most yards per reception single season minimum 500 receiving yards

Don Currivan has averaged the most yards per reception with 500+ receiving yards in a season, with 32.6 per reception in 1947.

Interpreted as:
most yards per reception by a player single season minimum 500 receiving yards
NAMEAVGREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Currivan
D. Currivan
32.6
782
1947
12
24
65.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
2Bucky Pope
B. Pope
31.4
786
1964
14
25
56.1
10
11
2
5.5
0.8
0
3Ray McLean
R. McLean
30.1
571
1942
11
19
51.9
8
63
26
2.4
5.7
0
4Mel Gray
M. Gray
29.7
534
1971
14
18
38.1
4
56
2
28.0
4.0
0
5Bobby Duckworth
B. Duckworth
28.6
715
1984
16
25
44.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
28.0
589
1957
12
21
49.1
6
22
2
11.0
1.8
0
7Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
27.6
910
1958
12
33
75.8
7
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
8Jessie Hester
J. Hester
27.5
632
1986
13
23
48.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Homer Jones
H. Jones
27.3
709
1965
14
26
50.6
6
17
1
17.0
1.2
0
10Elbert Dubenion
E. Dubenion
27.1
1,139
1964
14
42
81.4
10
20
1
20.0
1.4
0
11Frank Liebel
F. Liebel
27.0
593
1945
10
22
59.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Leonard Thompson
L. Thompson
26.9
511
1980
16
19
31.9
3
61
6
10.2
3.8
0
13Warren Wells
W. Wells
26.8
1,260
1969
14
47
90.0
14
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
14Earl McCullouch
E. McCullouch
26.3
552
1971
13
21
42.5
3
-7
1
-7.0
-0.5
0
15Jack Snow
J. Snow
26.3
735
1967
14
28
52.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
16Art Graham
A. Graham
26.2
550
1963
14
21
39.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
17Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
26.1
889
1970
13
34
68.4
10
34
4
8.5
2.6
1
18Ron Sellers
R. Sellers
26.1
705
1969
12
27
58.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
19Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
26.0
1,146
1989
16
44
71.6
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
20Mervyn Fernandez
M. Fernandez
26.0
805
1988
16
31
50.3
4
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
21Roger Carr
R. Carr
25.9
1,112
1976
14
43
79.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
22Theo Bell
T. Bell
25.8
748
1980
14
29
53.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
25.6
743
1968
13
29
57.2
6
0
0
0.0
0
24Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
25.6
818
1947
12
32
68.2
13
0
0
0.0
0
25Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
25.1
703
1970
11
28
63.9
6
13
2
6.5
1.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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