1947 NFL Yards per Reception Leaders

Receiving yards per catch

1947 wide receivers only → All-time career leaders →

Don Currivan led the whole NFL in yards per reception in 1947 with 32.58, 7.02 ahead of Ken Kavanaugh (25.56). It is the best single-season yards per reception mark in NFL history.

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

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Led the whole NFL in 1947 Don Currivan BO4

32.58 Yards per Reception 7.02 clear of Ken Kavanaugh

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#	Player	Team	Y/R	G	REC	YDS	TD
1	Don Currivan	BO4	32.58	12	24	782	9
2	Ken Kavanaugh	CHI	25.56	12	32	818	13
3	Mal Kutner	CHC	21.95	12	43	944	7
4	Hugh Taylor	WAS	19.65	10	26	511	6
5	Eddie Saenz	WAS	17.59	12	34	598	4
6	Ray Poole	NYG	17.17	12	23	395	4
7	Val Jansante	PIT	17.11	12	35	599	5
8	Pete Pihos	PHI	16.61	12	23	382	7
9	Nolan Luhn	GB	16.57	12	42	696	7
10	John Greene	DET	16.34	12	38	621	5
11	Clyde Goodnight	GB	15.61	11	38	593	6
12	George McAfee	CHI	15.38	12	32	492	1
13	Jim Benton	LAN	14.60	11	35	511	6
14	Hal Crisler	BO4	14.52	10	25	363	2
15	Jim Keane	CHI	14.22	12	64	910	10
16	Bill Dudley	DET	13.89	9	27	375	7
17	Billy Dewell	CHC	13.71	11	42	576	4
18	Bob Nussbaumer	WAS	12.70	12	47	597	4
19	Charlie Trippi	CHC	10.43	11	23	240	0