nfl reciever with most yards per catch 1985

Stephone Paige averaged the most yards per catch by a wide receiver in 1985, with 21.9 per catch.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Stephone Paige S. Paige	21.9	1985	KC	16	43	943	58.9	10	15	1	15.0	0.9	0
2	Willie Gault W. Gault	21.3	1985	CHI	16	33	704	44.0	1	18	5	3.6	1.1	0
3	Wesley Walker W. Walker	21.3	1985	NYJ	12	34	725	60.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jessie Hester J. Hester	20.8	1985	RAI	16	32	665	41.6	4	13	1	13.0	0.8	1
5	Daryl Turner D. Turner	19.7	1985	SEA	16	34	670	41.9	13	0	0		0.0	0
6	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	19.5	1985	NE	15	39	760	50.7	5	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
7	Dokie Williams D. Williams	19.3	1985	RAI	16	48	925	57.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
8	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	19.2	1985	PIT	16	59	1,134	70.9	12	16	2	8.0	1.0	1
9	Anthony Carter A. Carter	19.1	1985	MIN	16	43	821	51.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
10	Jerry Rice J. Rice	18.9	1985	SF	16	49	927	57.9	3	26	6	4.3	1.6	1
11	Eugene Goodlow E. Goodlow	18.8	1985	NO	12	32	603	50.3	3	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
12	Jerry Butler J. Butler	18.8	1985	BUF	16	41	770	48.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
13	Mark Duper M. Duper	18.6	1985	MIA	9	35	650	72.2	3	0	0		0.0	0
14	Drew Hill D. Hill	18.3	1985	HOU	16	64	1,169	73.1	9	0	0		0.0	0
15	Kevin House K. House	18.3	1985	TB	16	44	803	50.2	5	0	0		0.0	0
16	Carlos Carson C. Carson	17.9	1985	KC	15	47	843	56.2	4	25	3	8.3	1.7	0
17	Dennis McKinnon D. McKinnon	17.9	1985	CHI	14	31	555	39.6	7	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
18	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	17.9	1985	SD	15	67	1,199	79.9	10	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
19	Eddie Brown E. Brown	17.8	1985	CIN	16	53	942	58.9	8	129	14	9.2	8.1	0
20	Lionel Manuel L. Manuel	17.5	1985	NYG	12	49	859	71.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	17.3	1985	CIN	16	65	1,125	70.3	5	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
22	Kenny Jackson K. Jackson	17.3	1985	PHI	16	40	692	43.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	17.2	1985	NE	16	39	670	41.9	7	27	7	3.9	1.7	1
24	Mike Quick M. Quick	17.1	1985	PHI	16	73	1,247	77.9	11	0	0		0.0	0
25	James Lofton J. Lofton	16.7	1985	GB	16	69	1,153	72.1	4	14	4	3.5	0.9	0

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