nfl yards per catch leaders since 1990 minimum 700 receptions

Since 1990, Calvin Johnson has averaged the most yards per reception when making 700+ receptions, with 15.9 per reception.

	NAME	AVG	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	15.9	731	135	1,315	11,619	86.1	83	167	19	8.8	1.2	1
2	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	15.6	701	198	910	10,950	55.3	77	496	63	7.9	2.5	1
3	Randy Moss R. Moss	15.6	982	218	1,616	15,292	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
4	Mike Evans M. Evans	15.1	866	176	1,494	13,052	74.2	108	10	1	10.0	0.1	0
5	Julio Jones J. Jones	15.0	914	166	1,432	13,703	82.5	66	163	24	6.8	1.0	0
6	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	14.9	1,024	223	1,210	15,208	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
7	Terrell Owens T. Owens	14.8	1,078	219	1,604	15,934	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
8	Torry Holt T. Holt	14.5	920	173	1,561	13,382	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
9	A.J. Green	14.5	727	158	1,268	10,514	66.5	70	93	11	8.5	0.6	0
10	Chad Johnson C. Johnson	14.4	766	166	1,372	11,059	66.6	67	175	24	7.3	1.1	0
11	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	14.3	1,031	219	1,745	14,731	67.3	81	387	57	6.8	1.8	2
12	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	14.3	862	178	1,012	12,287	69.0	67	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
13	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	14.1	711	154	1,163	10,033	65.1	64	41	14	2.9	0.3	0
14	Santana Moss S. Moss	14.0	732	197	1,268	10,283	52.2	66	287	51	5.6	1.5	0
15	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	13.9	819	145	1,201	11,363	78.4	83	819	114	7.2	5.6	7
16	Jerry Rice J. Rice	13.7	1,203	227	709	16,531	72.8	131	356	45	7.9	1.6	6
17	Marques Colston M. Colston	13.7	711	146	1,099	9,759	66.8	72	7	2	3.5	0.0	0
18	Donald Driver D. Driver	13.6	743	205	1,233	10,137	49.4	61	217	34	6.4	1.1	1
19	Tim Brown T. Brown	13.5	1,050	238	670	14,201	59.7	95	140	36	3.9	0.6	0
20	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	13.5	724	143	1,184	9,763	68.3	63	6	3	2.0	0.0	0
21	Roddy White R. White	13.4	808	171	1,376	10,863	63.5	63	19	9	2.1	0.1	0
22	Rod Smith R. Smith	13.4	849	183	1,100	11,389	62.2	68	348	44	7.9	1.9	1
23	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	13.4	1,070	211	1,712	14,345	68.0	82	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
24	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	13.4	734	173	1,135	9,811	56.7	60	341	58	5.9	2.0	2
25	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	13.4	1,062	193	1,743	14,185	73.5	70	54	23	2.3	0.3	0

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