most yards per catch in a season by a running back nfl

The Chicago Bears have the most yards per catch by a team in a season, with 23.6 per reception in 1939.

TEAMAVGSEASONGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bears
Bears
23.6
1939
101
32
755
7.5
7
2,081
414
5.0
20.6
19
2Eagles
Eagles
22.5
1944
69
21
473
6.9
5
1,792
372
4.8
26.0
19
3Bears
Bears
22.0
1942
89
52
1,144
12.9
14
1,901
438
4.3
21.4
21
4Bears
Bears
21.9
1943
68
59
1,291
19.0
13
1,627
380
4.3
23.9
10
5Bears
Bears
20.7
1940
102
24
496
4.9
2
1,864
445
4.2
18.3
15
6Bears
Bears
20.2
1934
90
22
444
4.9
6
2,831
555
5.1
31.5
20
7Giants
Giants
19.4
1933
103
40
777
7.5
11
1,620
474
3.4
15.7
15
8Bears
Bears
19.0
1933
81
15
285
3.5
1
1,544
411
3.8
19.1
3
9Lions
Lions
18.9
1945
105
39
739
7.0
8
857
313
2.7
8.2
8
10Bears
Bears
18.8
1941
96
43
810
8.4
8
2,277
447
5.1
23.7
28
11
Yanks
18.6
1946
87
29
539
6.2
4
1,128
276
4.1
13.0
7
12Pirates
Pirates
18.6
1937
88
30
557
6.3
7
1,374
481
2.9
15.6
5
13Cardinals
Cardinals
18.4
1941
110
50
919
8.4
5
1,083
380
2.9
9.8
8
14
Dodgers
18.4
1932
81
20
367
4.5
4
1,105
389
2.8
13.6
4
15Redskins
Redskins
18.2
1933
87
21
382
4.4
0
2,200
449
4.9
25.3
11
16Cardinals
Cardinals
18.1
1957
71
47
850
12.0
3
1,334
327
4.1
18.8
10
17Raiders
Raiders
17.6
1963
47
67
1,177
25.0
8
1,436
302
4.8
30.6
7
18Pirates
Pirates
17.5
1934
85
17
297
3.5
1
1,518
415
3.7
17.9
2
19Bears
Bears
17.5
1935
82
28
489
6.0
2
2,106
500
4.2
25.7
13
20Rams
Rams
17.4
1954
64
76
1,324
20.7
5
1,950
397
4.9
30.5
23
21Yanks
Yanks
17.3
1951
40
62
1,073
26.8
6
894
261
3.4
22.4
9
22Eagles
Eagles
17.2
1950
56
37
638
11.4
5
2,090
529
4.0
37.3
13
23Pirates
Pirates
17.2
1933
80
21
361
4.5
1
910
335
2.7
11.4
4
24Rams
Rams
17.2
1958
58
108
1,854
32.0
10
1,599
298
5.4
27.6
16
25Steelers
Steelers
17.1
1946
109
30
514
4.7
3
1,302
412
3.2
11.9
12
StatMuse has season-level data for yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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2 - 0

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10
7
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14
3
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11
6
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11
0
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14
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11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
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6
11
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14
3
0
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Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176