nfl highest receiving average for a player in 2005

Ashley Lelie had the most yards per catch in 2005, with 18.3 per catch.

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Assumption:1.875+ REC/TG
Data note: Yards Per Reception, Receptions Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ashley Lelie A. Lelie	18.3	2005	DEN	16	42	88	770	48.1	1	84	5	16.8	5.3	0
2	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	18.3	2005	DAL	16	62	118	1,136	71.0	7	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	1
3	Santana Moss S. Moss	17.7	2005	WAS	16	84	134	1,483	92.7	9	-3	3	-1.0	-0.2	0
4	Marty Booker M. Booker	17.6	2005	MIA	15	39	86	686	45.7	3	0	0		0.0	0
5	Randy Moss R. Moss	16.8	2005	OAK	16	60	124	1,005	62.8	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Marcus Robinson M. Robinson	16.6	2005	MIN	15	31	57	515	34.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
7	Ernest Wilford E. Wilford	16.6	2005	JAX	16	41	74	681	42.6	7	0	0		0.0	0
8	Justin McCareins J. McCareins	16.6	2005	NYJ	16	43	102	713	44.6	2	8	1	8.0	0.5	0
9	Terrell Owens T. Owens	16.2	2005	PHI	7	47	92	763	109.0	6	2	1	2.0	0.3	0
10	Eddie Kennison E. Kennison	16.2	2005	KC	16	68	108	1,102	68.9	5	43	7	6.1	2.7	0
11	Braylon Edwards B. Edwards	16.0	2005	CLE	10	32	59	512	51.2	3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Plaxico Burress P. Burress	16.0	2005	NYG	16	76	166	1,214	75.9	7	0	0		0.0	0
13	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	15.9	2005	PIT	16	35	70	558	34.9	1	73	12	6.1	4.6	0
14	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	15.5	2005	TB	16	83	152	1,287	80.4	10	4	2	2.0	0.3	0
15	Lee Evans L. Evans	15.5	2005	BUF	16	48	92	743	46.4	7	38	4	9.5	2.4	0
16	Brandon Lloyd B. Lloyd	15.3	2005	SF	16	48	109	733	45.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
17	Roy Williams R. Williams	15.3	2005	DET	13	45	94	687	52.8	8	0	0		0.0	0
18	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	15.2	2005	CAR	16	103	150	1,563	97.7	12	25	4	6.3	1.6	1
19	Doug Gabriel D. Gabriel	15.0	2005	OAK	14	37	72	554	39.6	3	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
20	Samie Parker S. Parker	14.8	2005	KC	12	36	58	533	44.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
21	Chad Johnson C. Johnson	14.8	2005	CIN	16	97	155	1,432	89.5	9	33	5	6.6	2.1	0
22	Antonio Bryant A. Bryant	14.6	2005	CLE	16	69	123	1,009	63.1	4	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
23	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	14.6	2005	JAX	16	70	128	1,023	63.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
24	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	14.6	2005	STL	11	36	71	525	47.7	3	0	0		0.0	0
25	Az-Zahir Hakim A. Hakim	14.4	2005	NO	12	34	58	489	40.8	2	0	0		0.0	0

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