nfl players with the best reception per attempt average

Larry Fitzgerald has the most career receptions per yard per reception, with 117.23.

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NFL players with the best reception per receiving attempt average
NAMEREC/AVGRECAVGGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
117.23
1,432
12.2
263
2,335
17,492
66.5
121
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
116.06
1,325
11.4
270
1,862
15,127
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
3Jason Witten
J. Witten
115.59
1,228
10.6
271
1,723
13,046
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
4Jerry Rice
J. Rice
104.8
1,549
14.8
303
709
22,895
75.6
197
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
5Larry Centers
L. Centers
100.62
827
8.2
198
386
6,797
34.3
28
2,188
615
3.6
11.1
14
6Keenan Allen
K. Allen
92.36
1,055
11.4
171
1,551
12,051
70.5
70
113
18
6.3
0.7
0
7Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
89.71
1,080
12.0
192
1,508
13,002
67.7
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
8Cris Carter
C. Carter
87.21
1,101
12.6
234
442
13,899
59.4
130
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
9Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
85.57
767
9.0
176
606
6,875
39.1
36
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
10Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
84.02
1,076
12.8
202
1,739
13,779
68.2
82
229
42
5.5
1.1
1
11Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
83.29
1,102
13.2
190
1,431
14,580
76.7
128
28
10
2.8
0.1
0
12Hines Ward
H. Ward
82.76
1,000
12.1
217
1,524
12,083
55.7
85
428
57
7.5
2.0
1
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
82.27
515
6.3
226
130
3,224
14.3
11
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
14Wes Welker
W. Welker
82.17
903
11.0
175
1,276
9,924
56.7
50
151
19
7.9
0.9
0
15Davante Adams
D. Adams
81.87
1,017
12.4
178
1,622
12,633
71.0
117
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
16LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
81.6
624
7.6
170
868
4,772
28.1
17
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
17Tim Brown
T. Brown
80.14
1,094
13.7
255
670
14,934
58.6
100
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
18Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
79.81
1,070
13.4
211
1,712
14,345
68.0
82
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
19Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
79.51
1,062
13.4
193
1,743
14,185
73.5
70
54
23
2.3
0.3
0
20Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
79.22
825
10.4
181
1,223
8,592
47.5
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
21Stefon Diggs
S. Diggs
77.14
942
12.2
161
1,344
11,504
71.5
74
170
35
4.9
1.1
1
22Antonio Gates
A. Gates
77.02
955
12.4
236
1,458
11,841
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
23Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
76.18
970
12.7
179
1,650
12,351
69.0
83
118
20
5.9
0.7
0
24DeAndre Hopkins
D. Hopkins
76.12
1,006
13.2
195
1,624
13,295
68.2
85
21
6
3.5
0.1
0
25Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
74.22
606
8.2
126
767
4,948
39.3
25
7,250
1,674
4.3
57.5
61
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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.647
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11
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.353
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14
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.176
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11
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9
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.441
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12
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.294
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13
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.235
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.647
9
7
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.559
9
8
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.529
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8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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14
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