which active player has the highest average receiving yards per game in their career

Alec Pierce has averaged the most career yards per reception by an active player, with 18.7 per reception.

Interpreted as:
Which active player has the highest average receiving with a minimum of 100 receptions receiving yards per game in their career?
NAMEAVGRECREC YDS/GGPTRGREC YDSREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Alec Pierce
A. Pierce
18.7
157
45.8
64
296
2,934
17
0
0
0.0
0
2Christian Watson
C. Watson
17.0
133
47.2
48
227
2,264
20
117
16
7.3
2.4
2
3Jameson Williams
J. Williams
17.0
148
50.3
50
244
2,513
17
142
21
6.8
2.8
2
4George Pickens
G. Pickens
16.0
267
65.7
65
430
4,270
21
36
8
4.5
0.6
1
5A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
15.3
524
76.5
105
816
8,029
56
70
5
14.0
0.7
1
6Mike Evans
M. Evans
15.1
866
74.2
176
1,494
13,052
108
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
7Nico Collins
N. Collins
15.0
289
65.9
66
454
4,347
24
22
3
7.3
0.3
1
8Darius Slayton
D. Slayton
15.0
296
41.8
106
522
4,435
22
3
5
0.6
0.0
0
9Brian Thomas Jr.
B. Thomas Jr.
14.7
135
64.2
31
224
1,989
12
69
9
7.7
2.2
1
10Rashid Shaheed
R. Shaheed
14.7
153
44.0
51
242
2,243
12
192
26
7.4
3.8
1
11Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
14.6
579
90.2
94
871
8,480
42
38
15
2.5
0.4
1
12Brandon Aiyuk
B. Aiyuk
14.6
294
62.4
69
446
4,305
25
117
13
9.0
1.7
2
13Tutu Atwell
T. Atwell
14.6
105
24.0
64
179
1,535
5
72
16
4.5
1.1
1
14Marvin Harrison Jr.
M. Harrison Jr.
14.5
103
51.5
29
189
1,493
12
0
0
0.0
0
15DK Metcalf
DK Metcalf
14.4
497
64.1
112
825
7,174
54
29
5
5.8
0.3
1
16Courtland Sutton
C. Sutton
14.0
453
55.3
115
770
6,357
39
21
5
4.2
0.2
0
17Calvin Ridley
C. Ridley
14.0
405
63.1
90
672
5,678
40
140
30
4.7
1.6
1
18Tee Higgins
T. Higgins
14.0
389
64.0
85
610
5,441
45
28
5
5.6
0.3
0
19Terry McLaurin
T. McLaurin
14.0
498
65.1
107
786
6,961
41
73
12
6.1
0.7
0
20Jerry Jeudy
J. Jeudy
13.9
351
53.7
91
607
4,884
17
48
7
6.9
0.5
0
21David Moore
D. Moore
13.9
116
20.7
78
201
1,613
17
103
14
7.4
1.3
0
22Tucker Kraft
T. Kraft
13.7
113
36.9
42
154
1,551
15
9
4
2.3
0.2
0
23Jordan Addison
J. Addison
13.7
175
52.1
46
286
2,396
22
103
6
17.2
2.2
2
24Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
13.7
157
33.5
64
262
2,147
15
18
1
18.0
0.3
0
25Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
N. Westbrook-Ikhine
13.6
137
20.0
93
240
1,862
19
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game, receptions, and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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