most yards per catch nfl history minimum 800 catches

Henry Ellard has averaged the most career yards per catch when making 800+ catches, with 16.9 per catch.

Interpreted as:
most yards per catch by a player NFL history minimum 800 catches
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
16.9
814
228
13,777
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
2Steve Largent
S. Largent
16.0
819
200
13,089
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
3Randy Moss
R. Moss
15.6
982
218
1,616
15,292
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
4Mike Evans
M. Evans
15.1
866
176
1,494
13,052
74.2
108
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
5Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
15.0
851
255
122
12,785
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
6Julio Jones
J. Jones
15.0
914
166
1,432
13,703
82.5
66
163
24
6.8
1.0
0
7Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
14.9
1,024
223
1,210
15,208
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
8Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14.8
1,078
219
1,604
15,934
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
9Jerry Rice
J. Rice
14.8
1,549
303
709
22,895
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
10Torry Holt
T. Holt
14.5
920
173
1,561
13,382
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
11Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14.3
1,031
219
1,745
14,731
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
12Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
14.3
862
178
1,012
12,287
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
13Andre Reed
A. Reed
13.9
951
234
111
13,198
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
14Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
13.9
819
145
1,201
11,363
78.4
83
819
114
7.2
5.6
7
15Tim Brown
T. Brown
13.7
1,094
255
670
14,934
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
16Art Monk
A. Monk
13.5
940
224
12,721
56.8
68
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
17Roddy White
R. White
13.4
808
171
1,376
10,863
63.5
63
19
9
2.1
0.1
0
18Rod Smith
R. Smith
13.4
849
183
1,100
11,389
62.2
68
348
44
7.9
1.9
1
19Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
13.4
1,070
211
1,712
14,345
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
20Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
13.4
1,062
193
1,743
14,185
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
21Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
13.3
860
202
1,304
11,438
56.6
62
64
11
5.8
0.3
0
22Antonio Brown
A. Brown
13.2
928
146
1,406
12,291
84.2
83
128
35
3.7
0.9
0
23Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
13.2
1,102
190
1,431
14,580
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
24DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
13.2
1,006
195
1,624
13,295
68.2
85
21
6
3.5
0.1
0
25Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
13.0
814
167
1,040
10,571
63.3
64
91
13
7.0
0.5
2
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