highest yards per play in a single season nfl

Derrick Mason has the most yards per play in a season, with 2,690 in 2000.

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	NAME	YDS/PLY	YDS	PLY	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Derrick Mason D. Mason	2,690	2,690	1	2000	TEN	16	168.1	6	1	0.1	0	895	55.9	5	1,132	70.8	0	662	41.4	1
2	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	2,647	2,647	1	2002	NO	16	165.4	3	15	0.9	0	200	12.5	0	1,807	112.9	2	625	39.1	1
3	MarTay Jenkins M. Jenkins	2,402	2,402	1	2000	ARI	16	150.1	1	-4	-0.3	0	219	13.7	0	2,186	136.6	1	1	0.1	0
4	Wes Welker W. Welker	2,208	2,208	1	2005	MIA	16	138.0	0	5	0.3	0	434	27.1	0	1,379	86.2	0	390	24.4	0
5	Kevin Williams K. Williams	2,191	2,191	1	1997	ARI	16	136.9	1	-2	-0.1	0	273	17.1	1	1,458	91.1	0	462	28.9	0
6	Terrence Wilkins T. Wilkins	2,089	2,089	1	1999	IND	16	130.6	7	2	0.1	0	565	35.3	4	1,134	70.9	1	388	24.3	1
7	Eric Guliford E. Guliford	1,986	1,986	1	1997	NO	16	124.1	2	-2	-0.1	0	362	22.6	1	1,128	70.5	1	498	31.1	0
8	Jacoby Jones J. Jones	1,920	1,920	1	2012	BAL	16	120.0	4	6	0.4	0	406	25.4	1	1,167	72.9	2	341	21.3	1
9	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	1,909	1,909	1	2002	CAR	15	127.3	5	-4	-0.3	0	872	58.1	3	571	38.1	0	470	31.3	2
10	Reggie Swinton R. Swinton	1,854	1,854	1	2001	DAL	15	123.6	2	-4	-0.3	0	117	7.8	1	1,327	88.5	0	414	27.6	1
11	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,782	1,782	1	2000	CHI	16	111.4	0	6	0.4	0	8	0.5	0	1,468	91.8	0	300	18.8	0
12	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,738	1,738	1	2002	PHI	16	108.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,162	72.6	0	567	35.4	1
13	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,729	1,729	1	2004	ATL	16	108.1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,250	78.1	0	457	28.6	1
14	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	1,716	1,716	1	2019	NO	16	107.3	9	-9	-0.6	0	1,725	107.8	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Torry Holt T. Holt	1,701	1,701	1	2003	STL	16	106.3	12	5	0.3	0	1,696	106.0	12	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	1,692	1,692	1	2011	DET	16	105.8	16	11	0.7	0	1,681	105.1	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Chris Chambers C. Chambers	1,683	1,683	1	2001	MIA	16	105.2	7	-11	-0.7	0	883	55.2	7	811	50.7	0	0	0.0	0
18	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	1,667	1,667	1	1999	IND	16	104.2	12	4	0.3	0	1,663	103.9	12	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	1,659	1,659	1	2006	DET	14	118.5	0	4	0.3	0	10	0.7	0	1,349	96.4	0	296	21.1	0
20	Qadry Ismail Q. Ismail	1,641	1,641	1	1995	MIN	16	102.6	3	7	0.4	0	597	37.3	3	1,037	64.8	0	0	0.0	0
21	Walter Stanley W. Stanley	1,617	1,617	1	1986	GB	16	101.1	3	19	1.2	0	723	45.2	2	559	34.9	0	316	19.8	1
22	Julio Jones J. Jones	1,594	1,594	1	2014	ATL	15	106.3	6	1	0.1	0	1,593	106.2	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	1,571	1,571	1	2003	NO	13	120.8	1	2	0.2	0	226	17.4	1	1,068	82.2	0	275	21.2	0
24	Kevin Williams K. Williams	1,565	1,565	1	1999	BUF	16	97.8	0	13	0.8	0	381	23.8	0	840	52.5	0	331	20.7	0
25	Roy Green R. Green	1,563	1,563	1	1984	STL	16	97.7	12	-10	-0.6	0	1,555	97.2	12	18	1.1	0	0	0.0	0

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