highest average number of yards per game in a season by wide receiver

Wes Chandler has the most receiving yards per game by a wide receiver in a season, with 129.0 per game in 1982.

Interpreted as:
highest average number of receiving yards per game in a season by wide receiver
NAMEREC YDS/GSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
129.0
1982
8
49
1,032
21.1
9
32
5
6.4
4.0
0
2Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
124.7
1961
14
82
1,746
21.3
12
0
0
0.0
0
3Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
124.6
1951
12
66
1,495
22.7
17
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
4Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
122.8
2012
16
122
204
1,964
16.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
5Jim Benton
J. Benton
118.6
1945
9
45
1,067
23.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
6Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
117.6
2013
14
87
159
1,646
18.9
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
7Julio Jones
J. Jones
116.9
2015
16
136
203
1,871
13.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
8Julio Jones
J. Jones
116.0
2013
5
41
60
580
14.1
2
7
1
7.0
1.4
0
9Jerry Rice
J. Rice
115.5
1995
16
122
1,848
15.1
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
10Antonio Brown
A. Brown
114.6
2015
16
136
193
1,834
13.5
10
28
3
9.3
1.8
0
11Cooper Kupp
C. Kupp
114.5
2021
17
145
191
1,947
13.4
16
18
4
4.5
1.1
0
12Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
114.4
1965
14
69
1,602
23.2
14
-12
3
-4.0
-0.9
0
13Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
112.4
2023
16
119
171
1,799
15.1
13
15
6
2.5
0.9
0
14Anthony Allen
A. Allen
112.3
1987
3
13
337
25.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
111.3
1995
16
119
1,781
15.0
13
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
16Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
110.4
1964
14
101
1,546
15.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Don Hutson
D. Hutson
110.1
1942
11
74
1,211
16.4
17
4
3
1.3
0.4
0
18Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
110.1
2025
14
96
130
1,541
16.1
9
36
7
5.1
2.6
0
19Antonio Brown
A. Brown
109.5
2017
14
101
163
1,533
15.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
20Terrell Owens
T. Owens
109.0
2005
7
47
92
763
16.2
6
2
1
2.0
0.3
0
21Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
108.8
2014
12
91
130
1,305
14.3
12
35
7
5.0
2.9
0
22Raymond Berry
R. Berry
108.2
1960
12
74
1,298
17.5
10
0
0
0.0
0
23Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
107.8
2019
16
149
185
1,725
11.6
9
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
24Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
107.6
2002
16
143
205
1,722
12.0
11
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
25Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
107.4
2023
10
68
100
1,074
15.8
5
-12
1
-12.0
-1.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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