highest yards per catch in a single season by running back

Ray Renfro has averaged the most yards per catch by a running back in a season, with 23.9 per reception in 1958.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game in a single season by running back
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
23.9
1958
CLE CLE
12
24
573
47.8
6
17
3
5.7
1.4
0
2 Harry Clarke
H. Clarke
23.3
1943
CHB CHB
10
23
535
53.5
7
556
120
4.6
55.6
2
3 Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
22.8
1963
OAK OAK
14
30
685
48.9
5
1,099
215
5.1
78.5
3
4 Ray McLean
R. McLean
21.8
1944
CHB CHB
8
19
414
51.8
5
25
29
0.9
3.1
1
5 Del Shofner
D. Shofner
21.5
1958
LA LA
12
51
1,097
91.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
6 Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
21.0
1958
PIT PIT
12
25
525
43.8
4
24
4
6.0
2.0
0
7 Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
20.8
1958
PHI PHI
10
29
603
60.3
9
-4
3
-1.3
-0.4
0
8 Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
20.8
1955
CLE CLE
12
29
603
50.3
8
90
29
3.1
7.5
0
9 Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
20.6
1954
LA LA
12
35
720
60.0
3
6
1
6.0
0.5
0
10 Jim Podoley
J. Podoley
20.5
1957
WAS WAS
12
27
554
46.2
4
442
114
3.9
36.8
2
11 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
20.3
1949
NYG NYG
12
35
711
59.3
8
634
152
4.2
52.8
9
12 Bo Roberson
B. Roberson
20.1
1962
OAK OAK
14
29
583
41.6
3
270
89
3.0
19.3
3
13 Andy Uram
A. Uram
20.0
1942
GB GB
11
21
420
38.2
4
75
24
3.1
6.8
0
14 Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
19.4
1954
CHB CHB
12
34
658
54.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
15 Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
19.3
1960
DEN DEN
10
32
616
61.6
5
211
41
5.1
21.1
2
16 Kyle Rote
K. Rote
19.0
1954
NYG NYG
11
29
551
50.1
2
59
30
2.0
5.4
0
17 Dub Jones
D. Jones
19.0
1951
CLE CLE
12
30
570
47.5
5
492
104
4.7
41.0
7
18 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
18.8
1958
BAL BAL
12
50
938
78.2
7
598
82
7.3
49.8
7
19 Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
18.5
1953
CLE CLE
12
39
722
60.2
4
352
60
5.9
29.3
4
20 John David Crow
J. David Crow
18.5
1960
STL STL
12
25
462
38.5
3
1,071
183
5.9
89.3
6
21 J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
18.4
1952
SF SF
12
25
461
38.4
1
72
24
3.0
6.0
0
22 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
18.3
1959
NYG NYG
11
42
768
69.8
4
540
106
5.1
49.1
3
23 Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
18.1
1945
WAS WAS
10
34
617
61.7
5
154
39
3.9
15.4
1
24 Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
18.1
1955
PIT PIT
12
42
762
63.5
6
187
57
3.3
15.6
1
25 Leon Clarke
L. Clarke
18.1
1956
LA LA
12
36
650
54.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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208.5

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Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
Browns Browns
1
3
0
.250
Ravens Ravens
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
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Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
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1:00 PM
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10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
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@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
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3 - 1 - 0

34

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10

CLE Browns

1 - 3 - 0

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0
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Commanders Commanders
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2
0
.500
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1
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.750
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1
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.750
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1
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.800
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1
0
.750
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4
0
0
1.000
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2
2
0
.500
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1
0
.750
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2
0
.500
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1
0
.750
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3
1
0
.750
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1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
0
.500

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Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
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21-27
Sat
9/6
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9/6
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10/5
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Sun
10/5
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Sun
10/5
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@
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Sun
10/5
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
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1:00 PM