most yards average wide receiver 2021

Deebo Samuel had the most yards per catch by a wide receiver in 2021, with 18.2 per catch.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game average wide receiver 2021
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Deebo Samuel
D. Samuel
18.2
2021
16
77
121
1,405
87.8
6
365
59
6.2
22.8
8
2Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
18.0
2021
17
81
128
1,455
85.6
13
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
3Donovan Peoples-Jones
D. Peoples-Jones
17.6
2021
14
34
58
597
42.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
4Bryan Edwards
B. Edwards
16.8
2021
16
34
59
571
35.7
3
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
5Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
16.1
2021
16
73
107
1,175
73.4
8
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
6Van Jefferson
V. Jefferson
16.0
2021
17
50
89
802
47.2
6
20
2
10.0
1.2
0
7Deonte Harty
D. Harty
15.8
2021
13
36
59
570
43.8
3
41
5
8.2
3.2
0
8A.J. Green
A.J. Green
15.7
2021
16
54
92
848
53.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
9Gabe Davis
G. Davis
15.7
2021
16
35
63
549
34.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
10Marquez Callaway
M. Callaway
15.2
2021
17
46
84
698
41.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
11Mike Williams
M. Williams
15.1
2021
16
76
129
1,146
71.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
12Quez Watkins
Q. Watkins
15.0
2021
17
43
62
647
38.1
1
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
13Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
15.0
2021
17
108
167
1,616
95.1
10
14
6
2.3
0.8
0
14Emmanuel Sanders
E. Sanders
14.9
2021
14
42
72
626
44.7
4
31
2
15.5
2.2
0
15Brandon Aiyuk
B. Aiyuk
14.8
2021
17
56
84
826
48.6
5
17
5
3.4
1.0
0
16Tee Higgins
T. Higgins
14.7
2021
14
74
110
1,091
77.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
14.6
2021
15
59
105
860
57.3
2
96
14
6.9
6.4
0
18Kendrick Bourne
K. Bourne
14.5
2021
17
55
70
800
47.1
5
125
12
10.4
7.4
0
19Corey Davis
C. Davis
14.5
2021
9
34
59
492
54.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
20DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
14.3
2021
17
64
104
916
53.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Kenny Golladay
K. Golladay
14.1
2021
14
37
76
521
37.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Mike Evans
M. Evans
14.0
2021
16
74
114
1,035
64.7
14
10
1
10.0
0.6
0
23CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
13.9
2021
16
79
120
1,102
68.9
6
76
9
8.4
4.8
0
24Tim Patrick
T. Patrick
13.8
2021
16
53
85
734
45.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
25A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
13.8
2021
13
63
105
869
66.8
5
10
2
5.0
0.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
11
0
.353
5
12
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
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.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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14
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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10/4
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10/4
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22-21
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10/4
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