nfl active player most yards per reception including playoffs minimum 500 receptions

A.J. Brown has averaged the most career yards per reception by an active player in the regular-season and playoffs when making 500+ catches, with 15.2 per reception.

NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
15.2
568
118
897
8,652
73.3
61
79
6
13.2
0.7
1
2Mike Evans
M. Evans
15.1
918
186
1,579
13,853
74.5
114
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
3DK Metcalf
DK Metcalf
14.6
525
117
868
7,667
65.5
59
29
5
5.8
0.2
1
4Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
14.5
591
96
888
8,585
89.4
42
38
15
2.5
0.4
1
5Terry McLaurin
T. McLaurin
14.0
518
111
816
7,263
65.4
44
73
12
6.1
0.7
0
6George Kittle
G. Kittle
13.5
629
137
855
8,469
61.8
54
72
14
5.1
0.5
0
7DJ Moore
DJ Moore
13.5
619
133
992
8,329
62.6
43
513
74
6.9
3.9
2
8Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
13.1
565
85
830
7,425
87.4
57
104
28
3.7
1.2
0
9CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
13.0
595
99
878
7,732
78.1
42
406
62
6.5
4.1
3
10Davante Adams
D. Adams
12.5
1,100
192
1,748
13,728
71.5
126
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
11Chris Godwin Jr.
C. Godwin Jr.
12.4
646
127
925
8,028
63.2
43
80
14
5.7
0.6
2
12Cooper Kupp
C. Kupp
12.3
752
132
1,065
9,268
70.2
67
144
28
5.1
1.1
1
13Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
12.2
513
129
755
6,267
48.6
56
69
24
2.9
0.5
1
14Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12.0
1,258
217
1,729
15,080
69.5
102
23
12
1.9
0.1
2
15Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
11.5
577
87
786
6,663
76.6
45
197
26
7.6
2.3
1
16Evan Engram
E. Engram
9.9
561
128
833
5,533
43.2
27
100
17
5.9
0.8
1
17Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
8.6
674
121
839
5,809
48.0
41
8,194
1,789
4.6
67.7
68
18Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
8.2
639
133
811
5,222
39.3
26
7,607
1,767
4.3
57.2
64
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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