| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Tony Romeo | BOS | 65 | 657 | 10.1 | 5 | 42 |
| Dick Christy | NYT | 47 | 396 | 8.4 | 2 | 23 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | BUF | 44 | 466 | 10.6 | 3 | 42 |
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 41 | 508 | 12.4 | 2 | 45 |
| Bo Dickinson | DEN | 41 | 444 | 10.8 | 3 | 50 |
| Jim Crawford | BOS | 41 | 397 | 9.7 | 1 | 15 |
| Dave Kocourek | SDA | 38 | 381 | 10.0 | 1 | 59 |
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 38 | 376 | 9.9 | 1 | 23 |
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 37 | 665 | 18.0 | 2 | 60 |
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 37 | 426 | 11.5 | 3 | 32 |
| Keith Lincoln | SDA | 36 | 316 | 8.8 | 0 | 18 |
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 35 | 478 | 13.7 | 4 | 33 |
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 35 | 410 | 11.7 | 3 | 55 |
| Chris Burford | DAT | 34 | 383 | 11.3 | 3 | 42 |
| Fred Arbanas | DAT | 30 | 333 | 11.1 | 6 | 23 |
| Ernie Warlick | BUF | 30 | 286 | 9.5 | 1 | 19 |
| Bo Roberson | OAK | 30 | 270 | 9.0 | 2 | 31 |
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 29 | 355 | 12.2 | 3 | 80 |
| Clem Daniels | OAK | 28 | 245 | 8.8 | 1 | 29 |
| Dobie Craig | OAK | 27 | 467 | 17.3 | 4 | 34 |
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 26 | 496 | 19.1 | 4 | 43 |
| Thurlow Cooper | NYT | 26 | 282 | 10.8 | 0 | 17 |
| Abner Haynes | DAT | 26 | 281 | 10.8 | 1 | 35 |
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 25 | 348 | 13.9 | 1 | 53 |
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 25 | 222 | 8.9 | 1 | 19 |
| Ron Burton | BOS | 24 | 447 | 18.6 | 7 | 67 |
| Don Norton | SDA | 24 | 342 | 14.3 | 2 | 40 |
| Bill J. Miller | DAT | 23 | 320 | 13.9 | 3 | 76 |
| Jim Tiller | NYT | 23 | 207 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Art Powell | NYT | 22 | 520 | 23.6 | 5 | 85 |
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 21 | 251 | 12.0 | 2 | 36 |
| Curtis McClinton | DAT | 21 | 218 | 10.4 | 1 | 42 |
| Max Boydston | OAK | 20 | 228 | 11.4 | 1 | 23 |
| Willard Dewveall | HOU | 19 | 291 | 15.3 | 2 | 70 |
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 19 | 276 | 14.5 | 3 | 37 |
| Larry Garron | BOS | 16 | 167 | 10.4 | 1 | 17 |
| Gene White | OAK | 16 | 120 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 |
| Don Maynard | NYT | 15 | 369 | 24.6 | 0 | 66 |
| Dick Dorsey | OAK | 15 | 203 | 13.5 | 2 | 58 |
| Perry Richards | NYT | 15 | 128 | 8.5 | 2 | 15 |
| Jerry Robinson | SDA | 13 | 243 | 18.7 | 1 | 66 |
| Bill Groman | HOU | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 1 | 27 |
| Curley Johnson | NYT | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 0 | 15 |
| Jimmy Saxton | DAT | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 0 | 66 |
| Karl Kaimer | NYT | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 | 15 |
| Jerry Tarr | DEN | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | 15 |
| Lance Alworth | SDA | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | 23 |
| Dave W. Smith | HOU | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 1 | 54 |
| Bobby Jackson | SDA | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Wayne Crow | BUF | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | 10 |
| Claude King | BOS | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 16 |
| Don Webb | BOS | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 1 | 43 |
| Tom Rychlec | BUF | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 0 | 33 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | SDA | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 32 |
| Bill Mathis | NYT | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 30 |
| Al Frazier | DEN | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Johnny Olszewski | DEN | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Jack Spikes | DAT | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Monte Crockett | BUF | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 33 |
| Tommy Brooker | DAT | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 31 |
| Alan Miller | OAK | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 16 |
| Charlie Flowers | NYT | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Hez Braxton | SDA | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Frank Jackson | DAT | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Charley Frazier | HOU | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Glen Knight | NYT | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Gerry McDougall | SDA | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mel West | NYT | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Art Baker | BUF | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hal Lewis | OAK | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jon Jelacic | OAK | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reg Carolan | SDA | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |