best avg yard per reception tight end season

Aaron Thomas has the most yards per catch by a tight end in a season, with 23.4 per reception in 1965.

Interpreted as:

best avg yard per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game tight end season

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	23.4	1965	NYG	13	27	631	48.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	22.6	1969	CIN	14	37	835	59.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
3	Jackie Smith J. Smith	21.5	1967	STL	14	56	1,205	86.1	9	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
4	Rich Caster R. Caster	21.4	1972	NYJ	14	39	833	59.5	10	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
5	John Mackey J. Mackey	20.7	1963	BAL	14	35	726	51.9	7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
6	John Mackey J. Mackey	20.4	1965	BAL	14	40	814	58.1	7	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
7	Clint Didier C. Didier	20.3	1986	WAS	14	34	691	49.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	20.2	1964	KC	14	34	686	49.0	8	0	0		0.0	0
9	Al Denson A. Denson	20.1	1966	DEN	14	36	725	51.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
10	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	19.7	1967	OAK	14	32	629	44.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
11	Keith Krepfle K. Krepfle	19.6	1977	PHI	14	27	530	37.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Rich Caster R. Caster	19.6	1974	NYJ	13	38	745	57.3	7	0	0		0.0	0
13	Jacque MacKinnon J. MacKinnon	19.6	1968	SD	14	33	646	46.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
14	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	19.5	1962	PHI	8	30	584	73.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	19.2	1961	CHI	14	56	1,076	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
16	Ted Kwalick T. Kwalick	18.8	1972	SF	14	40	751	53.6	9	11	5	2.2	0.8	0
17	Paul Costa P. Costa	18.6	1967	BUF	14	39	726	51.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jackie Smith J. Smith	18.6	1970	STL	14	37	687	49.1	4	43	5	8.6	3.1	0
19	Keith Krepfle K. Krepfle	18.5	1979	PHI	16	41	760	47.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
20	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	18.5	1961	SF	14	43	794	56.7	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	Milt Morin M. Morin	18.4	1968	CLE	14	43	792	56.6	5	8	1	8.0	0.6	0
22	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	18.2	1980	TB	16	33	602	37.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Russ Francis R. Francis	18.2	1975	NE	14	35	636	45.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	18.0	1965	PHI	14	66	1,190	85.0	10	0	0		0.0	0
25	Milt Morin M. Morin	18.0	1972	CLE	14	30	540	38.6	1	0	0		0.0	0

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