nfl yards per catch leaders since 1990 minimum 400 receptions

Since 1990, DeSean Jackson has averaged the most yards per reception when making 400+ receptions, with 17.6 per catch.

NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
17.6
641
183
1,144
11,263
61.5
58
463
72
6.4
2.5
4
2Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
17.1
469
133
8,034
60.4
29
34
5
6.8
0.3
0
3Vincent Jackson
V. Jackson
16.8
540
155
1,036
9,080
58.6
57
161
15
10.7
1.0
0
4Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
16.7
417
126
356
6,971
55.3
40
210
16
13.1
1.7
1
5Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
15.9
731
135
1,315
11,619
86.1
83
167
19
8.8
1.2
1
6Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
15.7
692
139
19
10,872
78.2
58
-2
4
-0.5
0.0
0
7Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
15.6
701
198
910
10,950
55.3
77
496
63
7.9
2.5
1
8Randy Moss
R. Moss
15.6
982
218
1,616
15,292
70.1
156
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
9Jake Reed
J. Reed
15.6
450
155
209
6,999
45.2
36
0
0
0.0
0
10T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton
15.4
638
146
1,085
9,812
67.2
53
55
9
6.1
0.4
0
11Plaxico Burress
P. Burress
15.4
553
148
1,109
8,499
57.4
64
-7
1
-7.0
0.0
0
12A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
15.3
524
105
816
8,029
76.5
56
70
5
14.0
0.7
1
13Tony Martin
T. Martin
15.3
593
177
257
9,065
51.2
56
-3
6
-0.5
0.0
0
14Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
15.2
548
179
807
8,345
46.6
42
282
39
7.2
1.6
0
15Anthony Miller
A. Miller
15.2
484
123
7,370
59.9
50
65
11
5.9
0.5
1
16Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
15.2
477
132
462
7,251
54.9
61
17
8
2.1
0.1
0
17Nate Washington
N. Washington
15.2
458
159
874
6,954
43.7
44
38
14
2.7
0.2
1
18Darnay Scott
D. Scott
15.2
408
124
261
6,193
49.9
37
151
22
6.9
1.2
0
19Jeff Graham
J. Graham
15.1
542
160
337
8,172
51.1
30
0
0
0.0
0
20Mike Evans
M. Evans
15.1
866
176
1,494
13,052
74.2
108
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
21Mike Wallace
M. Wallace
15.0
538
144
941
8,072
56.1
57
241
34
7.1
1.7
0
22Julio Jones
J. Jones
15.0
914
166
1,432
13,703
82.5
66
163
24
6.8
1.0
0
23Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
15.0
621
143
961
9,286
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
24Shawn Jefferson
S. Jefferson
14.9
470
195
305
7,023
36.0
29
146
15
9.7
0.7
0
25Rob Moore
R. Moore
14.9
628
153
96
9,368
61.2
49
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
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