which active wide receiver has the most yards per catch nfl history

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

Interpreted as:

Which active wide receiver has the most yards per catch with a minimum of 100 receptions NFL history?

	NAME	AVG	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Alec Pierce A. Pierce	18.7	157	64	296	2,934	45.8	17	0	0		0.0	0
2	Christian Watson C. Watson	17.0	133	48	227	2,264	47.2	20	117	16	7.3	2.4	2
3	Jameson Williams J. Williams	17.0	148	50	244	2,513	50.3	17	142	21	6.8	2.8	2
4	George Pickens G. Pickens	16.0	267	65	430	4,270	65.7	21	36	8	4.5	0.6	1
5	A.J. Brown	15.3	524	105	816	8,029	76.5	56	70	5	14.0	0.7	1
6	Mike Evans M. Evans	15.1	866	176	1,494	13,052	74.2	108	10	1	10.0	0.1	0
7	Nico Collins N. Collins	15.0	289	66	454	4,347	65.9	24	22	3	7.3	0.3	1
8	Darius Slayton D. Slayton	15.0	296	106	522	4,435	41.8	22	3	5	0.6	0.0	0
9	Brian Thomas Jr. B. Thomas Jr.	14.7	135	31	224	1,989	64.2	12	69	9	7.7	2.2	1
10	Rashid Shaheed R. Shaheed	14.7	153	51	242	2,243	44.0	12	192	26	7.4	3.8	1
11	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	14.6	579	94	871	8,480	90.2	42	38	15	2.5	0.4	1
12	Brandon Aiyuk B. Aiyuk	14.6	294	69	446	4,305	62.4	25	117	13	9.0	1.7	2
13	Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	14.6	105	64	179	1,535	24.0	5	72	16	4.5	1.1	1
14	Marvin Harrison Jr. M. Harrison Jr.	14.5	103	29	189	1,493	51.5	12	0	0		0.0	0
15	DK Metcalf	14.4	497	112	825	7,174	64.1	54	29	5	5.8	0.3	1
16	Courtland Sutton C. Sutton	14.0	453	115	770	6,357	55.3	39	21	5	4.2	0.2	0
17	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	14.0	405	90	672	5,678	63.1	40	140	30	4.7	1.6	1
18	Tee Higgins T. Higgins	14.0	389	85	610	5,441	64.0	45	28	5	5.6	0.3	0
19	Terry McLaurin T. McLaurin	14.0	498	107	786	6,961	65.1	41	73	12	6.1	0.7	0
20	Jerry Jeudy J. Jeudy	13.9	351	91	607	4,884	53.7	17	48	7	6.9	0.5	0
21	David Moore D. Moore	13.9	116	78	201	1,613	20.7	17	103	14	7.4	1.3	0
22	Jordan Addison J. Addison	13.7	175	46	286	2,396	52.1	22	103	6	17.2	2.2	2
23	Rashod Bateman R. Bateman	13.7	157	64	262	2,147	33.5	15	18	1	18.0	0.3	0
24	Jaylen Waddle J. Waddle	13.5	373	78	544	5,039	64.6	26	81	14	5.8	1.0	1
25	DJ Moore	13.5	608	131	977	8,213	62.7	41	510	72	7.1	3.9	2

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