who has the record for most average receiving yards a game in a season

Calvin Johnson has the most yards on receptions with more than 0.0 yards per reception in a season, with 1,964 yards in 2012.

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Who has the record for most average receiving receiving yards a game in a season?

	NAME	REC YDS	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	1,964	16.1	2012	DET	16	122	204	122.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	1,947	13.4	2021	LAR	17	145	191	114.5	16	18	4	4.5	1.1	0
3	Julio Jones J. Jones	1,871	13.8	2015	ATL	16	136	203	116.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,848	15.1	1995	SF	16	122		115.5	15	36	5	7.2	2.3	1
5	Antonio Brown A. Brown	1,834	13.5	2015	PIT	16	136	193	114.6	10	28	3	9.3	1.8	0
6	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,809	14.1	2022	MIN	17	128	184	106.4	8	24	4	6.0	1.4	1
7	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	1,799	15.1	2023	MIA	16	119	171	112.4	13	15	6	2.5	0.9	0
8	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	1,781	15.0	1995	STL	16	119		111.3	13	17	3	5.7	1.1	0
9	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	1,749	13.0	2023	DAL	17	135	181	102.9	12	113	14	8.1	6.6	2
10	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	1,746	21.3	1961	HOU	14	82		124.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
11	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	1,725	11.6	2019	NO	16	149	185	107.8	9	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
12	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	1,722	12.0	2002	IND	16	143	205	107.6	11	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
13	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	1,710	14.4	2022	MIA	17	119	170	100.6	7	32	7	4.6	1.9	1
14	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,708	13.4	2024	CIN	17	127	175	100.5	17	32	3	10.7	1.9	0
15	Antonio Brown A. Brown	1,698	13.2	2014	PIT	16	129	181	106.1	13	13	4	3.3	0.8	0
16	Torry Holt T. Holt	1,696	14.5	2003	STL	16	117	183	106.0	12	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
17	Herman Moore H. Moore	1,686	13.7	1995	DET	16	123		105.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
18	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	1,681	17.5	2011	DET	16	96	158	105.1	16	11	1	11.0	0.7	0
19	Julio Jones J. Jones	1,677	14.8	2018	ATL	16	113	170	104.8	8	12	2	6.0	0.8	0
20	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	1,663	14.5	1999	IND	16	115	193	103.9	12	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
21	Josh Gordon J. Gordon	1,646	18.9	2013	CLE	14	87	159	117.6	9	88	5	17.6	6.3	0
22	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	1,637	15.7	2025	SEA	15	104	143	109.1	10	36	7	5.1	2.4	0
23	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	1,636	14.1	1999	JAX	16	116	177	102.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
24	Torry Holt T. Holt	1,635	19.9	2000	STL	16	82	139	102.2	6	7	2	3.5	0.4	0
25	Randy Moss R. Moss	1,632	14.7	2003	MIN	16	111	172	102.0	17	18	6	3.0	1.1	0

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