| Year | Player | Y/R | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Vincent Jackson (29) | 19.2 | TAM |
| 2011 | Malcom Floyd (30) | 19.9 | SDG |
| 2010 | DeSean Jackson (24) | 22.5 | PHI |
| 2009 | Mike Wallace (23) | 19.4 | PIT |
| 2008 | Devery Henderson (26) | 24.8 | NOR |
| 2007 | Santonio Holmes (23) | 18.1 | PIT |
| 2006 | Devery Henderson (24) | 23.3 | NOR |
| 2005 | Ashley Lelie (25) | 18.3 | DEN |
| Terry Glenn (31) | 18.3 | DAL | |
| 2004 | Ashley Lelie (24) | 20.1 | DEN |
| 2003 | Joey Galloway (32) | 19.8 | DAL |
| 2002 | Quincy Morgan (25) | 17.2 | CLE |
| 2001 | Chris Chambers (23) | 18.4 | MIA |
| 2000 | Torry Holt (24) | 19.9 | STL |
| 1999 | Tim Dwight (24) | 20.9 | ATL |
| 1998 | Shawn Jefferson (29) | 22.7 | NWE |
| 1997 | James McKnight (25) | 18.7 | SEA |
| 1996 | Henry Ellard (35) | 19.5 | WAS |
| 1995 | Chris Sanders (23) | 23.5 | HOU |
| 1994 | Alvin Harper (26) | 24.9 | DAL |
| 1993 | James Jett (23) | 23.4 | RAI |
| 1992 | Willie Davis (25) | 21.0 | KAN |
| 1991 | Michael Haynes (26) | 22.4 | ATL |
| 1990 | Flipper Anderson (25) | 21.5 | RAM |
| 1989 | Flipper Anderson (24) | 26.0 | RAM |
| 1988 | Mervyn Fernandez (29) | 26.0 | RAI |
| 1987 | Anthony Carter (27) | 24.3 | MIN |
| 1986 | Chris Burkett (24) | 22.9 | BUF |
| 1985 | Stephone Paige (24) | 21.9 | KAN |
| 1984 | James Lofton+ (28) | 22.0 | GNB |
| 1983 | James Lofton+ (27) | 22.4 | GNB |
| 1982 | Jim Smith (27) | 22.8 | PIT |
| 1981 | Stanley Morgan (26) | 23.4 | NWE |
| 1980 | Stanley Morgan (25) | 22.0 | NWE |
| 1979 | Stanley Morgan (24) | 22.8 | NWE |
| 1978 | Wesley Walker (23) | 24.4 | NYJ |
| 1977 | Wesley Walker (22) | 21.1 | NYJ |
| 1976 | Roger Carr (24) | 25.9 | BAL |
| 1975 | Isaac Curtis (25) | 21.2 | CIN |
| 1974 | Gene A. Washington (27) | 21.2 | SFO |
| 1973 | Ron Shanklin (25) | 23.7 | PIT |
| 1972 | John Gilliam (27) | 22.0 | MIN |
| 1971 | Bob Hayes+ (29) | 24.0 | DAL |
| 1970 | Bob Hayes+ (28) | 26.1 | DAL |
| 1969 | Warren Wells (27) | 26.8 | OAK |
| Lance Rentzel (26) | 22.3 | DAL | |
| 1968 | Jimmy Orr (33) | 25.6 | BAL |
| Don Maynard+ (33) | 22.8 | NYJ | |
| 1967 | Jack Snow (24) | 26.3 | RAM |
| Fred Biletnikoff+ (24) | 21.9 | OAK |