nfl most yards per reception by a player 1959

Max McGee averaged the most yards per catch in 1959, with 23.2 per reception.

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NFL most yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a player 1959

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Max McGee M. McGee	23.2	1959	GB	12	30	695	57.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Bill Anderson B. Anderson	21.0	1959	WAS	11	35	734	66.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
3	Del Shofner D. Shofner	19.9	1959	LA	12	47	936	78.0	7	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
4	Bob Schnelker B. Schnelker	19.3	1959	NYG	11	37	714	64.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
5	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	18.3	1959	NYG	11	42	768	69.8	4	540	106	5.1	49.1	3
6	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	18.0	1959	PHI	12	47	846	70.5	10	-10	2	-5.0	-0.8	0
7	Lenny Moore L. Moore	18.0	1959	BAL	12	47	846	70.5	6	422	92	4.6	35.2	2
8	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	17.6	1959	CLE	12	30	528	44.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
9	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	17.5	1959	PHI	10	34	595	59.5	1	-11	2	-5.5	-1.1	0
10	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	17.3	1959	PIT	12	35	604	50.3	5	43	5	8.6	3.6	0
11	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	17.2	1959	GB	12	32	549	45.8	4	20	1	20.0	1.7	0
12	Harlon Hill H. Hill	16.1	1959	CHB	11	36	578	52.5	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
13	Jim Mutscheller J. Mutscheller	15.9	1959	BAL	12	44	699	58.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
14	Woodley Lewis W. Lewis	15.7	1959	CHC	12	34	534	44.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	15.6	1959	LA	11	29	453	41.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	15.5	1959	CLE	12	24	372	31.0	2	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
17	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	14.6	1959	LA	9	37	541	60.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
18	Raymond Berry R. Berry	14.5	1959	BAL	12	66	959	79.9	14	0	0		0.0	0
19	Kyle Rote K. Rote	14.5	1959	NYG	10	25	362	36.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Gary Knafelc G. Knafelc	14.2	1959	GB	12	27	384	32.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jim Dooley J. Dooley	14.1	1959	CHB	12	41	580	48.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
22	Alex Webster A. Webster	14.1	1959	NYG	10	27	381	38.1	2	250	79	3.2	25.0	5
23	Jim Gibbons J. Gibbons	13.9	1959	DET	12	31	431	35.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Billy Howton B. Howton	13.1	1959	CLE	12	39	510	42.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Billy Wilson B. Wilson	12.3	1959	SF	10	44	540	54.0	4	0	0		0.0	0

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