highest yards per rec by a player with 5000 or more rec yds

Buddy Dial has averaged the most career yards per reception when gaining 5,000+ receiving yards, with 20.8 per catch.

NAMEAVGREC YDSGPRECTRGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Buddy Dial
B. Dial
20.8
5,436
98
261
55.5
44
14
4
3.5
0.1
0
2Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
20.1
5,357
114
267
47.0
28
23
3
7.7
0.2
0
3Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
20.1
8,565
157
427
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
4Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
20.0
7,414
132
371
56.2
71
68
24
2.8
0.5
2
5Willie Gault
W. Gault
19.9
6,635
170
333
39.0
44
154
21
7.3
0.9
0
6Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
19.8
7,914
149
400
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
7Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
19.6
5,508
142
281
38.8
50
682
137
5.0
4.8
4
8Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
19.2
5,233
94
272
55.7
58
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
9Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
19.2
10,716
196
557
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
10Wesley Walker
W. Walker
19.0
8,306
154
438
53.9
71
35
6
5.8
0.2
0
11Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
18.9
10,266
136
542
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
12Mel Gray
M. Gray
18.9
6,644
145
351
45.8
45
154
15
10.3
1.1
1
13Carroll Dale
C. Dale
18.9
8,277
189
438
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
14Roger Carr
R. Carr
18.7
5,071
115
271
44.1
31
-8
1
-8.0
-0.1
0
15Don Maynard
D. Maynard
18.7
11,834
186
633
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
16Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
18.6
5,426
140
291
38.8
50
231
32
7.2
1.7
1
17Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
18.6
7,538
134
405
56.3
58
29
12
2.4
0.2
0
18Del Shofner
D. Shofner
18.5
6,470
125
349
51.8
51
1
4
0.3
0.0
0
19John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
18.5
7,056
151
382
46.7
48
293
35
8.4
1.9
2
20Max McGee
M. McGee
18.4
6,346
148
345
42.9
50
121
12
10.1
0.8
0
21Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
18.4
6,299
103
343
61.2
53
317
74
4.3
3.1
1
22James Lofton
J. Lofton
18.3
14,004
233
764
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
23Haven Moses
H. Moses
18.1
8,091
199
448
40.7
56
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
24Carlos Carson
C. Carson
18.1
6,372
126
353
50.6
33
62
12
5.2
0.5
0
25Elbert Dubenion
E. Dubenion
18.0
5,294
103
294
51.4
35
326
46
7.1
3.2
3
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
5
12
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
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.765
12
5
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.706
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9
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14
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176