wide receiver most receiving yards per game all 1920 to 2022 including playoffs

From 1920 through 2022, Justin Jefferson had the most receiving yards per game by a wide receiver in the regular season and playoffs, with 95.5 per game.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	95.5	51	331	485	4,872	14.7	25	40	11	3.6	0.8	1
2	Jim Brim J. Brim	94.0	3	18		282	15.7	2	36	2	18.0	12.0	1
3	Julio Jones J. Jones	88.5	165	977	1,512	14,599	14.9	70	188	27	7.0	1.1	0
4	Calvin Johnson C. Johnson	87.0	137	748	1,338	11,915	15.9	85	167	19	8.8	1.2	1
5	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	85.8	36	213	325	3,089	14.5	25	64	19	3.4	1.8	0
6	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	83.6	80	569	743	6,687	11.8	39	-8	2	-4.0	-0.1	0
7	Bud Grant B. Grant	83.1	12	56		997	17.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
8	Antonio Brown A. Brown	83.1	159	987	1,499	13,209	13.4	89	168	37	4.5	1.1	0
9	Al Williams A. Williams	82.3	3	12		247	20.6	1	11	1	11.0	3.7	0
10	Cooper Kupp C. Kupp	80.9	86	553	760	6,954	12.6	53	137	25	5.5	1.6	1
11	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	77.8	122	689	1,012	9,490	13.8	68	847	114	7.4	6.9	8
12	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	77.8	151	890	1,429	11,744	13.2	72	12	4	3.0	0.1	0
13	Art Powell A. Powell	76.6	105	479		8,046	16.8	81	0	0		0.0	0
14	Torry Holt T. Holt	76.6	183	967	1,642	14,012	14.5	78	57	11	5.2	0.3	0
15	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	76.1	101	556	917	7,683	13.8	58	170	23	7.4	1.7	1
16	Mike Evans M. Evans	76.0	144	717	1,245	10,939	15.3	85	10	1	10.0	0.1	0
17	Jerry Rice J. Rice	75.7	332	1,700	748	25,140	14.8	219	689	94	7.3	2.1	10
18	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	75.5	175	837	19	13,219	15.8	73	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
19	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	75.1	206	1,167	1,554	15,463	13.3	130	28	10	2.8	0.1	0
20	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	73.8	143	558		10,558	18.9	88	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
21	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	73.8	197	1,087	1,784	14,543	13.4	71	54	23	2.3	0.3	0
22	Stefon Diggs S. Diggs	73.6	131	762	1,114	9,648	12.7	63	171	34	5.0	1.3	0
23	Keenan Allen K. Allen	73.5	131	816	1,195	9,623	11.8	55	107	16	6.7	0.8	0
24	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	73.4	114	606		8,363	13.8	69	72	23	3.1	0.6	0
25	Davante Adams D. Adams	73.2	144	841	1,293	10,547	12.5	95	-1	3	-0.3	0.0	0

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Bears	2	1	0	.667
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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