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Marvin Jones had the most yards per reception by a wide receiver in 2017, with 18.0 per catch.

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1.875+ receptions per team game

	NAME	AVG	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Marvin Jones M. Jones	18.0	16	61	107	1,101	68.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Keelan Cole K. Cole	17.8	16	42	83	748	46.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
3	Marquise Goodwin M. Goodwin	17.2	16	56	105	962	60.1	2	44	4	11.0	2.8	0
4	T.Y. Hilton	16.9	16	57	109	966	60.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
5	Tyrell Williams T. Williams	16.9	16	43	69	728	45.5	4	0	0		0.0	0
6	Travis Benjamin T. Benjamin	16.7	16	34	65	567	35.4	4	96	13	7.4	6.0	0
7	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	16.6	16	65	114	1,082	67.6	7	40	9	4.4	2.5	0
8	Julio Jones J. Jones	16.4	16	88	148	1,444	90.3	3	15	1	15.0	0.9	0
9	Paul Richardson P. Richardson	16.0	16	44	80	703	43.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
10	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	15.8	14	58	79	917	65.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	15.8	15	75	105	1,183	78.9	7	59	17	3.5	3.9	0
12	Chris Godwin Jr. C. Godwin Jr.	15.4	16	34	55	525	32.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Jaron Brown J. Brown	15.4	16	31	69	477	29.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Sammy Watkins S. Watkins	15.2	15	39	70	593	39.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
15	Antonio Brown A. Brown	15.2	14	101	163	1,533	109.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
16	Rishard Matthews R. Matthews	15.0	14	53	87	795	56.8	4	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
17	Robbie Chosen R. Chosen	14.9	16	63	114	941	58.8	7	9	3	3.0	0.6	0
18	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	14.8	15	53	70	787	52.5	4	39	10	3.9	2.6	0
19	Deonte Thompson D. Thompson	14.6	16	38	69	555	34.7	2	-5	2	-2.5	-0.3	0
20	Kenny Stills K. Stills	14.6	16	58	105	847	52.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
21	Kelvin Benjamin K. Benjamin	14.4	14	48	78	692	49.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
22	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	14.4	15	52	92	748	49.9	4	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
23	A.J. Green	14.4	16	75	143	1,078	67.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
24	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	14.4	15	96	174	1,378	91.9	13	0	0		0.0	0
25	Josh Doctson J. Doctson	14.3	16	35	78	502	31.4	6	-14	1	-14.0	-0.9	0

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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
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Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
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Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
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Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000