nfl most yards per reception by a player 1948

John Greene averaged the most yards per catch in 1948, with 23.8 per catch.

Interpreted as:
NFL most yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a player 1948
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1John Greene
J. Greene
23.8
1948
12
25
595
49.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
2Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
23.0
1948
12
41
943
78.6
14
50
5
10.0
4.2
1
3Hal Crisler
H. Crisler
18.2
1948
11
33
599
54.5
6
0
0
0.0
0
4Bob Mann
B. Mann
17.0
1948
12
33
560
46.7
3
46
6
7.7
3.8
0
5Red Hickey
R. Hickey
17.0
1948
12
30
509
42.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
6Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
16.7
1948
12
46
766
63.8
11
-3
8
-0.4
-0.3
0
7Clyde Goodnight
C. Goodnight
16.0
1948
8
28
448
56.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Val Jansante
V. Jansante
16.0
1948
12
39
623
51.9
3
-3
1
-3.0
-0.3
0
9Jack Ferrante
J. Ferrante
15.9
1948
12
28
444
37.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
10Dick Todd
D. Todd
14.9
1948
12
37
550
45.8
6
201
57
3.5
16.8
1
11Bill Swiacki
B. Swiacki
14.1
1948
12
39
550
45.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
12Ray Poole
R. Poole
14.1
1948
12
35
492
41.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Jim Keane
J. Keane
13.8
1948
11
30
414
37.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Tom Fears
T. Fears
13.7
1948
12
51
698
58.2
4
8
2
4.0
0.7
0
15Neill Armstrong
N. Armstrong
13.5
1948
12
24
325
27.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Bill Dewell
B. Dewell
13.4
1948
11
33
442
40.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Joe Margucci
J. Margucci
12.5
1948
11
36
450
40.9
2
14
34
0.4
1.3
3
18Joe Sulaitis
J. Sulaitis
11.5
1948
12
26
298
24.8
1
18
5
3.6
1.5
1
19Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
9.3
1948
12
27
252
21.0
2
517
117
4.4
43.1
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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6
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.647
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11
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14
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11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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13
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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9
8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
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12
5
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5
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14
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