most receiving yard average in one season nfl

The Chicago Bears have averaged the most yards per reception by a team in a season, with 22.1 per catch in 1939.

		TEAM	AVG	SEASON	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1		Bears	22.1	1939	298	89		1,965	6.6	16	2,043	439	4.7	6.9	21
2		Bears	21.0	1942	315	94		1,975	6.3	21	1,881	470	4.0	6.0	22
3		Bears	20.6	1940	306	68		1,401	4.6	10	1,818	494	3.7	5.9	16
4		Bears	20.4	1941	325	98		2,002	6.2	19	2,264	489	4.6	7.0	29
5		Bears	19.7	1943	245	117		2,310	9.4	28	1,651	424	3.9	6.7	12
6		Bills	19.7	1964	476	174		3,422	7.2	19	2,040	492	4.1	4.3	25
7		Packers	19.0	1945	275	81		1,536	5.6	14	1,325	377	3.5	4.8	15
8		Bears	18.9	1936	282	58		1,099	3.9	16	2,206	552	4.0	7.8	12
9		Rams	18.6	1954	372	171		3,180	8.5	15	2,140	432	5.0	5.8	24
10		Giants	18.6	1933	267	72		1,338	5.0	15	1,624	476	3.4	6.1	15
11		Steelers	18.6	1958	398	156		2,895	7.3	16	1,521	394	3.9	3.8	14
12		Packers	18.5	1939	284	101		1,871	6.6	14	1,574	500	3.1	5.5	13
13		Giants	18.2	1944	225	47		857	3.8	9	1,532	416	3.7	6.8	11
14		Pirates	18.2	1933	225	56		1,020	4.5	3	914	338	2.7	4.1	4
15		Bears	18.1	1937	268	56		1,014	3.8	17	1,612	479	3.4	6.0	5
16		Steelers	18.1	1960	428	139		2,511	5.9	20	1,623	411	3.9	3.8	9
17		Oilers	18.0	1961	464	254		4,568	9.8	48	1,896	452	4.2	4.1	15
18		Eagles	17.9	1935	231	46		823	3.6	6	1,054	411	2.6	4.6	2
19		Steelers	17.8	1963	471	170		3,028	6.4	21	2,136	578	3.7	4.5	14
20		Bears	17.8	1933	257	67		1,192	4.6	11	1,734	496	3.5	6.7	3
21		Lions	17.7	1945	243	87		1,544	6.4	15	857	313	2.7	3.5	8
22		Cardinals	17.7	1957	396	111		1,969	5.0	12	1,442	365	4.0	3.6	12
23		Raiders	17.7	1963	461	191		3,387	7.3	31	1,613	357	4.5	3.5	11
24		Rams	17.7	1945	279	100		1,767	6.3	16	1,714	372	4.6	6.1	19
25		Eagles	17.5	1943	235	65		1,138	4.8	11	1,730	459	3.8	7.4	17

StatMuse has season-level data for yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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