most yards per reception by a running back ever since 1967

Since 1967, Larry Garron has the most yards per catch by a running back, with 16.5 per reception.

Interpreted as:
most yards per reception with a minimum of 0.9375 receptions per team game by a running back ever since 1967
NAMEAVGGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Larry Garron
L. Garron
16.5
18
31
511
28.4
5
260
82
3.2
14.4
1
2Bill Mathis
B. Mathis
14.6
42
52
761
18.1
5
806
248
3.3
19.2
13
3John David Crow
J. David Crow
14.6
28
62
904
32.3
8
483
117
4.1
17.3
2
4Jimmy Thomas
J. Thomas
13.9
53
64
890
16.8
8
788
162
4.9
14.9
3
5Mike Montgomery
M. Montgomery
13.7
23
36
492
21.4
3
307
95
3.2
13.3
2
6Prentice Gautt
P. Gautt
13.5
14
15
202
14.4
1
573
142
4.0
40.9
1
7Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
13.4
19
42
561
29.5
5
685
185
3.7
36.1
4
8Charles Clay
C. Clay
13.1
28
34
58
445
15.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Mack Herron
M. Herron
12.9
39
61
789
20.2
6
1,298
354
3.7
33.3
9
10Woody Marks
W. Marks
12.7
7
13
18
165
23.6
2
214
57
3.8
30.6
1
11Steve Sewell
S. Sewell
12.6
94
187
2,354
25.0
13
917
229
4.0
9.8
13
12Joe Morrison
J. Morrison
12.6
37
95
1,194
32.3
8
543
156
3.5
14.7
4
13A.D. Whitfield
A.D. Whitfield
12.3
23
49
601
26.1
2
509
128
4.0
22.1
1
14Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
12.1
112
207
2,515
22.5
14
4,592
1,172
3.9
41.0
39
15Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
12.0
95
149
1,793
18.9
12
5,982
1,475
4.1
63.0
59
16Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
12.0
155
252
3,025
19.5
15
3,531
922
3.8
22.8
13
17John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
12.0
13
22
264
20.3
1
41
7
5.9
3.2
0
18Essex Johnson
E. Johnson
11.9
112
146
1,742
15.6
12
3,236
722
4.5
28.9
19
19Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
11.8
85
134
1,577
18.6
8
4,019
937
4.3
47.3
32
20Artie Owens
A. Owens
11.7
16
15
176
11.0
1
151
40
3.8
9.4
1
21Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
11.7
73
79
926
12.7
8
1,131
327
3.5
15.5
15
22Tom Matte
T. Matte
11.6
64
147
1,707
26.7
7
2,994
783
3.8
46.8
37
23Jim Bertelsen
J. Bertelsen
11.5
68
88
1,014
14.9
2
2,466
614
4.0
36.3
16
24Herman Hunter
H. Hunter
11.4
35
56
640
18.3
2
287
64
4.5
8.2
1
25James Casey
J. Casey
11.3
33
52
68
590
17.9
4
17
2
8.5
0.5
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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