highest average yards per catch with a minimum of 60 catches in a season

Lance Alworth has the most yards per catch with 60+ receptions in a season, with 23.2 per catch in 1965.

Interpreted as:
highest average yards per catch by a player with a minimum of 60 catches in a season
NAMEAVGRECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
23.2
69
1965
SD SD
14
1,602
114.4
14
-12
3
-4.0
-0.9
0
2Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
22.7
66
1951
LA LA
12
1,495
124.6
17
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
3James Lofton
J. Lofton
22.0
62
1984
GB GB
16
1,361
85.1
7
82
10
8.2
5.1
0
4Buddy Dial
B. Dial
21.6
60
1963
PIT PIT
14
1,295
92.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
5Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
21.3
82
1961
HOU HOU
14
1,746
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
6Mike Wallace
M. Wallace
21.0
60
2010
PIT PIT
16
98
1,257
78.6
10
39
5
7.8
2.4
0
7Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
20.8
69
1963
WAS WAS
14
1,436
102.6
7
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
8Steve Watson
S. Watson
20.7
60
1981
DEN DEN
16
1,244
77.8
13
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
9Bill Groman
B. Groman
20.5
72
1960
HOU HOU
14
1,473
105.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
10Mike Quick
M. Quick
20.4
69
1983
PHI PHI
16
1,409
88.1
13
0
0
0.0
0
11Eric Moulds
E. Moulds
20.4
67
1998
BUF BUF
16
1,368
85.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
12Jerry Rice
J. Rice
20.4
64
1988
SF SF
16
1,306
81.6
9
107
13
8.2
6.7
1
13Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
20.2
61
1964
SD SD
12
1,235
102.9
13
60
3
20.0
5.0
2
14Don Maynard
D. Maynard
20.2
71
1967
NYJ NYJ
14
1,434
102.4
10
18
4
4.5
1.3
0
15Torry Holt
T. Holt
19.9
82
2000
STL STL
16
139
1,635
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
16Roy Green
R. Green
19.9
78
1984
STL STL
16
1,555
97.2
12
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
17Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
19.8
61
1963
SD SD
14
1,205
86.1
11
14
2
7.0
1.0
0
18Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
19.7
70
1989
RAM RAM
14
1,382
98.7
8
10
2
5.0
0.7
0
19Mark Duper
M. Duper
19.6
67
1986
MIA MIA
16
1,313
82.1
11
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
20Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
19.4
70
1981
ATL ATL
16
1,358
84.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
21Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
19.3
68
1968
SD SD
14
1,312
93.7
10
18
3
6.0
1.3
0
22Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
19.3
64
1966
DAL DAL
14
1,232
88.0
13
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
23Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
19.2
72
2012
TB TB
16
147
1,384
86.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
24Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
19.2
72
1962
WAS WAS
14
1,384
98.9
11
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
25Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
19.2
60
1986
MIA MIA
15
1,150
76.7
10
33
2
16.5
2.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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