highest yards per catch in a single season minimum of after 1970

Since 1971, Flipper Anderson has averaged the most yards per catch in a season, with 26.0 per reception in 1989.

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highest yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a player in a single season minimum of after 1970

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	26.0	1989	RAM	16	44		1,146	71.6	5	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
2	Mervyn Fernandez M. Fernandez	26.0	1988	RAI	16	31		805	50.3	4	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
3	Roger Carr R. Carr	25.9	1976	BAL	14	43		1,112	79.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
4	Alvin Harper A. Harper	24.9	1994	DAL	16	33		821	51.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
5	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	24.8	2008	NO	16	32	56	793	49.6	3	33	4	8.3	2.1	0
6	Wesley Walker W. Walker	24.4	1978	NYJ	16	48		1,169	73.1	8	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
7	Anthony Carter A. Carter	24.3	1987	MIN	12	38		922	76.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
8	Cliff Branch C. Branch	24.2	1976	OAK	14	46		1,111	79.4	12	12	3	4.0	0.9	0
9	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	24.1	1978	NE	16	34		820	51.3	5	11	2	5.5	0.7	0
10	Eddie Brown E. Brown	24.0	1988	CIN	16	53		1,273	79.6	9	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
11	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	24.0	1971	DAL	14	35		840	60.0	8	18	3	6.0	1.3	0
12	Ron Shanklin R. Shanklin	23.7	1973	PIT	13	30		711	54.7	10	1	3	0.3	0.1	0
13	Chris Sanders C. Sanders	23.5	1995	HOU	16	35		823	51.4	9	-19	2	-9.5	-1.2	0
14	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	23.4	1981	NE	13	44		1,029	79.2	6	21	2	10.5	1.6	0
15	James Jett J. Jett	23.4	1993	RAI	16	33		771	48.2	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
16	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	23.3	2006	NO	13	32	54	745	57.3	5	14	2	7.0	1.1	1
17	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	23.2	1971	MIA	14	43		996	71.1	11	115	9	12.8	8.2	0
18	Ron Jessie R. Jessie	22.9	1976	LA	14	34		779	55.6	6	37	4	9.3	2.6	0
19	Chris Burkett C. Burkett	22.9	1986	BUF	14	34		778	55.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	22.8	1979	NE	16	44		1,002	62.6	12	39	7	5.6	2.4	0
21	Jim Smith J. Smith	22.8	1982	PIT	8	17		387	48.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
22	Shawn Jefferson S. Jefferson	22.7	1998	NE	16	34		771	48.2	2	15	1	15.0	0.9	0
23	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	22.5	1979	NE	16	45		1,013	63.3	7	12	3	4.0	0.8	0
24	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	22.5	2010	PHI	14	47	96	1,056	75.4	6	104	16	6.5	7.4	1
25	Ken Burrow K. Burrow	22.5	1971	ATL	14	33		741	52.9	6	5	1	5.0	0.4	0

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