highest yards per catch on a season with at least 1500 yards receiving

Lance Alworth has the most yards per catch with 1,500+ receiving yards in a season, with 23.2 per catch in 1965.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per catch by a player on a season with at least 1500 yards receiving
NAMEAVGREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
23.2
1,602
1965
14
69
114.4
14
-12
3
-4.0
-0.9
0
2Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
21.3
1,746
1961
14
82
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
3Torry Holt
T. Holt
19.9
1,635
2000
16
82
139
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
4Roy Green
R. Green
19.9
1,555
1984
16
78
97.2
12
-10
1
-10.0
-0.6
0
5Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
18.9
1,646
2013
14
87
159
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
6Victor Cruz
V. Cruz
18.7
1,536
2011
16
82
131
96.0
9
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
7Jerry Rice
J. Rice
18.3
1,570
1986
16
86
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
8Mike Evans
M. Evans
17.7
1,524
2018
16
86
138
95.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
17.5
1,681
2011
16
96
158
105.1
16
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
10Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
16.4
1,523
1991
16
93
95.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
11Rob Moore
R. Moore
16.3
1,584
1997
16
97
99.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
12David Boston
D. Boston
16.3
1,598
2001
16
98
175
99.9
8
35
5
7.0
2.2
0
13Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
16.1
1,964
2012
16
122
204
122.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
14Rod Smith
R. Smith
16.0
1,602
2000
16
100
173
100.1
8
99
6
16.5
6.2
1
15Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
15.5
1,569
2009
16
101
171
98.1
9
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
16Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
15.5
1,519
2014
16
98
151
94.9
13
0
0
0.0
0
17Jerry Rice
J. Rice
15.3
1,503
1993
16
98
93.9
15
69
3
23.0
4.3
1
18Julio Jones
J. Jones
15.3
1,593
2014
15
104
163
106.2
6
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
19Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
15.3
1,546
1964
14
101
110.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
20Antonio Brown
A. Brown
15.2
1,533
2017
14
101
163
109.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
21Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
15.2
1,563
2005
16
103
150
97.7
12
25
4
6.3
1.6
1
22Davante Adams
D. Adams
15.2
1,516
2022
17
100
180
89.2
14
-1
3
-0.3
-0.1
0
23Jerry Rice
J. Rice
15.1
1,848
1995
16
122
115.5
15
36
5
7.2
2.3
1
24Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
15.1
1,799
2023
16
119
171
112.4
13
15
6
2.5
0.9
0
25Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
15.1
1,793
2025
17
119
163
105.5
10
36
7
5.1
2.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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