most yards per catch wide receiver nfl in 2021

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

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most yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game wide receiver NFL in 2021

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Deebo Samuel D. Samuel	18.2	2021	SF	16	77	121	1,405	87.8	6	365	59	6.2	22.8	8
2	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	18.0	2021	CIN	17	81	128	1,455	85.6	13	21	7	3.0	1.2	0
3	Donovan Peoples-Jones D. Peoples-Jones	17.6	2021	CLE	14	34	58	597	42.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
4	Bryan Edwards B. Edwards	16.8	2021	LV	16	34	59	571	35.7	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
5	Tyler Lockett T. Lockett	16.1	2021	SEA	16	73	107	1,175	73.4	8	9	2	4.5	0.6	0
6	Van Jefferson V. Jefferson	16.0	2021	LAR	17	50	89	802	47.2	6	20	2	10.0	1.2	0
7	Deonte Harty D. Harty	15.8	2021	NO	13	36	59	570	43.8	3	41	5	8.2	3.2	0
8	A.J. Green	15.7	2021	ARI	16	54	92	848	53.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Gabe Davis G. Davis	15.7	2021	BUF	16	35	63	549	34.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
10	Marquez Callaway M. Callaway	15.2	2021	NO	17	46	84	698	41.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
11	Mike Williams M. Williams	15.1	2021	LAC	16	76	129	1,146	71.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
12	Quez Watkins Q. Watkins	15.0	2021	PHI	17	43	62	647	38.1	1	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
13	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	15.0	2021	MIN	17	108	167	1,616	95.1	10	14	6	2.3	0.8	0
14	Emmanuel Sanders E. Sanders	14.9	2021	BUF	14	42	72	626	44.7	4	31	2	15.5	2.2	0
15	Brandon Aiyuk B. Aiyuk	14.8	2021	SF	17	56	84	826	48.6	5	17	5	3.4	1.0	0
16	Tee Higgins T. Higgins	14.7	2021	CIN	14	74	110	1,091	77.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
17	Chase Claypool C. Claypool	14.6	2021	PIT	15	59	105	860	57.3	2	96	14	6.9	6.4	0
18	Kendrick Bourne K. Bourne	14.5	2021	NE	17	55	70	800	47.1	5	125	12	10.4	7.4	0
19	Corey Davis C. Davis	14.5	2021	NYJ	9	34	59	492	54.7	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	14.3	2021	PHI	17	64	104	916	53.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	Kenny Golladay K. Golladay	14.1	2021	NYG	14	37	76	521	37.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Mike Evans M. Evans	14.0	2021	TB	16	74	114	1,035	64.7	14	10	1	10.0	0.6	0
23	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	13.9	2021	DAL	16	79	120	1,102	68.9	6	76	9	8.4	4.8	0
24	Tim Patrick T. Patrick	13.8	2021	DEN	16	53	85	734	45.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
25	A.J. Brown	13.8	2021	TEN	13	63	105	869	66.8	5	10	2	5.0	0.8	0

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