highest yards per catch in a game minimum 3 receptions any season

Gordon Smith has averaged the most yards per reception with 3+ receptions in a season, with 41.0 per reception in his rookie season in 1961.

Interpreted as:

highest yards per catch by a player in a game minimum 3 receptions any 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	Gordon Smith G. Smith	41.0	3	1961	MIN	1		123	123.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
2	John Hilton J. Hilton	40.0	3	1972	DET	1		120	120.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Brandon Bennett B. Bennett	39.7	3	1998	CIN	1		119	119.0	0	63	25	2.5	63.0	0
4	Tylan Wallace T. Wallace	38.3	3	2024	BAL	1	3	115	115.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	38.0	3	2002	NO	1	4	114	114.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jerry Tarr J. Tarr	38.0	4	1962	DEN	1		152	152.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
7	Steve Raible S. Raible	37.3	3	1976	SEA	1		112	112.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jacque MacKinnon J. MacKinnon	37.0	3	1963	SD	1		111	111.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
9	Greg Camarillo G. Camarillo	36.3	3	2007	MIA	1	3	109	109.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Marshall Johnson M. Johnson	35.0	3	1975	BAL	1		105	105.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
11	Red Mack R. Mack	34.7	3	1964	PHI	1		104	104.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Drew Hill D. Hill	34.4	7	1984	RAM	2		241	120.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ihmir Smith-Marsette I. Smith-Marsette	34.3	3	2021	MIN	1	3	103	103.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Sam Graddy S. Graddy	34.0	3	1991	RAI	1		102	102.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
15	Ray Butler R. Butler	33.8	6	1986	SEA	2		203	101.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Chris Sanders C. Sanders	33.7	3	1998	TEN	1		101	101.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	33.3	3	1975	NE	1		100	100.0	1	0	7	0.0	0.0	0
18	Aaron Pierce A. Pierce	32.7	3	1993	NYG	1		98	98.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Bob Windsor B. Windsor	32.7	3	1968	SF	1		98	98.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
20	John Henderson J. Henderson	32.7	3	1966	DET	1		98	98.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Leonard Thompson L. Thompson	32.2	5	1982	DET	1		161	161.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jesse Holley J. Holley	32.0	3	2011	DAL	1	3	96	96.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Scott Fitzkee S. Fitzkee	32.0	3	1980	PHI	1		96	96.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bill Schroeder B. Schroeder	31.5	4	2004	TB	1	6	126	126.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Herkie Walls H. Walls	31.3	3	1983	HOU	1		94	94.0	1	0	0		0.0	0

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