yards per catch leader for the steelers

Buddy Dial has averaged the most career yards per reception for the Steelers, with 21.6 per reception.

Interpreted as:
yards per catch with a minimum of 100 receptions leader for the steelers
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Buddy Dial
B. Dial
21.6
219
66
4,723
71.6
42
14
4
3.5
0.2
0
2Gary Ballman
G. Ballman
19.1
154
57
2,949
51.7
22
155
39
4.0
2.7
3
3Jim Smith
J. Smith
18.9
110
73
2,075
28.4
24
26
3
8.7
0.4
0
4Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
18.4
199
65
3,671
56.5
29
127
18
7.1
2.0
0
5Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
18.4
166
67
3,047
45.5
24
2
5
0.4
0.0
0
6Mike Wallace
M. Wallace
17.2
235
63
402
4,042
64.2
32
151
20
7.6
2.4
0
7Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
17.0
230
108
3,919
36.3
34
1,057
300
3.5
9.8
5
8Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
16.8
358
108
6,018
55.7
39
388
29
13.4
3.6
4
9Yancey Thigpen
Y. Thigpen
16.4
222
77
3,651
47.4
21
4
2
2.0
0.1
0
10Nate Washington
N. Washington
16.4
104
49
204
1,705
34.8
12
26
9
2.9
0.5
0
11George Pickens
G. Pickens
16.3
174
48
293
2,841
59.2
12
36
8
4.5
0.8
1
12Santonio Holmes
S. Holmes
16.3
235
60
423
3,835
63.9
20
45
11
4.1
0.8
0
13Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
16.3
128
75
2,086
27.8
16
152
10
15.2
2.0
1
14Lynn Swann
L. Swann
16.3
336
116
5,462
47.1
51
72
11
6.5
0.6
1
15John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
16.2
537
165
8,723
52.9
63
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
16Dwight Stone
D. Stone
16.2
152
124
2,460
19.8
12
557
96
5.8
4.5
1
17Plaxico Burress
P. Burress
15.9
264
75
519
4,206
56.1
23
-7
1
-7.0
-0.1
0
18Ernie Mills
E. Mills
15.8
127
86
2,003
23.3
15
113
14
8.1
1.3
0
19Calvin Sweeney
C. Sweeney
15.7
113
102
1,775
17.4
7
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
20Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
15.6
329
131
5,131
39.2
37
0
0
0.0
0
21Val Jansante
V. Jansante
15.3
154
65
2,350
36.2
14
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
22Martavis Bryant
M. Bryant
15.2
126
36
225
1,917
53.3
17
71
14
5.1
2.0
1
23J.R. Wilburn
J.R. Wilburn
14.9
123
58
1,834
31.6
8
54
7
7.7
0.9
0
24Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
14.6
115
52
1,680
32.3
11
39
26
1.5
0.8
0
25James Washington
J. Washington
14.3
114
60
218
1,629
27.2
11
13
2
6.5
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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