nfl highest yards per reception by a wide reciever with at least 50 catches since 1980

Since 1980, Bobby Duckworth has the most yards per reception by a wide receiver when making 50+ receptions, with 21.8 per catch.

NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bobby Duckworth
B. Duckworth
21.8
82
62
1,784
28.8
13
0
0
0.0
0
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
4Rickey Watts
R. Watts
19.8
57
40
1,126
28.2
5
-17
2
-8.5
-0.4
0
5Jim Smith
J. Smith
19.7
86
41
1,697
41.4
21
14
2
7.0
0.3
0
6Dokie Williams
D. Williams
19.4
148
74
2,866
38.7
25
27
3
9.0
0.4
0
7Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
18.7
82
48
1,532
31.9
6
23
7
3.3
0.5
0
8Ricky Feacher
R. Feacher
18.7
102
66
1,905
28.9
14
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
9Kelly Campbell
K. Campbell
18.6
57
37
108
1,062
28.7
8
86
14
6.1
2.3
0
10Byron Williams
B. Williams
18.6
59
37
1,097
29.6
3
18
2
9.0
0.5
0
11Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
18.6
177
97
127
3,285
33.9
17
-36
4
-9.0
-0.4
0
12Daryl Turner
D. Turner
18.5
101
59
1,872
31.7
36
0
0
0.0
0
13Calvin Muhammad
C. Muhammad
18.5
69
47
1,276
27.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
14Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
18.5
458
150
8,451
56.3
52
67
11
6.1
0.4
0
15Henry Ruggs III
H. Ruggs III
18.4
50
20
79
921
46.1
4
65
12
5.4
3.3
0
16James Lofton
J. Lofton
18.4
664
201
12,218
60.8
65
234
28
8.4
1.2
1
17Stephen Baker
S. Baker
18.3
141
90
2,587
28.7
21
21
2
10.5
0.2
0
18Jimmy Cefalo
J. Cefalo
18.3
75
58
1,371
23.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
19Ron Brown
R. Brown
18.3
98
84
1,791
21.3
13
127
21
6.0
1.5
0
20Anthony Armstrong
A. Armstrong
18.3
54
35
122
986
28.2
5
19
2
9.5
0.5
0
21Alec Pierce
A. Pierce
18.2
149
61
280
2,716
44.5
13
0
0
0.0
0
22Alvin Harper
A. Harper
18.2
191
102
2
3,473
34.0
21
15
1
15.0
0.1
0
23Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
18.1
61
47
1,105
23.5
4
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
24Keith Poole
K. Poole
18.1
96
54
133
1,734
32.1
11
14
1
14.0
0.3
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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