which wide receiver has the highest rec average in a career

Homer Jones has the most career yards per reception by a wide receiver, with 22.3 per reception.

Interpreted as:
Which wide receiver has the highest rec average with a minimum of 200 receptions in a career?
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Homer Jones
H. Jones
22.3
224
87
4,986
57.3
36
146
17
8.6
1.7
1
2Buddy Dial
B. Dial
20.8
261
98
5,436
55.5
44
14
4
3.5
0.1
0
3Harlon Hill
H. Hill
20.3
230
89
4,666
52.4
40
103
12
8.6
1.2
0
4Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
20.1
267
114
5,357
47.0
28
23
3
7.7
0.2
0
5Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
20.1
427
157
8,565
54.6
85
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
6Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
20.0
371
132
7,414
56.2
71
68
24
2.8
0.5
2
7Willie Gault
W. Gault
19.9
333
170
6,635
39.0
44
154
21
7.3
0.9
0
8Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
19.8
400
149
7,914
53.1
66
122
15
8.1
0.8
0
9Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
19.2
272
94
5,233
55.7
58
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
10Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
19.2
557
196
10,716
54.7
72
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
11Wesley Walker
W. Walker
19.0
438
154
8,306
53.9
71
35
6
5.8
0.2
0
12Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
18.9
542
136
10,266
75.5
85
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
13Mel Gray
M. Gray
18.9
351
145
6,644
45.8
45
154
15
10.3
1.1
1
14Carroll Dale
C. Dale
18.9
438
189
8,277
43.8
52
30
4
7.5
0.2
0
15John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
18.9
360
138
6,792
49.2
47
252
28
9.0
1.8
2
16Roger Carr
R. Carr
18.7
271
115
5,071
44.1
31
-8
1
-8.0
-0.1
0
17Don Maynard
D. Maynard
18.7
628
174
11,750
67.5
88
25
12
2.1
0.1
0
18Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
18.6
405
134
7,538
56.3
58
29
12
2.4
0.2
0
19Max McGee
M. McGee
18.4
345
148
6,346
42.9
50
121
12
10.1
0.8
0
20Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
18.4
286
79
5,253
66.5
46
24
5
4.8
0.3
0
21James Lofton
J. Lofton
18.3
764
233
14,004
60.1
75
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
22Ben Hawkins
B. Hawkins
18.3
261
104
4,764
45.8
32
8
10
0.8
0.1
0
23Haven Moses
H. Moses
18.1
448
199
8,091
40.7
56
43
18
2.4
0.2
1
24Carlos Carson
C. Carson
18.1
353
126
6,372
50.6
33
62
12
5.2
0.5
0
25Del Shofner
D. Shofner
18.0
298
101
5,373
53.2
43
1
4
0.3
0.0
0
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