most receiving yards per game in a single season since 1985 minimum 14 games played

Since 1985, Calvin Johnson has averaged the most receiving yards per game in a season when playing 14+ games, with 122.8 per game in 2012.

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	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	SEASON	TM	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	122.8	16	2012	DET	122	204	1,964	16.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Josh Gordon J. Gordon	117.6	14	2013	CLE	87	159	1,646	18.9	9	88	5	17.6	6.3	0
3	Julio Jones J. Jones	116.9	16	2015	ATL	136	203	1,871	13.8	8	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jerry Rice J. Rice	115.5	16	1995	SF	122		1,848	15.1	15	36	5	7.2	2.3	1
5	Antonio Brown A. Brown	114.6	16	2015	PIT	136	193	1,834	13.5	10	28	3	9.3	1.8	0
6	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	114.5	17	2021	LAR	145	191	1,947	13.4	16	18	4	4.5	1.1	0
7	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	112.4	16	2023	MIA	119	171	1,799	15.1	13	15	6	2.5	0.9	0
8	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	111.3	16	1995	STL	119		1,781	15.0	13	17	3	5.7	1.1	0
9	Antonio Brown A. Brown	109.5	14	2017	PIT	101	163	1,533	15.2	9	0	0		0.0	0
10	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	107.8	16	2019	NO	149	185	1,725	11.6	9	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
11	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	107.6	16	2002	IND	143	205	1,722	12.0	11	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
12	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	107.2	16	2025	LAR	129	166	1,715	13.3	10	105	10	10.5	6.6	1
13	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	106.6	14	2013	DET	84	157	1,492	17.8	12	0	0		0.0	0
14	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	106.4	17	2022	MIN	128	184	1,809	14.1	8	24	4	6.0	1.4	1
15	Julio Jones J. Jones	106.2	15	2014	ATL	104	163	1,593	15.3	6	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
16	Antonio Brown A. Brown	106.1	16	2014	PIT	129	181	1,698	13.2	13	13	4	3.3	0.8	0
17	Torry Holt T. Holt	106.0	16	2003	STL	117	183	1,696	14.5	12	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
18	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	105.5	17	2025	SEA	119	163	1,793	15.1	10	36	7	5.1	2.1	0
19	Herman Moore H. Moore	105.4	16	1995	DET	123		1,686	13.7	14	0	0		0.0	0
20	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	105.1	16	2011	DET	96	158	1,681	17.5	16	11	1	11.0	0.7	0
21	Julio Jones J. Jones	104.8	16	2018	ATL	113	170	1,677	14.8	8	12	2	6.0	0.8	0
22	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	103.9	16	1999	IND	115	193	1,663	14.5	12	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
23	Terrell Owens T. Owens	103.6	14	2000	SF	97	146	1,451	15.0	13	11	3	3.7	0.8	0
24	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	102.9	17	2023	DAL	135	181	1,749	13.0	12	113	14	8.1	6.6	2
25	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	102.3	16	1999	JAX	116	177	1,636	14.1	6	0	0		0.0	0

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