which wide receiver has the highest rec average in a career for active players

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

Interpreted as:
Which wide receiver has the highest rec average with a minimum of 100 receptions in a career for active players?
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Alec Pierce
A. Pierce
18.7
157
64
296
2,934
45.8
17
0
0
0.0
0
2Christian Watson
C. Watson
17.0
133
48
227
2,264
47.2
20
117
16
7.3
2.4
2
3Jameson Williams
J. Williams
17.0
148
50
244
2,513
50.3
17
142
21
6.8
2.8
2
4Marquez Valdes-Scantling
M. Valdes-Scantling
16.8
219
116
443
3,686
31.8
21
52
10
5.2
0.4
0
5George Pickens
G. Pickens
16.0
267
65
430
4,270
65.7
21
36
8
4.5
0.6
1
6Gabe Davis
G. Davis
15.9
195
80
359
3,098
38.7
30
-2
2
-1.0
0.0
0
7A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
15.3
524
105
816
8,029
76.5
56
70
5
14.0
0.7
1
8Mike Evans
M. Evans
15.1
866
176
1,494
13,052
74.2
108
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
9Nico Collins
N. Collins
15.0
289
66
454
4,347
65.9
24
22
3
7.3
0.3
1
10Darius Slayton
D. Slayton
15.0
296
106
522
4,435
41.8
22
3
5
0.6
0.0
0
11Brian Thomas Jr.
B. Thomas Jr.
14.7
135
31
224
1,989
64.2
12
69
9
7.7
2.2
1
12Rashid Shaheed
R. Shaheed
14.7
153
51
242
2,243
44.0
12
192
26
7.4
3.8
1
13Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
14.6
579
94
871
8,480
90.2
42
38
15
2.5
0.4
1
14Brandon Aiyuk
B. Aiyuk
14.6
294
69
446
4,305
62.4
25
117
13
9.0
1.7
2
15Tutu Atwell
T. Atwell
14.6
105
64
179
1,535
24.0
5
72
16
4.5
1.1
1
16Marvin Harrison Jr.
M. Harrison Jr.
14.5
103
29
189
1,493
51.5
12
0
0
0.0
0
17DK Metcalf
DK Metcalf
14.4
497
112
825
7,174
64.1
54
29
5
5.8
0.3
1
18Courtland Sutton
C. Sutton
14.0
453
115
770
6,357
55.3
39
21
5
4.2
0.2
0
19Calvin Ridley
C. Ridley
14.0
405
90
672
5,678
63.1
40
140
30
4.7
1.6
1
20Tee Higgins
T. Higgins
14.0
389
85
610
5,441
64.0
45
28
5
5.6
0.3
0
21Terry McLaurin
T. McLaurin
14.0
498
107
786
6,961
65.1
41
73
12
6.1
0.7
0
22Jerry Jeudy
J. Jeudy
13.9
351
91
607
4,884
53.7
17
48
7
6.9
0.5
0
23David Moore
D. Moore
13.9
116
78
201
1,613
20.7
17
103
14
7.4
1.3
0
24Jordan Addison
J. Addison
13.7
175
46
286
2,396
52.1
22
103
6
17.2
2.2
2
25Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
13.7
157
64
262
2,147
33.5
15
18
1
18.0
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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1,003

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14
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10
7
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.588
8
9
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9
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12
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13
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6
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9
7
1
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9
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9
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9
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11
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