running back with highest avg yards per catch in 2016 with at least 40 receptions

David Johnson averaged the most yards per catch by a running back with 40+ receptions in 2016, with 11.0 per catch.

NAMEAVGRECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1David Johnson
D. Johnson
11.0
80
2016
ARI ARI
16
120
879
54.9
4
1,239
293
4.2
77.4
16
2Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
10.2
41
2016
SD SD
13
57
419
32.2
2
997
254
3.9
76.7
10
3Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
9.7
53
2016
CLE CLE
16
74
514
32.1
0
358
73
4.9
22.4
1
4James White
J. White
9.2
60
2016
NE NE
16
86
551
34.4
5
166
39
4.3
10.4
0
5Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
8.6
54
2016
ATL ATL
16
65
462
28.9
2
1,079
227
4.8
67.4
11
6Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
8.2
75
2016
PIT PIT
12
94
616
51.3
2
1,268
261
4.9
105.7
7
7Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
8.2
52
2016
PHI PHI
15
71
427
28.5
2
438
94
4.7
29.2
2
8Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
8.0
40
2016
CLE CLE
16
53
319
19.9
0
952
198
4.8
59.5
7
9Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
7.6
43
2016
LA LA
16
58
327
20.4
0
885
278
3.2
55.3
6
10Chris Thompson
C. Thompson
7.1
49
2016
WAS WAS
16
62
349
21.8
2
356
68
5.2
22.3
3
11LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
7.1
50
2016
BUF BUF
15
57
356
23.7
1
1,267
234
5.4
84.5
13
12DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
7.1
53
2016
TEN TEN
16
67
377
23.6
3
1,287
293
4.4
80.4
9
13Travaris Cadet
T. Cadet
7.0
40
2016
NO NO
15
54
281
18.7
4
19
4
4.8
1.3
0
14Theo Riddick
T. Riddick
7.0
53
2016
DET DET
10
67
371
37.1
5
357
92
3.9
35.7
1
15Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
6.9
46
2016
NO NO
16
58
319
19.9
4
1,043
205
5.1
65.2
6
16Bilal Powell
B. Powell
6.7
58
2016
NYJ NYJ
16
74
388
24.3
2
722
131
5.5
45.1
3
17T.J. Yeldon
T.J. Yeldon
6.2
50
2016
JAX JAX
15
68
312
20.8
1
465
130
3.6
31.0
1
18Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
5.9
43
2016
MIN MIN
15
53
255
17.0
2
539
159
3.4
35.9
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

21.9

19th

OPP PPG

22.0

13th

RUSH YDS/G

110.4

20th

PASS YDS/G

223.0

19th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
5
3
0
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
11/16
SF SF
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ARI ARI
4:05 PM
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11/23
JAX JAX
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
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11/30
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@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

4 - 1 - 1

27

Final

23

ARI Cardinals

2 - 5 - 0

Sun 19 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
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7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
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5
3
0
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NFC EastWLTPCT
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6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
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2
0
.714

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
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Sun
11/2
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1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
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@
DET DET
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11/2
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Sun
11/2
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@
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Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM