most average receiving yards per season since 1970

Since 1970, Bob Hayes has averaged the most yards per catch in a season, with 26.1 per reception in 1970.

Interpreted as:

most average receiving with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game receiving yards by a player per season since 1970

	NAME	AVG	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	26.1	889	1970	DAL	13	34		68.4	10	34	4	8.5	2.6	1
2	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	26.0	1,146	1989	RAM	16	44		71.6	5	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
3	Mervyn Fernandez M. Fernandez	26.0	805	1988	RAI	16	31		50.3	4	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
4	Roger Carr R. Carr	25.9	1,112	1976	BAL	14	43		79.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
5	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	25.1	703	1970	MIA	11	28		63.9	6	13	2	6.5	1.2	0
6	Alvin Harper A. Harper	24.9	821	1994	DAL	16	33		51.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
7	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	24.8	793	2008	NO	16	32	56	49.6	3	33	4	8.3	2.1	0
8	Wesley Walker W. Walker	24.4	1,169	1978	NYJ	16	48		73.1	8	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
9	Anthony Carter A. Carter	24.3	922	1987	MIN	12	38		76.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
10	Cliff Branch C. Branch	24.2	1,111	1976	OAK	14	46		79.4	12	12	3	4.0	0.9	0
11	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	24.1	820	1978	NE	16	34		51.3	5	11	2	5.5	0.7	0
12	Eddie Brown E. Brown	24.0	1,273	1988	CIN	16	53		79.6	9	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
13	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	24.0	840	1971	DAL	14	35		60.0	8	18	3	6.0	1.3	0
14	Ron Shanklin R. Shanklin	23.7	711	1973	PIT	13	30		54.7	10	1	3	0.3	0.1	0
15	Chris Sanders C. Sanders	23.5	823	1995	HOU	16	35		51.4	9	-19	2	-9.5	-1.2	0
16	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	23.4	1,029	1981	NE	13	44		79.2	6	21	2	10.5	1.6	0
17	James Jett J. Jett	23.4	771	1993	RAI	16	33		48.2	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
18	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	23.3	745	2006	NO	13	32	54	57.3	5	14	2	7.0	1.1	1
19	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	23.2	996	1971	MIA	14	43		71.1	11	115	9	12.8	8.2	0
20	Ron Shanklin R. Shanklin	23.0	691	1970	PIT	14	30		49.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
21	Ron Jessie R. Jessie	22.9	779	1976	LA	14	34		55.6	6	37	4	9.3	2.6	0
22	Chris Burkett C. Burkett	22.9	778	1986	BUF	14	34		55.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Gary Garrison G. Garrison	22.9	1,006	1970	SD	14	44		71.9	12	7	4	1.8	0.5	0
24	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	22.8	1,002	1979	NE	16	44		62.6	12	39	7	5.6	2.4	0
25	Jim Smith J. Smith	22.8	387	1982	PIT	8	17		48.4	4	0	0		0.0	0

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