The game's greatest pass catchers are on this list.

The NFL is vastly different in 2025 than it was in 1985. Heck, it is vastly different than it was 2015. In today's NFL, the name of the game is to throw the ball. Air it out and let your playmakers do the rest.

It's unfair to compare eras, and that isn't what this list is doing. It's simply a list of the top ten receiving yards in a single-season. And without further ado...

10. Charley Hennigan - 1,746 - Houston Oilers, 1961

One of the sport's first truly great seasons by a wide receiver came during a time when throwing the ball was still a foreign concept. Foreign to everyone not named Charley Hennigan.

The Houston Oiler wide receiver put up a season for the ages in 1961, when he finished with 82 receptions for 1,746 yards and 12

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