Ron Shanklin averaged the most yards per reception in 1973, with 23.7 per catch.

Interpreted as:

yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game leaders 1973

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ron Shanklin R. Shanklin	23.7	1973	PIT	13	30	711	54.7	10	1	3	0.3	0.1	0
2	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	21.9	1973	LA	14	40	874	62.4	13	-8	2	-4.0	-0.6	0
3	John Gilliam J. Gilliam	21.6	1973	MIN	14	42	907	64.8	8	71	5	14.2	5.1	1
4	Isaac Curtis I. Curtis	18.7	1973	CIN	14	45	843	60.2	9	-11	2	-5.5	-0.8	0
5	Haven Moses H. Moses	18.5	1973	DEN	14	28	518	37.0	8	25	3	8.3	1.8	1
6	Jerome Barkum J. Barkum	18.4	1973	NYJ	14	44	810	57.9	6	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
7	Ken Burrow K. Burrow	18.3	1973	ATL	9	31	567	63.0	7	17	2	8.5	1.9	0
8	Jerry LeVias J. LeVias	17.9	1973	SD	14	30	536	38.3	3	33	2	16.5	2.4	0
9	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	17.7	1973	MIA	14	29	514	36.7	11	15	1	15.0	1.1	0
10	Mel Gray M. Gray	17.7	1973	STL	12	29	513	42.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
11	Rich Caster R. Caster	16.9	1973	NYJ	14	35	593	42.4	4	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
12	Bob Newland B. Newland	16.9	1973	NO	14	29	489	34.9	4	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
13	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	16.7	1973	PHI	14	67	1,116	79.7	9	42	3	14.0	3.0	0
14	Otis Taylor O. Taylor	16.6	1973	KC	14	34	565	40.4	4	-14	4	-3.5	-1.0	0
15	Mike Siani M. Siani	16.5	1973	OAK	14	45	742	53.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Gene Washington G. Washington	16.4	1973	SF	13	37	606	46.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Bob Grim B. Grim	16.0	1973	NYG	14	37	593	42.4	2	-10	1	-10.0	-0.7	0
18	Charle Young C. Young	15.5	1973	PHI	14	55	854	61.0	6	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
19	Ted Kwalick T. Kwalick	15.5	1973	SF	14	47	729	52.1	5	37	5	7.4	2.6	0
20	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	15.5	1973	DET	14	28	433	30.9	2	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
21	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	15.0	1973	CIN	14	29	435	31.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
22	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	14.9	1973	MIA	14	30	447	31.9	2	-5	2	-2.5	-0.4	0
23	Jackie Smith J. Smith	14.6	1973	STL	14	41	600	42.9	1	-14	1	-14.0	-1.0	0
24	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	14.6	1973	DEN	14	43	629	44.9	7	53	5	10.6	3.8	0
25	J.D. Hill	14.6	1973	BUF	14	29	422	30.1	0	0	0		0.0	0

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