the highest yards per catch in nfl history since 1970

Since 1970, Harrison Davis has the most yards per catch, with 24.0 per reception.

Interpreted as:
the highest yards per catch with a minimum of 0.9375 receptions per team game by a player in NFL history since 1970
NAMEAVGGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Harrison Davis
H. Davis
24.0
12
18
432
36.0
2
-7
2
-3.5
-0.6
0
2Bobby Duckworth
B. Duckworth
21.8
62
82
1,784
28.8
13
0
0
0.0
0
3Warren Wells
W. Wells
21.7
14
43
935
66.8
11
34
3
11.3
2.4
0
4Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
21.2
68
119
2,526
37.1
22
58
11
5.3
0.9
1
5Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
20.1
114
267
5,357
47.0
28
23
3
7.7
0.2
0
6Rod Barksdale
R. Barksdale
20.0
28
30
599
21.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
7Willie Gault
W. Gault
19.9
170
333
6,635
39.0
44
154
21
7.3
0.9
0
8Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
19.9
86
212
4,219
49.1
41
171
18
9.5
2.0
0
9John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
19.4
110
284
5,511
50.1
38
220
25
8.8
2.0
2
10Dokie Williams
D. Williams
19.4
74
148
2,866
38.7
25
27
3
9.0
0.4
0
11Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
19.2
196
557
10,716
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
12Steve Odom
S. Odom
19.2
81
84
1,613
19.9
11
205
16
12.8
2.5
1
13Rickey Watts
R. Watts
19.1
56
81
1,547
27.6
8
-23
3
-7.7
-0.4
0
14Wesley Walker
W. Walker
19.0
154
438
8,306
53.9
71
35
6
5.8
0.2
0
15Tyrone Young
T. Young
18.9
32
36
682
21.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
16Mel Gray
M. Gray
18.9
145
351
6,644
45.8
45
154
15
10.3
1.1
1
17Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
18.9
82
223
4,217
51.4
35
31
10
3.1
0.4
0
18Roger Carr
R. Carr
18.7
115
271
5,071
44.1
31
-8
1
-8.0
-0.1
0
19Kelly Campbell
K. Campbell
18.6
37
57
108
1,062
28.7
8
86
14
6.1
2.3
0
20Jim Smith
J. Smith
18.6
79
113
2,103
26.6
25
26
3
8.7
0.3
0
21Byron Williams
B. Williams
18.6
37
59
1,097
29.6
3
18
2
9.0
0.5
0
22Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
18.6
97
177
127
3,285
33.9
17
-36
4
-9.0
-0.4
0
23Daryl Turner
D. Turner
18.5
59
101
1,872
31.7
36
0
0
0.0
0
24Calvin Muhammad
C. Muhammad
18.5
47
69
1,276
27.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
25Henry Ruggs III
H. Ruggs III
18.4
20
50
79
921
46.1
4
65
12
5.4
3.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
Chiefs Chiefs
6
7
0
.462
Raiders Raiders
2
11
0
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LAC LAC
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12/14
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12/21
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1:00 PM
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12/28
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1:00 PM
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1/4
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DEN DEN
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14

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31

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
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9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Sat
9/6
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
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9/6
MIA MIA
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IND IND
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9/6
ARI ARI
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LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Thu
12/11
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12/14
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12/14
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12/14
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