nfl most receiving yards per game leaders 1976 to 1989 minimum 50 games

Between the 1976 and 1989 seasons, Tom Rafferty averaged the most receiving yards per game when playing 50+ games, with 0.0 per game.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Tom Rafferty T. Rafferty	0.0	203	1	8	8.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Steve Largent S. Largent	65.4	200	819	13,089	16.0	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
3	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	27.0	188	350	5,084	14.5	41	-3	5	-0.6	0.0	0
4	George Martin G. Martin	0.0	187	1	4	4.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	42.5	182	639	7,740	12.1	45	135	18	7.5	0.7	2
6	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	57.5	180	534	10,352	19.4	67	127	21	6.0	0.7	0
7	Mosi Tatupu M. Tatupu	4.7	179	94	833	8.9	2	2,359	596	4.0	13.2	18
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	24.4	177	459	4,325	9.4	15	16,047	3,642	4.4	90.7	103
9	James Lofton J. Lofton	63.9	176	607	11,251	18.5	57	246	32	7.7	1.4	1
10	David Hill D. Hill	23.9	176	358	4,212	11.8	28	37	8	4.6	0.2	0
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	20.5	173	398	3,554	8.9	13	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77
12	Harry Carson H. Carson	0.1	173	1	13	13.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	23.9	170	490	4,066	8.3	9	4,072	1,031	3.9	24.0	34
14	Danny White D. White	0.1	166	3	18	6.0	2	482	159	3.0	2.9	8
15	Henry Marshall H. Marshall	39.7	165	416	6,545	15.7	33	257	24	10.7	1.6	2
16	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	56.1	164	586	9,203	15.7	47	-12	1	-12.0	-0.1	0
17	Leonard Thompson L. Thompson	29.1	161	277	4,682	16.9	35	339	63	5.4	2.1	3
18	Mickey Shuler M. Shuler	30.1	160	438	4,819	11.0	37	0	0		0.0	0
19	Nesby Glasgow N. Glasgow	0.0	160	1	4	4.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Emery Moorehead E. Moorehead	18.9	158	224	2,980	13.3	15	114	47	2.4	0.7	0
21	J.T. Smith	43.3	156	526	6,749	12.8	33	72	6	12.0	0.5	0
22	Nat Moore N. Moore	40.0	156	433	6,236	14.4	68	164	29	5.7	1.1	1
23	Don Warren D. Warren	15.0	156	220	2,337	10.6	6	5	1	5.0	0.0	0
24	Wesley Walker W. Walker	53.9	154	438	8,306	19.0	71	35	6	5.8	0.2	0
25	Paul Coffman P. Coffman	28.2	154	339	4,340	12.8	42	3	1	3.0	0.0	0

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