most yards per catch after 1980 with at least 500 catches

Since 1981, James Lofton has averaged the most yards per reception when making 500+ receptions, with 18.5 per reception.

Interpreted as:
most yards per catch by a player after 1980 with at least 500 catches
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1James Lofton
J. Lofton
18.5
593
185
10,992
59.4
61
234
28
8.4
1.3
1
2DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
17.6
641
183
1,144
11,263
61.5
58
463
72
6.4
2.5
4
3Mark Duper
M. Duper
17.4
511
146
8,869
60.7
59
-10
1
-10.0
-0.1
0
4Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
16.9
814
228
13,777
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
5Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
16.8
540
155
1,036
9,080
58.6
57
161
15
10.7
1.0
0
6Roy Green
R. Green
16.0
558
159
8,950
56.3
66
140
23
6.1
0.9
1
7Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
15.9
731
135
1,315
11,619
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
8Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
15.9
750
159
19
11,904
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
15.6
529
125
8,272
66.2
63
95
12
7.9
0.8
1
10Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
15.6
701
198
910
10,950
55.3
77
496
63
7.9
2.5
1
11Randy Moss
R. Moss
15.6
982
218
1,616
15,292
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
12Gary Clark
G. Clark
15.5
699
167
10,856
65.0
65
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
13Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
15.4
582
158
8,974
56.8
84
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
14Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
15.4
569
177
8,763
49.5
48
36
8
4.5
0.2
2
15T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton
15.4
638
146
1,085
9,812
67.2
53
55
9
6.1
0.4
0
16Anthony Miller
A. Miller
15.4
595
155
9,148
59.0
63
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
17Plaxico Burress
P. Burress
15.4
553
148
1,109
8,499
57.4
64
-7
1
-7.0
0.0
0
18A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
15.3
524
105
816
8,029
76.5
56
70
5
14.0
0.7
1
19Tony Martin
T. Martin
15.3
593
177
257
9,065
51.2
56
-3
6
-0.5
0.0
0
20Drew Hill
D. Hill
15.3
611
179
9,321
52.1
57
15
2
7.5
0.1
0
21Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
15.2
548
179
807
8,345
46.6
42
282
39
7.2
1.6
0
22Jeff Graham
J. Graham
15.1
542
160
337
8,172
51.1
30
0
0
0.0
0
23Mike Evans
M. Evans
15.1
866
176
1,494
13,052
74.2
108
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
24Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
15.0
851
255
122
12,785
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
25Mike Wallace
M. Wallace
15.0
538
144
941
8,072
56.1
57
241
34
7.1
1.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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