the highest yards per catch in nfl history min 700 catches players

James Lofton has averaged the most career yards per reception when he has 700+ receptions, with 18.3 per reception.

Regular season

	NAME	AVG	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	James Lofton J. Lofton	18.3	764	233		14,004	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
2	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	16.9	814	228		13,777	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
3	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	16.2	750	239		12,146	50.8	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
4	Steve Largent S. Largent	16.0	819	200		13,089	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
5	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	15.9	731	135	1,315	11,619	86.1	83	167	19	8.8	1.2	1
6	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	15.9	750	159	19	11,904	74.9	65	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
7	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	15.6	701	198	910	10,950	55.3	77	496	63	7.9	2.5	1
8	Randy Moss R. Moss	15.6	982	218	1,616	15,292	70.1	156	159	25	6.4	0.7	0
9	Mike Evans M. Evans	15.0	872	177	1,501	13,101	74.0	109	10	1	10.0	0.1	0
10	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	15.0	851	255	122	12,785	50.1	84	242	44	5.5	0.9	1
11	Julio Jones J. Jones	15.0	914	166	1,432	13,703	82.5	66	163	24	6.8	1.0	0
12	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	14.9	1,024	223	1,210	15,208	68.2	91	139	25	5.6	0.6	0
13	Terrell Owens T. Owens	14.8	1,078	219	1,604	15,934	72.8	153	251	39	6.4	1.1	3
14	Jerry Rice J. Rice	14.8	1,549	303	709	22,895	75.6	197	645	87	7.4	2.1	10
15	Torry Holt T. Holt	14.5	920	173	1,561	13,382	77.4	74	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
16	A.J. Green	14.5	727	158	1,268	10,514	66.5	70	93	11	8.5	0.6	0
17	Chad Johnson C. Johnson	14.4	766	166	1,372	11,059	66.6	67	175	24	7.3	1.1	0
18	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
19	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	14.3	862	178	1,012	12,287	69.0	67	-1	2	-0.5	0.0	0
20	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	14.1	711	154	1,163	10,033	65.1	64	41	14	2.9	0.3	0
21	Santana Moss S. Moss	14.0	732	197	1,268	10,283	52.2	66	287	51	5.6	1.5	0
22	Andre Reed A. Reed	13.9	951	234	111	13,198	56.4	87	500	75	6.7	2.1	1
23	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	13.9	819	145	1,201	11,363	78.4	83	819	114	7.2	5.6	7
24	Andre Rison A. Rison	13.7	743	186	115	10,205	54.9	84	23	9	2.6	0.1	0
25	Marques Colston M. Colston	13.7	711	146	1,099	9,759	66.8	72	7	2	3.5	0.0	0

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