most yards per reception career over 700 receptions

James Lofton has averaged the most career yards per reception when making >700 receptions, with 18.3 per reception.

Interpreted as:
most yards per reception by a player career over 700 receptions
NAME AVG REC GP TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 James Lofton
J. Lofton
18.3
764
233
14,004
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
2 Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
16.9
814
228
13,777
60.4
65
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
3 Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
16.2
750
239
12,146
50.8
65
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
4 Steve Largent
S. Largent
16.0
819
200
13,089
65.4
100
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
5 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
15.9
731
135
1,315
11,619
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
6 Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
15.9
750
159
19
11,904
74.9
65
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
7 Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
15.6
701
198
910
10,950
55.3
77
496
63
7.9
2.5
1
8 Randy Moss
R. Moss
15.6
982
218
1,616
15,292
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
9 Mike Evans
M. Evans
15.2
805
164
1,390
12,270
74.8
101
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
10 Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
15.0
851
255
122
12,785
50.1
84
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
11 Julio Jones
J. Jones
15.0
914
166
1,432
13,703
82.5
66
163
24
6.8
1.0
0
12 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
14.9
1,024
223
1,210
15,208
68.2
91
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
13 Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14.8
1,078
219
1,604
15,934
72.8
153
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
14 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
14.8
1,549
303
709
22,895
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
15 Torry Holt
T. Holt
14.5
920
173
1,561
13,382
77.4
74
57
11
5.2
0.3
0
16 A.J. Green
A.J. Green
14.5
727
158
1,268
10,514
66.5
70
93
11
8.5
0.6
0
17 Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
14.4
766
166
1,372
11,059
66.6
67
175
24
7.3
1.1
0
18 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
14.3
1,031
219
1,745
14,731
67.3
81
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
19 Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
14.3
862
178
1,012
12,287
69.0
67
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
20 Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
14.1
707
151
1,158
9,967
66.0
63
41
14
2.9
0.3
0
21 Santana Moss
S. Moss
14.0
732
197
1,268
10,283
52.2
66
287
51
5.6
1.5
0
22 Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
13.9
782
137
1,146
10,908
79.6
81
819
114
7.2
6.0
7
23 Andre Reed
A. Reed
13.9
951
234
111
13,198
56.4
87
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
24 Andre Rison
A. Rison
13.7
743
186
115
10,205
54.9
84
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
25 Marques Colston
M. Colston
13.7
711
146
1,099
9,759
66.8
72
7
2
3.5
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
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Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
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11
2
0
.846
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7
6
0
.538
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6
7
0
.462
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8
5
0
.615
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7
6
0
.538
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10
3
0
.769
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6
7
0
.462
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10
3
0
.769
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8
5
0
.615
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Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
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Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
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8
5
0
.615

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12/22
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12/22
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