nfl receiver highest career yards per catch with 500 catches

Stanley Morgan has the most career yards per reception by a wide receiver when making 500+ catches, with 19.2 per catch.

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NFL receiver highest career yards per catch with 500 or more catches

	NAME	AVG	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	19.2	557	196		10,716	54.7	72	127	21	6.0	0.6	0
2	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	18.9	542	136		10,266	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
3	Don Maynard D. Maynard	18.7	628	174		11,750	67.5	88	25	12	2.1	0.1	0
4	James Lofton J. Lofton	18.3	764	233		14,004	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
5	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	17.9	579	208		10,372	49.9	76	181	33	5.5	0.9	0
6	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	17.6	641	183	1,144	11,263	61.5	58	463	72	6.4	2.5	4
7	Mark Duper M. Duper	17.4	511	146		8,869	60.7	59	-10	1	-10.0	-0.1	0
8	Cliff Branch C. Branch	17.3	501	183		8,685	47.5	67	70	11	6.4	0.4	0
9	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	16.9	814	228		13,777	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
10	Billy Howton B. Howton	16.8	503	142		8,459	59.6	61	29	5	5.8	0.2	0
11	Vincent Jackson V. Jackson	16.8	540	155	1,036	9,080	58.6	57	161	15	10.7	1.0	0
12	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	16.2	537	165		8,723	52.9	63	111	9	12.3	0.7	1
13	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	16.2	750	239		12,146	50.8	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
14	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	16.0	559	150		8,966	59.8	56	84	16	5.3	0.6	0
15	Steve Largent S. Largent	16.0	819	200		13,089	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
16	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	15.9	731	135	1,315	11,619	86.1	83	167	19	8.8	1.2	1
17	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	15.9	750	159	19	11,904	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
18	Roy Green R. Green	15.7	525	143		8,242	57.6	62	80	20	4.0	0.6	0
19	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	15.6	701	198	910	10,950	55.3	77	496	63	7.9	2.5	1
20	Randy Moss R. Moss	15.6	982	218	1,616	15,292	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
21	Gary Clark G. Clark	15.5	699	167		10,856	65.0	65	54	11	4.9	0.3	0
22	Drew Hill D. Hill	15.5	634	211		9,831	46.6	60	19	3	6.3	0.1	0
23	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	15.4	582	158		8,974	56.8	84	108	14	7.7	0.7	0
24	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	15.4	569	177		8,763	49.5	48	36	8	4.5	0.2	2
25	T.Y. Hilton	15.4	638	146	1,085	9,812	67.2	53	55	9	6.1	0.4	0

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