who has the highest yards per catch in a season in the 2000s

From 2000 through 2009, Devery Henderson averaged the most yards per reception in a season, with 24.8 per reception in 2008.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	24.8	2008	NO	16	32	56	793	49.6	3	33	4	8.3	2.1	0
2	Devery Henderson D. Henderson	23.3	2006	NO	13	32	54	745	57.3	5	14	2	7.0	1.1	1
3	Bernard Berrian B. Berrian	20.1	2008	MIN	16	48	95	964	60.3	7	26	4	6.5	1.6	0
4	Ashley Lelie A. Lelie	20.1	2004	DEN	16	54	101	1,084	67.8	7	5	3	1.7	0.3	0
5	Plaxico Burress P. Burress	19.9	2004	PIT	11	35	60	698	63.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
6	Torry Holt T. Holt	19.9	2000	STL	16	82	139	1,635	102.2	6	7	2	3.5	0.4	0
7	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	19.8	2003	DAL	15	34	83	672	44.8	2	22	4	5.5	1.5	0
8	Albert Connell A. Connell	19.5	2000	WAS	16	39	102	762	47.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	19.4	2009	PIT	16	39	72	756	47.3	6	48	5	9.6	3.0	0
10	Justin Gage J. Gage	19.1	2008	TEN	12	34	74	651	54.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
11	Donte' Stallworth D. Stallworth	19.1	2006	PHI	12	38	78	725	60.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
12	Todd Pinkston T. Pinkston	18.8	2004	PHI	16	36	63	676	42.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Randy Moss R. Moss	18.7	2000	MIN	16	77	128	1,437	89.8	15	5	3	1.7	0.3	0
14	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	18.6	2009	PHI	15	62	116	1,156	77.1	9	137	11	12.5	9.1	1
15	Santana Moss S. Moss	18.6	2004	NYJ	15	45	78	838	55.9	5	18	6	3.0	1.2	0
16	Vincent Jackson V. Jackson	18.6	2008	SD	16	59	101	1,098	68.6	7	69	4	17.3	4.3	0
17	Bryant Johnson B. Johnson	18.5	2006	ARI	16	40	74	740	46.3	4	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
18	Chris Chambers C. Chambers	18.4	2001	MIA	16	48	90	883	55.2	7	-11	1	-11.0	-0.7	0
19	Mohamed Massaquoi M. Massaquoi	18.4	2009	CLE	16	34	95	624	39.0	3	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
20	Joe Horn J. Horn	18.4	2006	NO	10	37	61	679	67.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
21	Ashley Lelie A. Lelie	18.3	2005	DEN	16	42	88	770	48.1	1	84	5	16.8	5.3	0
22	Antonio Bryant A. Bryant	18.3	2006	SF	14	40	91	733	52.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
23	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	18.3	2005	DAL	16	62	118	1,136	71.0	7	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	1
24	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	18.2	2008	CAR	14	78	129	1,421	101.5	6	40	5	8.0	2.9	0
25	David Patten D. Patten	18.2	2004	NE	16	44	95	800	50.0	7	5	1	5.0	0.3	0

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Falcons	1	2	.333
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Buccaneers	0	3	.000

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Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NO	@	NYG	1:00 PM
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Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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