highest average yards per catch nfl season

The Chicago Bears have the most yards per catch by a team in a season, with 22.1 per reception in 1939.

		TEAM	AVG	SEASON	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1		Bears	22.1	1939	147	89		1,965	13.4	16	1,363	306	4.5	9.3	17
2		Bears	21.0	1942	138	94		1,975	14.3	21	1,896	435	4.4	13.7	21
3		Bears	21.0	1940	135	67		1,406	10.4	10	1,480	354	4.2	11.0	13
4		Bears	20.9	1941	140	96		2,005	14.3	19	1,768	334	5.3	12.6	22
5		Bears	19.7	1943	100	117		2,310	23.1	28	1,512	340	4.4	15.1	9
6		Bills	19.7	1964	105	174		3,422	32.6	19	1,612	395	4.1	15.4	13
7		Packers	19.0	1945	87	81		1,536	17.7	14	962	275	3.5	11.1	13
8		Bears	18.9	1936	159	58		1,099	6.9	16	2,203	551	4.0	13.9	12
9		Bears	18.6	1937	107	55		1,023	9.6	17	917	252	3.6	8.6	2
10		Rams	18.6	1954	100	171		3,180	31.8	15	1,960	398	4.9	19.6	23
11		Giants	18.6	1933	133	72		1,338	10.1	15	1,229	350	3.5	9.2	12
12		Steelers	18.6	1958	107	156		2,895	27.1	16	1,324	347	3.8	12.4	11
13		Packers	18.5	1939	136	101		1,871	13.8	14	1,571	495	3.2	11.6	13
14		Steelers	18.3	1960	80	138		2,520	31.5	20	1,501	353	4.3	18.8	7
15		Giants	18.2	1944	83	47		857	10.3	9	766	173	4.4	9.2	2
16		Pirates	18.2	1933	86	56		1,020	11.9	3	632	232	2.7	7.3	4
17		Oilers	18.1	1961	129	253		4,584	35.5	48	1,848	437	4.2	14.3	15
18		Eagles	17.9	1935	87	46		823	9.5	6	723	271	2.7	8.3	0
19		Rams	17.9	1945	94	99		1,769	18.8	16	1,470	304	4.8	15.6	14
20		Steelers	17.8	1963	121	170		3,028	25.0	21	2,122	562	3.8	17.5	12
21		Bears	17.8	1933	147	67		1,192	8.1	11	1,675	469	3.6	11.4	3
22		Lions	17.7	1945	98	87		1,544	15.8	15	753	269	2.8	7.7	8
23		Cardinals	17.7	1957	131	111		1,969	15.0	12	1,338	328	4.1	10.2	10
24		Raiders	17.7	1963	115	191		3,387	29.5	31	1,483	321	4.6	12.9	7
25		Eagles	17.5	1943	97	65		1,138	11.7	11	1,786	403	4.4	18.4	15

StatMuse has season-level data for yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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