highest receiving average with over 50 receptions in a season since 1970

Since 1970, Eddie Brown has the most yards per catch in a season when he has >50 receptions, with 24.0 per catch in 1988.

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  • Data note: Yards Per Reception, Receptions: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEAVGRECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Eddie Brown
E. Brown
24.0
53
1988
16
1,273
79.6
9
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
2James Lofton
J. Lofton
22.4
58
1983
16
1,300
81.3
8
36
9
4.0
2.3
0
3James Lofton
J. Lofton
22.0
62
1984
16
1,361
85.1
7
82
10
8.2
5.1
0
4Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
21.5
51
1990
16
1,097
68.6
4
13
1
13.0
0.8
0
5Kevin House
K. House
21.0
56
1981
16
1,176
73.5
9
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
6Mike Wallace
M. Wallace
21.0
60
2010
16
98
1,257
78.6
10
39
5
7.8
2.4
0
7DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
20.9
56
2014
15
95
1,169
77.9
6
7
4
1.8
0.5
0
8Gene Washington
G. Washington
20.8
53
1970
13
1,100
84.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
9Steve Watson
S. Watson
20.7
60
1981
16
1,244
77.8
13
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
10Mike Quick
M. Quick
20.4
69
1983
16
1,409
88.1
13
0
0
0.0
0
11Eric Moulds
E. Moulds
20.4
67
1998
16
1,368
85.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
12Jerry Rice
J. Rice
20.4
64
1988
16
1,306
81.6
9
107
13
8.2
6.7
1
13A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
20.2
52
2019
16
84
1,051
65.7
8
60
3
20.0
3.8
1
14Ashley Lelie
A. Lelie
20.1
54
2004
16
101
1,084
67.8
7
5
3
1.7
0.3
0
15Ken Burrough
K. Burrough
20.1
53
1975
14
1,063
75.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
16Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
20.0
54
1979
15
1,082
72.1
2
-6
2
-3.0
-0.4
0
17Torry Holt
T. Holt
19.9
82
2000
16
139
1,635
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
18Roy Green
R. Green
19.9
78
1984
16
1,555
97.2
12
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
19Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
19.7
70
1989
14
1,382
98.7
8
10
2
5.0
0.7
0
20Mark Duper
M. Duper
19.7
51
1983
16
1,003
62.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
21Mark Duper
M. Duper
19.6
67
1986
16
1,313
82.1
11
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
22Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
19.5
52
1996
16
1,014
63.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
19.5
55
1978
16
1,072
67.0
8
21
1
21.0
1.3
0
24Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
19.5
57
1971
14
1,110
79.3
7
25
1
25.0
1.8
1
25Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
19.4
70
1981
16
1,358
84.9
13
0
0
0.0
0

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