highest single season yards per reception minimum 1000 yards since 1968

Since 1968, Warren Wells has averaged the most yards per reception with 1,000+ receiving yards in a season, with 26.8 per catch in 1969.

Interpreted as:
highest single season yards per reception by a player minimum 1000 receiving yards since 1968
NAMEAVGREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Warren Wells
W. Wells
26.8
1,260
1969
14
47
90.0
14
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
2Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
26.0
1,146
1989
16
44
71.6
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
3Roger Carr
R. Carr
25.9
1,112
1976
14
43
79.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
4Wesley Walker
W. Walker
24.4
1,169
1978
16
48
73.1
8
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
5Cliff Branch
C. Branch
24.2
1,111
1976
14
46
79.4
12
12
3
4.0
0.9
0
6Eddie Brown
E. Brown
24.0
1,273
1988
16
53
79.6
9
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
7Homer Jones
H. Jones
23.5
1,057
1968
14
45
75.5
7
18
3
6.0
1.3
0
8Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
23.4
1,029
1981
13
44
79.2
6
21
2
10.5
1.6
0
9Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
22.9
1,006
1970
14
44
71.9
12
7
4
1.8
0.5
0
10Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
22.8
1,002
1979
16
44
62.6
12
39
7
5.6
2.4
0
11Don Maynard
D. Maynard
22.8
1,297
1968
13
57
99.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
22.5
1,013
1979
16
45
63.3
7
12
3
4.0
0.8
0
13DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
22.5
1,056
2010
14
47
96
75.4
6
104
16
6.5
7.4
1
14Michael Haynes
M. Haynes
22.4
1,122
1991
16
50
70.1
11
0
0
0.0
0
15James Lofton
J. Lofton
22.4
1,300
1983
16
58
81.3
8
36
9
4.0
2.3
0
16John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
22.0
1,035
1972
14
47
73.9
7
14
8
1.8
1.0
0
17James Lofton
J. Lofton
22.0
1,361
1984
16
62
85.1
7
82
10
8.2
5.1
0
18Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
21.5
1,097
1990
16
51
68.6
4
13
1
13.0
0.8
0
19Warren Wells
W. Wells
21.5
1,137
1968
14
53
81.2
11
38
2
19.0
2.7
1
20Alec Pierce
A. Pierce
21.3
1,003
2025
15
47
84
66.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
21Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
21.3
1,067
1968
14
50
76.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
22Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
21.2
1,103
1968
14
52
78.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
23Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
21.1
1,056
1976
14
50
75.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
24Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
21.1
1,032
1982
8
49
129.0
9
32
5
6.4
4.0
0
25Kevin House
K. House
21.0
1,176
1981
16
56
73.5
9
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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