highest avgerage receiving yards per game before 2018

Before 2018, Julio Jones averaged the most receiving yards per game, with 95.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest avgerage receiving yards per game by a player before 2018

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Julio Jones J. Jones	95.3	95	585	927	9,054	15.5	43	109	15	7.3	1.1	0
2	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	94.1	47	313	498	4,424	14.1	38	55	10	5.5	1.2	0
3	Jim Brim J. Brim	94.0	3	18		282	15.7	2	36	2	18.0	12.0	1
4	Antonio Brown A. Brown	86.2	115	733	1,106	9,910	13.5	59	119	31	3.8	1.0	0
5	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	86.1	135	731	1,315	11,619	15.9	83	167	19	8.8	1.2	1
6	Al Williams A. Williams	82.3	3	12		247	20.6	1	11	1	11.0	3.7	0
7	A.J. Green	80.5	102	556	948	8,213	14.8	57	93	11	8.5	0.9	0
8	Torry Holt T. Holt	77.4	173	920	1,561	13,382	14.5	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
9	Josh Gordon J. Gordon	77.2	40	179	343	3,089	17.3	15	88	5	17.6	2.2	0
10	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	76.8	31	196	270	2,382	12.2	14	0	0		0.0	0
11	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	76.7	190	1,102	1,431	14,580	13.2	128	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
12	Jerry Rice J. Rice	75.6	303	1,549	709	22,895	14.8	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
13	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	75.5	136	542		10,266	18.9	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
14	Mike Evans M. Evans	75.1	61	309	580	4,579	14.8	32	0	0		0.0	0
15	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	74.9	159	750	19	11,904	15.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
16	Keenan Allen K. Allen	74.3	54	323	480	4,010	12.4	22	9	2	4.5	0.2	0
17	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	74.2	79	413	735	5,865	14.2	36	0	0		0.0	0
18	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	74.0	117	629	1,037	8,653	13.8	57	6	3	2.0	0.1	0
19	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	73.5	193	1,062	1,743	14,185	13.4	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
20	Terrell Owens T. Owens	72.8	219	1,078	1,604	15,934	14.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
21	T.Y. Hilton	72.6	94	431	757	6,827	15.8	34	55	9	6.1	0.6	0
22	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	72.6	112	595		8,134	13.7	65	72	23	3.1	0.6	0
23	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	71.8	95	410		6,823	16.6	51	0	0		0.0	0
24	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	71.3	218	1,234	2,042	15,545	12.6	110	68	20	3.4	0.3	0
25	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	71.0	172	959	1,627	12,215	12.7	82	118	20	5.9	0.7	0

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