most yards per reception by running back single season minimum 200 attempts

Bill Dudley has averaged the most yards per reception by a running back with 200+ attempts in a season, with 27.3 per catch in 1946.

	NAME	AVG	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Bill Dudley B. Dudley	27.3	208	1946	PIT	11	4		109	9.9	1	604	146	4.1	54.9	2
2	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	22.8	245	1963	OAK	14	30		685	48.9	5	1,099	215	5.1	78.5	3
3	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	22.0	279	1949	PHI	12	4		88	7.3	1	1,146	263	4.4	95.5	11
4	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	20.1	279	1983	BAL	16	24		483	30.2	3	1,122	254	4.4	70.1	4
5	John David Crow J. David Crow	18.5	210	1960	STL	12	25		462	38.5	3	1,071	183	5.9	89.3	6
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	17.5	236	1965	CHI	14	29		507	36.2	6	867	166	5.2	61.9	14
7	Floyd Little F. Little	17.4	230	1968	DEN	11	19		331	30.1	1	584	158	3.7	53.1	3
8	Tommy Mason T. Mason	16.8	224	1962	MIN	14	36		603	43.1	6	740	167	4.4	52.9	2
9	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	16.7	202	1958	PIT	12	32		535	44.6	4	714	169	4.2	59.5	5
10	Frank Ziegler F. Ziegler	16.6	201	1950	PHI	12	13		216	18.0	2	733	172	4.3	61.1	1
11	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	16.6	216	1964	OAK	14	42		696	49.7	6	824	173	4.8	58.9	2
12	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	16.4	240	1961	DLT	14	34		558	39.9	3	841	179	4.7	60.1	9
13	Timmy Brown T. Brown	16.3	229	1962	PHI	14	52		849	60.6	6	545	137	4.0	38.9	5
14	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	16.3	244	1966	OAK	14	40		652	46.6	3	801	204	3.9	57.2	7
15	Billy Sims B. Sims	16.1	327	1981	DET	14	28		451	32.2	2	1,437	296	4.9	102.6	13
16	Larry Garron L. Garron	16.1	230	1963	BOS	14	26		418	29.9	2	750	175	4.3	53.6	2
17	Curtis McClinton C. McClinton	15.9	212	1965	KC	14	37		590	42.1	3	661	175	3.8	47.2	6
18	Julius Jones J. Jones	15.8	279	2006	DAL	16	9	15	142	8.9	0	1,084	267	4.1	67.8	4
19	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	15.8	255	1965	OAK	14	36		568	40.6	7	884	219	4.0	63.1	5
20	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	15.4	256	1964	WAS	14	53		814	58.1	5	755	199	3.8	53.9	5
21	Jim Kiick J. Kiick	15.3	210	1969	MIA	14	29		443	31.6	1	575	180	3.2	41.1	9
22	O.J. Simpson	15.2	358	1975	BUF	14	28		426	30.4	7	1,817	329	5.5	129.8	16
23	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	15.1	298	1981	BUF	15	40		603	40.2	7	1,097	257	4.3	73.1	3
24	Gus Edwards G. Edwards	15.0	211	2023	BAL	17	12	13	180	10.6	0	810	198	4.1	47.6	13
25	Rob Goode R. Goode	15.0	214	1951	WAS	12	3		45	3.8	0	951	208	4.6	79.3	9

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