who has the highest yards per reception as a running back with at least 200 receptions career since 1978

Since 1978, Lionel James has the most receiving yards per reception by a running back when he has 200+ catches, with 10.9.

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NAMEYDS/RECRECREC YDSGPTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lionel James
L. James
10.9
209
2,278
67
10.9
34.0
10
1,062
231
4.6
15.9
4
2Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
10.44
582
6,076
181
10.4
33.6
24
2,774
615
4.5
15.3
10
3Leroy Hoard
L. Hoard
10.21
238
2,430
144
20
10.2
16.9
15
3,964
1,008
3.9
27.5
36
4David Johnson
D. Johnson
10.13
277
2,805
92
401
10.1
30.5
18
4,071
1,007
4.0
44.3
39
5Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
10.04
295
2,961
144
10.0
20.6
12
8,074
1,798
4.5
56.1
38
6Marcel Reece
M. Reece
9.94
210
2,088
96
311
9.9
21.8
12
844
185
4.6
8.8
3
7Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
9.93
302
2,999
111
9.9
27.0
15
3,409
869
3.9
30.7
16
8Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
9.82
224
2,199
102
9.8
21.6
15
5,356
1,309
4.1
52.5
27
9Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
9.68
333
3,222
110
112
9.7
29.3
12
2,875
761
3.8
26.1
27
10Dan Doornink
D. Doornink
9.6
209
2,006
104
9.6
19.3
11
1,836
523
3.5
17.7
15
11Todd McNair
T. McNair
9.59
254
2,435
121
9.6
20.1
7
803
147
5.5
6.6
3
12William Andrews
W. Andrews
9.56
277
2,647
87
9.6
30.4
11
5,986
1,315
4.6
68.8
30
13Herschel Walker
H. Walker
9.49
512
4,859
187
9.5
26.0
21
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
14James Brooks
J. Brooks
9.45
383
3,621
162
9.5
22.4
30
7,962
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9.44
472
4,458
182
29
9.4
24.5
23
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
16Brad Muster
B. Muster
9.44
202
1,906
95
9.4
20.1
7
2,231
520
4.3
23.5
24
17Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
9.43
313
2,953
212
417
9.4
13.9
22
234
69
3.4
1.1
6
18Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
9.42
267
2,514
103
9.4
24.4
10
3,826
836
4.6
37.1
25
19Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
9.38
383
3,592
123
9.4
29.2
16
3,543
732
4.8
28.8
16
20Walter Payton
W. Payton
9.37
417
3,907
149
9.4
26.2
13
12,805
2,992
4.3
85.9
76
21Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
9.35
209
1,955
116
9.4
16.9
9
4,649
986
4.7
40.1
32
22Derrick Henry
D. Henry
9.33
201
1,876
161
259
9.3
11.7
6
13,650
2,820
4.8
84.8
130
23Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
9.32
328
3,056
105
0
9.3
29.1
15
2,236
594
3.8
21.3
11
24Keith Byars
K. Byars
9.28
610
5,661
189
9.3
30.0
31
3,109
865
3.6
16.4
23
25Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
9.28
243
2,254
88
336
9.3
25.6
12
6,082
1,460
4.2
69.1
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