highest yards per catch for reciever with over 1000 yards

Don Currivan has averaged the most career yards per catch by a wide receiver when gaining >1,000 receiving yards, with 25.4 per reception.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per catch for reciever with over 1000 receiving yards
NAMEAVGREC YDSGPRECTRGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Currivan
D. Currivan
25.4
1,979
75
78
26.4
24
-4
1
-4.0
-0.1
0
2Warren Wells
W. Wells
23.1
3,655
65
158
56.2
42
103
9
11.4
1.6
1
3Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
22.4
3,626
90
162
40.3
50
0
0
0.0
0
4Red Mack
R. Mack
22.3
1,159
58
52
20.0
8
-1
4
-0.3
0.0
0
5Homer Jones
H. Jones
22.3
4,986
87
224
57.3
36
146
17
8.6
1.7
1
6Bobby Duckworth
B. Duckworth
21.8
1,784
62
82
28.8
13
0
0
0.0
0
7Bill Karr
B. Karr
21.5
1,032
63
48
16.4
18
27
6
4.5
0.4
1
8Gloster Richardson
G. Richardson
21.5
1,976
92
92
21.5
18
-9
5
-1.8
-0.1
0
9Billy Van Heusen
B. Van Heusen
21.2
1,466
60
69
24.4
10
31
4
7.8
0.5
0
10Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
21.1
3,060
56
145
54.6
31
59
11
5.4
1.1
1
11Eggs Manske
E. Manske
21.0
1,467
65
70
22.6
11
38
8
4.8
0.6
0
12Cloyce Box
C. Box
21.0
2,389
47
114
50.8
28
20
1
20.0
0.4
0
13Frank Liebel
F. Liebel
20.9
1,753
57
84
30.8
23
0
0
0.0
0
14Buddy Dial
B. Dial
20.8
5,436
98
261
55.5
44
14
4
3.5
0.1
0
15Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
20.8
3,652
98
176
37.3
40
55
10
5.5
0.6
0
16Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
20.5
3,611
79
176
45.7
28
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
17Harlon Hill
H. Hill
20.3
4,666
89
230
52.4
40
103
12
8.6
1.2
0
18Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
20.1
5,357
114
267
47.0
28
23
3
7.7
0.2
0
19Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
20.1
8,565
157
427
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
20Bill Groman
B. Groman
20.0
3,481
66
174
52.7
36
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
21Dwight Scales
D. Scales
20.0
1,120
90
56
12.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
20.0
7,414
132
371
56.2
71
68
24
2.8
0.5
2
23Willie Gault
W. Gault
19.9
6,635
170
333
39.0
44
154
21
7.3
0.9
0
24Bob Shaw
B. Shaw
19.9
1,034
27
52
38.3
14
0
0
0.0
0
25Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
19.8
7,914
149
400
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176