highest yards per reception 2021 for running backs

Ty Johnson averaged the most yards per reception by a running back in 2021, with 10.9 per catch.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game 2021 for running backs
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Ty Johnson
T. Johnson
10.9
2021
NYJ NYJ
16
34
55
372
23.3
2
238
61
3.9
14.9
2
2Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
10.5
2021
ATL ATL
16
52
69
548
34.3
5
618
153
4.0
38.6
6
3James Conner
J. Conner
10.1
2021
ARI ARI
15
37
39
375
25.0
3
752
202
3.7
50.1
15
4Brandon Bolden
B. Bolden
9.9
2021
NE NE
17
41
49
405
23.8
2
226
44
5.1
13.3
1
5Darrel Williams
D. Williams
9.6
2021
KC KC
17
47
57
452
26.6
2
558
144
3.9
32.8
6
6Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
9.3
2021
NO NO
13
47
67
439
33.8
5
898
240
3.7
69.1
4
7Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
9.3
2021
CAR CAR
7
37
41
343
49.0
1
442
99
4.5
63.1
1
8Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
9.2
2021
LAC LAC
16
70
94
647
40.4
8
911
206
4.4
56.9
12
9J.D. McKissic
J.D. McKissic
9.2
2021
WAS WAS
11
43
53
397
36.1
2
212
48
4.4
19.3
2
10A.J. Dillon
A.J. Dillon
9.2
2021
GB GB
17
34
37
313
18.4
2
803
187
4.3
47.2
5
11Michael Carter
M. Carter
9.0
2021
NYJ NYJ
14
36
55
325
23.2
0
639
147
4.3
45.6
4
12Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
9.0
2021
IND IND
17
40
51
360
21.2
2
1,811
332
5.5
106.5
18
13Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
8.6
2021
DAL DAL
15
39
46
337
22.5
0
719
130
5.5
47.9
2
14Nyheim Hines
N. Hines
7.8
2021
IND IND
17
40
57
310
18.2
1
276
56
4.9
16.2
2
15Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
7.7
2021
PHI PHI
16
33
50
253
15.8
1
291
68
4.3
18.2
5
16Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
7.6
2021
TOT
17
38
53
289
17.0
1
166
51
3.3
9.8
0
17Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
7.5
2021
GB GB
15
52
65
391
26.1
6
799
171
4.7
53.3
4
18Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
7.5
2021
CIN CIN
16
42
48
314
19.6
3
1,205
292
4.1
75.3
13
19Javonte Williams
J. Williams
7.3
2021
DEN DEN
17
43
53
316
18.6
3
903
203
4.4
53.1
4
20D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
7.3
2021
DET DET
13
62
78
452
34.8
2
617
151
4.1
47.5
5
21Chase Edmonds
C. Edmonds
7.2
2021
ARI ARI
12
43
53
311
25.9
0
592
116
5.1
49.3
2
22David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
7.2
2021
CHI CHI
13
42
51
301
23.2
0
849
225
3.8
65.3
7
23Alexander Mattison
A. Mattison
7.1
2021
MIN MIN
16
32
39
228
14.3
1
491
134
3.7
30.7
3
24David Johnson
D. Johnson
7.0
2021
HOU HOU
13
32
42
225
17.3
1
228
67
3.4
17.5
0
25Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
7.0
2021
WAS WAS
16
42
52
294
18.4
3
1,037
258
4.0
64.8
7
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
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2
7
0
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1
7
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11/13
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11/23
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BAL BAL
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11/30
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1:00 PM
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12/7
MIA MIA
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CIN Bengals

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
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3
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.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
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5
3
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.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
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2
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.714

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
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9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
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9/6
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11/2
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Sun
11/2
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11/2
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11/2
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Sun
11/2
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1:00 PM