most average yards per catch in afl history

Lance Alworth has the most career yards per catch in the AFL, with 19.6 per reception.

Interpreted as:
most average yards per catch with a minimum of 200 receptions by a player in afl history
NAME AVG REC GP TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
19.6
458
96
8,976
93.5
77
137
21
6.5
1.4
2
2 Don Maynard
D. Maynard
18.8
546
134
10,289
76.8
84
23
11
2.1
0.2
0
3 Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
18.7
204
64
3,817
59.6
35
118
16
7.4
1.8
2
4 Elbert Dubenion
E. Dubenion
18.0
294
103
5,294
51.4
35
326
46
7.1
3.2
3
5 Jim Colclough
J. Colclough
17.7
283
126
5,001
39.7
39
51
4
12.8
0.4
0
6 Al Denson
A. Denson
17.3
203
77
3,504
45.5
30
3
3
1.0
0.0
0
7 Art Powell
A. Powell
16.8
478
104
8,015
77.1
81
0
0
0.0
0
8 Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
16.6
410
95
6,823
71.8
51
0
0
0.0
0
9 Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
16.4
249
115
4,090
35.6
24
0
0
0.0
0
10 Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
16.4
201
101
3,291
32.6
24
5,101
1,134
4.5
50.5
30
11 George Sauer
G. Sauer
16.0
278
70
4,455
63.6
24
23
4
5.8
0.3
0
12 Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
15.7
292
140
4,589
32.8
42
6
4
1.5
0.0
0
13 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
15.4
229
127
3,531
27.8
45
2,449
601
4.1
19.3
17
14 Don Norton
D. Norton
15.3
228
91
3,486
38.3
27
-3
2
-1.5
0.0
0
15 Chris Burford
C. Burford
14.1
391
103
5,505
53.4
55
10
3
3.3
0.1
0
16 Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
12.7
567
113
7,195
63.7
45
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
17 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
12.3
287
112
3,535
31.6
20
4,630
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
18 Hewritt Dixon
H. Dixon
11.3
232
85
2,612
30.7
12
2,229
575
3.9
26.2
14
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

22.0

20th

OPP PPG

17.8

4th

RUSH YDS/G

107.3

21st

PASS YDS/G

265.8

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Broncos Broncos
2
2
0
.500
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500
Raiders Raiders
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
LAC LAC
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
IND IND
@
LAC LAC
4:05 PM
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
LAC LAC
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

1 - 3 - 0

21

Final

18

LAC Chargers

3 - 1 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM