which nfl receiver has averaged the most yards in a season

Don Currivan has averaged the most yards per reception by a wide receiver in a season, with 32.6 per reception in 1947.

Interpreted as:
Which NFL receiver has averaged the most receiving yards with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game in a season?
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Don Currivan
D. Currivan
32.6
1947
BOS
12
24
782
65.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
2 Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
27.6
1958
PIT PIT
12
33
910
75.8
7
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
3 Elbert Dubenion
E. Dubenion
27.1
1964
BUF BUF
14
42
1,139
81.4
10
20
1
20.0
1.4
0
4 Frank Liebel
F. Liebel
27.0
1945
NYG NYG
10
22
593
59.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
5 Warren Wells
W. Wells
26.8
1969
OAK OAK
14
47
1,260
90.0
14
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
6 Jack Snow
J. Snow
26.3
1967
LA LA
14
28
735
52.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
7 Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
26.1
1970
DAL DAL
13
34
889
68.4
10
34
4
8.5
2.6
1
8 Ron Sellers
R. Sellers
26.1
1969
BOS BOS
12
27
705
58.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
9 Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
26.0
1989
RAM RAM
16
44
1,146
71.6
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
10 Mervyn Fernandez
M. Fernandez
26.0
1988
RAI RAI
16
31
805
50.3
4
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
11 Roger Carr
R. Carr
25.9
1976
BAL BAL
14
43
1,112
79.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
12 Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
25.6
1968
BAL BAL
13
29
743
57.2
6
0
0
0.0
0
13 Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
25.6
1947
CHB CHB
12
32
818
68.2
13
0
0
0.0
0
14 Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
25.1
1970
MIA MIA
11
28
703
63.9
6
13
2
6.5
1.2
0
15 Harlon Hill
H. Hill
25.0
1954
CHB CHB
12
45
1,124
93.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
16 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
24.9
1939
GB GB
11
34
846
76.9
6
26
5
5.2
2.4
0
17 Alvin Harper
A. Harper
24.9
1994
DAL DAL
16
33
821
51.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
18 Devery Henderson
D. Henderson
24.8
2008
NO NO
16
32
56
793
49.6
3
33
4
8.3
2.1
0
19 Homer Jones
H. Jones
24.7
1967
NYG NYG
14
49
1,209
86.4
13
60
5
12.0
4.3
1
20 Wesley Walker
W. Walker
24.4
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
48
1,169
73.1
8
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
21 Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
24.3
1949
PIT PIT
12
26
633
52.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
22 Buddy Dial
B. Dial
24.3
1960
PIT PIT
12
40
972
81.0
9
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
23 Anthony Carter
A. Carter
24.3
1987
MIN MIN
12
38
922
76.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
24 Cliff Branch
C. Branch
24.2
1976
OAK OAK
14
46
1,111
79.4
12
12
3
4.0
0.9
0
25 Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
24.1
1966
PIT PIT
14
32
772
55.1
4
36
2
18.0
2.6
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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