3 | Billy Stacy, STL | 12 | 241 | 20.1 | 1 | Prentice Gautt, STL | 12 | 132 | 11.0 | 3 | Jim Cunningham, WAS | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | Frank Mestnik, STL | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 1 | Leon Clarke, CLE | 11 | 211 | 19.2 | 2 | Clyde Conner, SF | 11 | 177 | 16.1 | 1 | Joe Morrison, NYG | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 1 | Bob Gaiters, NYG | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 1 | Bernie Casey, SF | 10 | 185 | 18.5 | 1 | Sam Horner, WAS | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 1 | C.R. Roberts, SF | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 0 | Mel Triplett, MIN | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | Steve Junker, WAS | 9 | 130 | 14.4 | 0 | Glenn Davis, DET | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 0 | Mark Smolinski, BAL | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 1 | Red Mack, PIT | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 2 | Dan Lewis, DET | 8 | 118 | 14.8 | 0 | Steve Meilinger, PIT | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 0 | Abe Woodson, SF | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 0 | Rick Casares, CHI | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 0 | Dick Lucas, PHI | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 5 | Tom Moore, GB | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 1 | Hugh McInnis, STL | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 0 | Charlie Scales, PIT | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | Jim Dooley, CHI | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 0 | John Aveni, WAS | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 1 | L.G. Dupre, DAL | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | Joel Wells, NYG | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 1 | John Adams, CHI | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | Mal Hammack, STL | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | Pervis Atkins, LAM | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | Henry Clement, PIT | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | Pat Studstill, DET | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 1 | Tom Watkins, CLE | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 1 | Dee Mackey, BAL | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | Ken Hall, HOU/STL | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 1 | Joe Marconi, LAM | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 1 | Charlie Bivins, CHI | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 0 | Harlon Hill, CHI | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | Dick Haley, MIN/PIT | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | Dale Messer, SF | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | Gary Knafelc, GB | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | Bob Coronado, PIT | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | Glynn Gregory, DAL | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | Lew Carpenter, GB | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | Dick Hoak, PIT | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | Theron Sapp, PHI | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | Duane Allen, LAM | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 2 | Erich Barnes, NYG | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 1 | Charley Ferguson, CLE | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 1 | Bob Crespino, CLE | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 1 | Will Sherman, MIN | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | Pete Hall, NYG | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | Doug Mayberry, MIN | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | Bill Brown, CHI | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | Jamie Caleb, MIN | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | Mike Sommer, BAL/WAS | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | Pat Fischer, STL | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | Johnny Olszewski, DET | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | Tommy Wilson, LAM | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | Sam Williams, DET | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | Tom Matte, BAL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Ken Webb, DET | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | Don McIlhenny, DAL/SF | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | Jim Wulff, WAS | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | Dick Szymanski, BAL | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | Elijah Pitts, GB | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | Joe Scibelli, LAM | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | Merrill Douglas, DAL | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
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