highest yards per reception in a season minimum 30 receptions

Jimmy Orr has the most yards per catch with 30+ receptions in a season, with 27.6 per catch in his rookie season in 1958.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per reception by a player in a season minimum 30 receptions
NAMEAVGRECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
27.6
33
1958
12
910
75.8
7
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
2Elbert Dubenion
E. Dubenion
27.1
42
1964
14
1,139
81.4
10
20
1
20.0
1.4
0
3Warren Wells
W. Wells
26.8
47
1969
14
1,260
90.0
14
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
4Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
26.1
34
1970
13
889
68.4
10
34
4
8.5
2.6
1
5Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
26.0
44
1989
16
1,146
71.6
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
6Mervyn Fernandez
M. Fernandez
26.0
31
1988
16
805
50.3
4
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
7Roger Carr
R. Carr
25.9
43
1976
14
1,112
79.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
8Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
25.6
32
1947
12
818
68.2
13
0
0
0.0
0
9Harlon Hill
H. Hill
25.0
45
1954
12
1,124
93.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
10Don Hutson
D. Hutson
24.9
34
1939
11
846
76.9
6
26
5
5.2
2.4
0
11Alvin Harper
A. Harper
24.9
33
1994
16
821
51.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
12Devery Henderson
D. Henderson
24.8
32
2008
16
56
793
49.6
3
33
4
8.3
2.1
0
13Homer Jones
H. Jones
24.7
49
1967
14
1,209
86.4
13
60
5
12.0
4.3
1
14Wesley Walker
W. Walker
24.4
48
1978
16
1,169
73.1
8
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
15Buddy Dial
B. Dial
24.3
40
1960
12
972
81.0
9
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
16Anthony Carter
A. Carter
24.3
38
1987
12
922
76.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
17Cliff Branch
C. Branch
24.2
46
1976
14
1,111
79.4
12
12
3
4.0
0.9
0
18Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
24.1
32
1966
14
772
55.1
4
36
2
18.0
2.6
0
19Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
24.1
34
1978
16
820
51.3
5
11
2
5.5
0.7
0
20Eddie Brown
E. Brown
24.0
53
1988
16
1,273
79.6
9
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
21Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
24.0
35
1971
14
840
60.0
8
18
3
6.0
1.3
0
22Harlon Hill
H. Hill
24.0
47
1956
12
1,128
94.0
11
24
2
12.0
2.0
0
23Jim Benton
J. Benton
23.7
45
1945
9
1,067
118.6
8
0
0
0.0
0
24Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
23.7
30
1973
13
711
54.7
10
1
3
0.3
0.1
0
25Carroll Dale
C. Dale
23.7
37
1966
14
876
62.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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