most yards per receptions in a single season by a player with over 1000 yards since 1972

Since 1972, Flipper Anderson has the most yards per catch with more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season, with 26.0 per reception in 1989.

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most yards per receptions in a single season by a player with over 1000 receiving yards since 1972

	NAME	AVG	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	26.0	1,146	1989	RAM	16	44		71.6	5	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
2	Roger Carr R. Carr	25.9	1,112	1976	BAL	14	43		79.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
3	Wesley Walker W. Walker	24.4	1,169	1978	NYJ	16	48		73.1	8	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
4	Cliff Branch C. Branch	24.2	1,111	1976	OAK	14	46		79.4	12	12	3	4.0	0.9	0
5	Eddie Brown E. Brown	24.0	1,273	1988	CIN	16	53		79.6	9	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
6	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	23.4	1,029	1981	NE	13	44		79.2	6	21	2	10.5	1.6	0
7	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	22.8	1,002	1979	NE	16	44		62.6	12	39	7	5.6	2.4	0
8	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	22.5	1,013	1979	NE	16	45		63.3	7	12	3	4.0	0.8	0
9	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	22.5	1,056	2010	PHI	14	47	96	75.4	6	104	16	6.5	7.4	1
10	Michael Haynes M. Haynes	22.4	1,122	1991	ATL	16	50		70.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
11	James Lofton J. Lofton	22.4	1,300	1983	GB	16	58		81.3	8	36	9	4.0	2.3	0
12	John Gilliam J. Gilliam	22.0	1,035	1972	MIN	14	47		73.9	7	14	8	1.8	1.0	0
13	James Lofton J. Lofton	22.0	1,361	1984	GB	16	62		85.1	7	82	10	8.2	5.1	0
14	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	21.5	1,097	1990	RAM	16	51		68.6	4	13	1	13.0	0.8	0
15	Alec Pierce A. Pierce	21.3	1,003	2025	IND	15	47	84	66.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
16	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	21.1	1,056	1976	SD	14	50		75.4	7	0	0		0.0	0
17	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	21.1	1,032	1982	SD	8	49		129.0	9	32	5	6.4	4.0	0
18	Kevin House K. House	21.0	1,176	1981	TB	16	56		73.5	9	9	2	4.5	0.6	0
19	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	21.0	1,257	2010	PIT	16	60	98	78.6	10	39	5	7.8	2.4	0
20	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	20.9	1,169	2014	WAS	15	56	95	77.9	6	7	4	1.8	0.5	0
21	Wesley Walker W. Walker	20.7	1,016	1986	NYJ	16	49		63.5	12	0	0		0.0	0
22	Steve Watson S. Watson	20.7	1,244	1981	DEN	16	60		77.8	13	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
23	Mike Williams M. Williams	20.4	1,001	2019	LAC	15	49	90	66.7	2	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
24	Mike Quick M. Quick	20.4	1,409	1983	PHI	16	69		88.1	13	0	0		0.0	0
25	Eric Moulds E. Moulds	20.4	1,368	1998	BUF	16	67		85.5	9	0	0		0.0	0

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
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Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
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Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176

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Sun 10/12	LAC	@	MIA	29-27
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