most average yards per catch with a minimum of 500 receptions by a player in nfl history

Stanley Morgan has the most career yards per catch when making 500+ receptions, with 19.2 per reception.

NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
19.2
557
196
10,716
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
2Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
18.9
542
136
10,266
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
3Don Maynard
D. Maynard
18.7
633
186
11,834
63.6
88
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
4James Lofton
J. Lofton
18.3
764
233
14,004
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
5Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
17.9
579
208
10,372
49.9
76
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
6DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
17.6
641
183
1,144
11,263
61.5
58
463
72
6.4
2.5
4
7Mark Duper
M. Duper
17.4
511
146
8,869
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
8Cliff Branch
C. Branch
17.3
501
183
8,685
47.5
67
70
11
6.4
0.4
0
9Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
16.9
814
228
13,777
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
10Billy Howton
B. Howton
16.8
503
142
8,459
59.6
61
29
5
5.8
0.2
0
11Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
16.8
540
155
1,036
9,080
58.6
57
161
15
10.7
1.0
0
12John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
16.2
537
165
8,723
52.9
63
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
13Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
16.2
750
239
12,146
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
14Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
16.0
559
150
8,966
59.8
56
84
16
5.3
0.6
0
15Roy Green
R. Green
16.0
559
190
8,965
47.2
66
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
16Steve Largent
S. Largent
16.0
819
200
13,089
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
17Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
15.9
731
135
1,315
11,619
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
18Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
15.9
750
159
19
11,904
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
19Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
15.6
701
198
910
10,950
55.3
77
496
63
7.9
2.5
1
20Randy Moss
R. Moss
15.6
982
218
1,616
15,292
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
21Gary Clark
G. Clark
15.5
699
167
10,856
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
22Drew Hill
D. Hill
15.5
634
211
9,831
46.6
60
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
23A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
15.4
510
103
797
7,866
76.4
56
70
5
14.0
0.7
1
24Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
15.4
582
158
8,974
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
25Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
15.4
569
177
8,763
49.5
48
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
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