most average yards after catch in nfl history out of top 20 most reception

Jerry Rice had 14.8 yards per catch in his career.

Interpreted as:
most average yards after catch in NFL history out of top 20 most reception by a player
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
14.8
1,549
303
709
22,895
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
12.2
1,432
263
2,335
17,492
66.5
121
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
3Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
11.4
1,325
270
1,862
15,127
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
4Jason Witten
J. Witten
10.6
1,228
271
1,723
13,046
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
5Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
13.2
1,102
190
1,431
14,580
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
6Cris Carter
C. Carter
12.6
1,101
234
442
13,899
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
7Tim Brown
T. Brown
13.7
1,094
255
670
14,934
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
8Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14.8
1,078
219
1,604
15,934
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
9Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
12.8
1,076
202
1,739
13,779
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
10Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
13.4
1,070
211
1,712
14,345
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
11Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
13.4
1,062
193
1,743
14,185
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
12Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12.1
1,045
184
1,453
12,691
69.0
80
15
9
1.7
0.1
2
13Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14.3
1,031
219
1,745
14,731
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
14Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
14.9
1,024
223
1,210
15,208
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
15Keenan Allen
K. Allen
11.5
1,024
163
1,504
11,794
72.4
70
113
18
6.3
0.7
0
16Hines Ward
H. Ward
12.1
1,000
217
1,524
12,083
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
17DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
13.2
994
186
1,600
13,157
70.7
85
21
6
3.5
0.1
0
18Davante Adams
D. Adams
12.4
993
172
1,578
12,335
71.7
111
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
19Randy Moss
R. Moss
15.6
982
218
1,616
15,292
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
20Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
12.7
970
179
1,650
12,351
69.0
83
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
21Antonio Gates
A. Gates
12.4
955
236
1,458
11,841
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
22Andre Reed
A. Reed
13.9
951
234
111
13,198
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
23Derrick Mason
D. Mason
12.8
943
230
1,439
12,061
52.4
66
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
24Art Monk
A. Monk
13.5
940
224
12,721
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
25Antonio Brown
A. Brown
13.2
928
146
1,406
12,291
84.2
83
128
35
3.7
0.9
0
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