| Year | Player | Y/R | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Vernon Davis (28) | 19.1 | SFO |
| 2011 | Demaryius Thomas (24) | 29.7 | DEN |
| 2010 | Pierre Garcon (24) | 22.4 | IND |
| 2009 | Jermichael Finley (22) | 26.5 | GNB |
| 2008 | Reggie Wayne (30) | 32.3 | IND |
| 2007 | Donald Driver (32) | 28.2 | GNB |
| 2006 | Jerricho Cotchery (24) | 25.0 | NYJ |
| 2005 | Chris Cooley (23) | 21.3 | WAS |
| 2004 | Marcus Robinson (29) | 23.8 | MIN |
| 2003 | Steve Smith (24) | 25.2 | CAR |
| 2002 | Kevin Johnson (26) | 35.0 | CLE |
| 2001 | Jerry Rice+ (39) | 17.8 | OAK |
| 2000 | Isaac Bruce (28) | 18.1 | STL |
| 1999 | Isaac Bruce (27) | 29.5 | STL |
| 1998 | Eric Moulds (25) | 26.7 | BUF |
| 1997 | Jake Reed (30) | 20.3 | MIN |
| 1996 | Dorsey Levens (26) | 23.4 | GNB |
| 1995 | Keith Jackson (30) | 22.2 | GNB |
| 1994 | Eric Green (27) | 20.0 | PIT |
| 1993 | Tim Brown (27) | 25.4 | RAI |
| 1992 | J.J. Birden (27) | 19.5 | KAN |
| 1991 | Michael Haynes (26) | 24.0 | ATL |
| 1990 | Brent Jones (27) | 25.8 | SFO |
| 1989 | Mark Jackson (26) | 22.2 | DEN |
| 1988 | Anthony Carter (28) | 25.5 | MIN |
| 1987 | Vance Johnson (24) | 26.3 | DEN |
| Mark Jackson (24) | 26.3 | DEN | |
| 1986 | Vance Johnson (23) | 23.3 | DEN |
| 1985 | Willie Gault (25) | 23.1 | CHI |
| 1984 | Mark Duper (25) | 29.6 | MIA |
| 1983 | Charlie Brown (25) | 28.0 | WAS |
| 1982 | Ricky Feacher (28) | 31.0 | CLE |
| 1981 | Jerry Butler (24) | 24.5 | BUF |
| 1980 | Alfred Jenkins (28) | 38.8 | ATL |
| 1979 | Charlie Joiner+ (32) | 20.3 | SDG |
| 1978 | Mike Barber (25) | 21.7 | HOU |
| 1977 | Haven Moses (31) | 33.6 | DEN |
| 1976 | Russ Francis (23) | 24.0 | NWE |
| 1975 | Lynn Swann+ (23) | 40.3 | PIT |
| 1974 | Cliff Branch (26) | 20.7 | OAK |
| 1973 | Paul Warfield+ (31) | 23.8 | MIA |
| 1972 | Charley Taylor+ (31) | 20.9 | WAS |
| 1971 | Gene A. Washington (24) | 22.0 | SFO |
| 1970 | Eddie Hinton (23) | 23.0 | BAL |
| 1969 | Gene Washington (25) | 22.5 | MIN |
| 1968 | Otis Taylor (26) | 29.3 | KAN |
| 1967 | Bob Hayes+ (25) | 28.8 | DAL |
| 1966 | Bobby Burnett (23) | 21.2 | BUF |
| 1965 | Lance Alworth+ (25) | 20.5 | SDG |
| 1964 | Gary Collins (24) | 26.0 | CLE |