most yards per reception since 1970 minimum 100 receptions

Since 1970, Bob Hayes has the most yards per catch when making 100+ receptions, with 21.2 per reception.

Interpreted as:
most yards per reception by a player since 1970 minimum 100 receptions
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
21.2
119
68
2,526
37.1
22
58
11
5.3
0.9
1
2Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
20.1
267
114
5,357
47.0
28
23
3
7.7
0.2
0
3Willie Gault
W. Gault
19.9
333
170
6,635
39.0
44
154
21
7.3
0.9
0
4Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
19.9
212
86
4,219
49.1
41
171
18
9.5
2.0
0
5John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
19.4
284
110
5,511
50.1
38
220
25
8.8
2.0
2
6Dokie Williams
D. Williams
19.4
148
74
2,866
38.7
25
27
3
9.0
0.4
0
7Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
19.2
557
196
10,716
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
8Wesley Walker
W. Walker
19.0
438
154
8,306
53.9
71
35
6
5.8
0.2
0
9Mel Gray
M. Gray
18.9
351
145
6,644
45.8
45
154
15
10.3
1.1
1
10Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
18.9
223
82
4,217
51.4
35
31
10
3.1
0.4
0
11Roger Carr
R. Carr
18.7
271
115
5,071
44.1
31
-8
1
-8.0
-0.1
0
12Jim Smith
J. Smith
18.6
113
79
2,103
26.6
25
26
3
8.7
0.3
0
13Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
18.6
177
97
127
3,285
33.9
17
-36
4
-9.0
-0.4
0
14Daryl Turner
D. Turner
18.5
101
59
1,872
31.7
36
0
0
0.0
0
15Ricky Feacher
R. Feacher
18.5
115
125
2,122
17.0
15
-2
2
-1.0
0.0
0
16Gene Washington
G. Washington
18.4
334
126
6,145
48.8
57
27
5
5.4
0.2
0
17Stephen Baker
S. Baker
18.3
141
90
2,587
28.7
21
21
2
10.5
0.2
0
18Ben Hawkins
B. Hawkins
18.3
103
48
1,888
39.3
9
11
9
1.2
0.2
0
19James Lofton
J. Lofton
18.3
764
233
14,004
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
20Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
18.3
168
72
3,079
42.8
24
2
5
0.4
0.0
0
21Haven Moses
H. Moses
18.3
367
171
6,706
39.2
49
47
13
3.6
0.3
1
22Alvin Harper
A. Harper
18.2
191
102
2
3,473
34.0
21
15
1
15.0
0.1
0
23Alec Pierce
A. Pierce
18.1
128
55
244
2,317
42.1
11
0
0
0.0
0
24James Scott
J. Scott
18.1
177
71
3,202
45.1
20
-4
2
-2.0
-0.1
0
25Carlos Carson
C. Carson
18.1
353
126
6,372
50.6
33
62
12
5.2
0.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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