best yards per reception for a player in a single season minimum 30 receptions

Jimmy Orr has averaged the most yards per catch with 30+ receptions in a season, with 27.6 per reception in his rookie season in 1958.

	NAME	AVG	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	27.6	33	1958	PIT	12		910	75.8	7	8	1	8.0	0.7	0
2	Elbert Dubenion E. Dubenion	27.1	42	1964	BUF	14		1,139	81.4	10	20	1	20.0	1.4	0
3	Warren Wells W. Wells	26.8	47	1969	OAK	14		1,260	90.0	14	24	3	8.0	1.7	0
4	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	26.1	34	1970	DAL	13		889	68.4	10	34	4	8.5	2.6	1
5	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	26.0	44	1989	RAM	16		1,146	71.6	5	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
6	Mervyn Fernandez M. Fernandez	26.0	31	1988	RAI	16		805	50.3	4	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
7	Roger Carr R. Carr	25.9	43	1976	BAL	14		1,112	79.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
8	Ken Kavanaugh K. Kavanaugh	25.6	32	1947	CHB	12		818	68.2	13	0	0		0.0	0
9	Harlon Hill H. Hill	25.0	45	1954	CHB	12		1,124	93.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
10	Don Hutson D. Hutson	24.9	34	1939	GB	11		846	76.9	6	26	5	5.2	2.4	0
11	Alvin Harper A. Harper	24.9	33	1994	DAL	16		821	51.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
12	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	24.8	32	2008	NO	16	56	793	49.6	3	33	4	8.3	2.1	0
13	Homer Jones H. Jones	24.7	49	1967	NYG	14		1,209	86.4	13	60	5	12.0	4.3	1
14	Wesley Walker W. Walker	24.4	48	1978	NYJ	16		1,169	73.1	8	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
15	Buddy Dial B. Dial	24.3	40	1960	PIT	12		972	81.0	9	8	1	8.0	0.7	0
16	Anthony Carter A. Carter	24.3	38	1987	MIN	12		922	76.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
17	Cliff Branch C. Branch	24.2	46	1976	OAK	14		1,111	79.4	12	12	3	4.0	0.9	0
18	Roy Jefferson R. Jefferson	24.1	32	1966	PIT	14		772	55.1	4	36	2	18.0	2.6	0
19	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	24.1	34	1978	NE	16		820	51.3	5	11	2	5.5	0.7	0
20	Eddie Brown E. Brown	24.0	53	1988	CIN	16		1,273	79.6	9	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
21	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	24.0	35	1971	DAL	14		840	60.0	8	18	3	6.0	1.3	0
22	Harlon Hill H. Hill	24.0	47	1956	CHB	12		1,128	94.0	11	24	2	12.0	2.0	0
23	Jim Benton J. Benton	23.7	45	1945	CLE	9		1,067	118.6	8	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ron Shanklin R. Shanklin	23.7	30	1973	PIT	13		711	54.7	10	1	3	0.3	0.1	0
25	Carroll Dale C. Dale	23.7	37	1966	GB	14		876	62.6	7	0	0		0.0	0

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