most yards per reception by a running back since 1980

Since 1980, Charles Clay has averaged the most yards per reception by a running back, with 13.1 per reception.

Interpreted as:
most yards per reception with a minimum of 0.9375 receptions per team game by a running back since 1980
NAMEAVGGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charles Clay
C. Clay
13.1
28
34
58
445
15.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
2Woody Marks
W. Marks
12.7
7
13
18
165
23.6
2
214
57
3.8
30.6
1
3Steve Sewell
S. Sewell
12.6
94
187
2,354
25.0
13
917
229
4.0
9.8
13
4Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
12.4
16
48
595
37.2
0
60
18
3.3
3.8
0
5Calvin Hill
C. Hill
12.1
29
44
533
18.4
8
34
5
6.8
1.2
0
6Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
11.8
85
134
1,577
18.6
8
4,019
937
4.3
47.3
32
7Herman Hunter
H. Hunter
11.4
35
56
640
18.3
2
287
64
4.5
8.2
1
8James Casey
J. Casey
11.3
33
52
68
590
17.9
4
17
2
8.5
0.5
0
9Craig McEwen
C. McEwen
11.2
16
29
325
20.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Billy Sims
B. Sims
11.1
60
186
2,072
34.5
5
5,106
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
11Buddy Hardeman
B. Hardeman
11.1
15
16
178
11.9
0
132
40
3.3
8.8
0
12Nick Giaquinto
N. Giaquinto
11.1
53
65
722
13.6
3
178
40
4.5
3.4
1
13Dwight Walker
D. Walker
11.1
25
37
409
16.4
1
100
19
5.3
4.0
0
14Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
10.9
32
63
688
21.5
4
27
13
2.1
0.8
0
15Lionel James
L. James
10.9
67
209
2,278
34.0
10
1,062
231
4.6
15.9
4
16Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
10.8
30
35
379
12.6
0
173
35
4.9
5.8
2
17Lenvil Elliott
L. Elliott
10.8
19
34
366
19.3
1
370
83
4.5
19.5
2
18Michael Basnight
M. Basnight
10.8
13
16
19
172
13.2
0
308
62
5.0
23.7
0
19Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
10.7
11
20
213
19.4
2
6
3
2.0
0.5
0
20Kelvin Bryant
K. Bryant
10.6
46
154
1,634
35.5
14
1,186
260
4.6
25.8
6
21Dan Doornink
D. Doornink
10.5
76
143
1,508
19.8
10
1,030
311
3.3
13.6
6
22Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
10.5
88
156
64
1,645
18.7
7
5,336
1,329
4.0
60.6
34
23Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
10.5
18
68
711
39.5
2
486
120
4.1
27.0
2
24Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
10.4
181
582
6,076
33.6
24
2,774
615
4.5
15.3
10
25Bruce Harper
B. Harper
10.4
53
169
1,754
33.1
7
1,046
207
5.1
19.7
6
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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