most yards per reception by an nfl receiver with at least 70 games played since 2000

Since 2000, Matthew Slater has averaged the most yards per catch by a wide receiver when playing 70+ games, with 46.0 per catch.

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	NAME	AVG	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Matthew Slater M. Slater	46.0	239	1	8	46	0.2	0	11	2	5.5	0.0	0
2	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	17.9	124	245	442	4,377	35.3	20	119	18	6.6	1.0	1
3	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	17.6	183	641	1,144	11,263	61.5	58	463	72	6.4	2.5	4
4	Malcom Floyd M. Floyd	17.3	121	321	571	5,550	45.9	34	0	0		0.0	0
5	Ashley Lelie A. Lelie	17.3	107	217	462	3,749	35.0	15	172	20	8.6	1.6	0
6	Kassim Osgood K. Osgood	17.0	179	45	110	766	4.3	5	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
7	Josh Gordon J. Gordon	17.0	77	252	476	4,284	55.6	21	89	6	14.8	1.2	0
8	Seyi Ajirotutu S. Ajirotutu	17.0	70	25	48	424	6.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Marquez Valdes-Scantling M. Valdes-Scantling	16.8	117	219	444	3,686	31.5	21	52	10	5.2	0.4	0
10	Vincent Jackson V. Jackson	16.8	155	540	1,036	9,080	58.6	57	161	15	10.7	1.0	0
11	Aldrick Robinson A. Robinson	16.5	82	86	183	1,422	17.3	14	10	4	2.5	0.1	0
12	Robert Meachem R. Meachem	16.4	103	178	293	2,914	28.3	27	127	18	7.1	1.2	1
13	Kenny Golladay K. Golladay	16.2	73	226	408	3,670	50.3	22	17	2	8.5	0.2	0
14	Marquise Goodwin M. Goodwin	16.2	114	191	376	3,090	27.1	18	126	23	5.5	1.1	0
15	Breshad Perriman B. Perriman	16.2	80	145	292	2,343	29.3	16	16	11	1.5	0.2	0
16	Torrey Smith T. Smith	16.1	119	319	645	5,141	43.2	41	45	8	5.6	0.4	0
17	Tyrell Williams T. Williams	16.1	70	199	326	3,195	45.6	23	15	2	7.5	0.2	0
18	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	15.9	135	731	1,315	11,619	86.1	83	167	19	8.8	1.2	1
19	Gabe Davis G. Davis	15.9	80	195	359	3,098	38.7	30	-2	2	-1.0	0.0	0
20	Andre Davis A. Davis	15.8	104	156	302	2,470	23.8	17	32	9	3.6	0.3	0
21	Lee Evans L. Evans	15.8	118	381	724	6,008	50.9	43	145	10	14.5	1.2	0
22	Kenny Britt K. Britt	15.6	116	329	609	5,137	44.3	32	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
23	Ashton Dulin A. Dulin	15.6	83	40	71	623	7.5	4	140	15	9.3	1.7	0
24	Kenny Stills K. Stills	15.5	130	316	544	4,911	37.8	38	9	5	1.8	0.1	0
25	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	15.5	127	418	858	6,493	51.1	40	118	18	6.6	0.9	0

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