highest receiving average with over 50 receptions in a season

Eddie Brown has averaged the most yards per catch with more than 50 receptions in a season, with 24.0 per reception in 1988.

Interpreted as:

highest receiving average by a player with over 50 receptions in a season

	NAME	AVG	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Eddie Brown E. Brown	24.0	53	1988	CIN	16		1,273	79.6	9	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
2	Billy Howton B. Howton	23.2	53	1952	GB	12		1,231	102.6	13	0	0		0.0	0
3	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	23.2	69	1965	SD	14		1,602	114.4	14	-12	3	-4.0	-0.9	0
4	Bob Boyd B. Boyd	22.9	53	1954	LA	12		1,212	101.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
5	Don Maynard D. Maynard	22.8	57	1968	NYJ	13		1,297	99.8	10	0	0		0.0	0
6	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	22.7	66	1951	LA	12		1,495	124.6	17	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
7	James Lofton J. Lofton	22.4	58	1983	GB	16		1,300	81.3	8	36	9	4.0	2.3	0
8	Otis Taylor O. Taylor	22.4	58	1966	KC	14		1,297	92.6	8	33	2	16.5	2.4	0
9	James Lofton J. Lofton	22.0	62	1984	GB	16		1,361	85.1	7	82	10	8.2	5.1	0
10	Billy Howton B. Howton	21.6	55	1956	GB	12		1,188	99.0	12	0	0		0.0	0
11	Buddy Dial B. Dial	21.6	60	1963	PIT	14		1,295	92.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jackie Smith J. Smith	21.5	56	1967	STL	14		1,205	86.1	9	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
13	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	21.5	51	1990	RAM	16		1,097	68.6	4	13	1	13.0	0.8	0
14	Del Shofner D. Shofner	21.5	51	1958	LA	12		1,097	91.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
15	Warren Wells W. Wells	21.5	53	1968	OAK	14		1,137	81.2	11	38	2	19.0	2.7	1
16	Ben Hawkins B. Hawkins	21.4	59	1967	PHI	14		1,265	90.4	10	0	0		0.0	0
17	Del Shofner D. Shofner	21.4	53	1962	NYG	13		1,133	87.2	12	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
18	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	21.3	82	1961	HOU	14		1,746	124.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
19	Gary Garrison G. Garrison	21.2	52	1968	SD	14		1,103	78.8	10	0	0		0.0	0
20	Kevin House K. House	21.0	56	1981	TB	16		1,176	73.5	9	9	2	4.5	0.6	0
21	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	21.0	60	2010	PIT	16	98	1,257	78.6	10	39	5	7.8	2.4	0
22	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	20.9	56	2014	WAS	15	95	1,169	77.9	6	7	4	1.8	0.5	0
23	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	20.8	69	1963	WAS	14		1,436	102.6	7	24	3	8.0	1.7	0
24	Gene Washington G. Washington	20.8	53	1970	SF	13		1,100	84.6	12	0	0		0.0	0
25	Steve Watson S. Watson	20.7	60	1981	DEN	16		1,244	77.8	13	6	2	3.0	0.4	0

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