yards per catch leaders 1987

Anthony Carter had the most yards per reception in 1987, with 24.3 per reception.

Interpreted as:
yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game leaders 1987
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Anthony Carter
A. Carter
24.3
1987
MIN MIN
12
38
922
76.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
2 James Lofton
J. Lofton
21.5
1987
RAI RAI
12
41
880
73.3
5
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
3 Ricky Nattiel
R. Nattiel
20.3
1987
DEN DEN
12
31
630
52.5
2
13
2
6.5
1.1
0
4 Drew Hill
D. Hill
20.2
1987
HOU HOU
12
49
989
82.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
5 Willie Gault
W. Gault
20.1
1987
CHI CHI
12
35
705
58.8
7
16
2
8.0
1.3
0
6 Gary Clark
G. Clark
19.0
1987
WAS WAS
12
56
1,066
88.8
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7 Carlos Carson
C. Carson
19.0
1987
KC KC
12
55
1,044
87.0
7
-7
1
-7.0
-0.6
0
8 Lionel Manuel
L. Manuel
18.2
1987
NYG NYG
12
30
545
45.4
6
-10
1
-10.0
-0.8
0
9 Mark Duper
M. Duper
18.1
1987
MIA MIA
11
33
597
54.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
10 Walter Stanley
W. Stanley
17.7
1987
GB GB
12
38
672
56.0
3
38
4
9.5
3.2
0
11 Eric Martin
E. Martin
17.7
1987
NO NO
15
44
778
51.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
12 Ernest Givins
E. Givins
17.6
1987
HOU HOU
12
53
933
77.8
6
-13
1
-13.0
-1.1
0
13 Mike Quick
M. Quick
17.2
1987
PHI PHI
12
46
790
65.8
11
0
0
0.0
0
14 Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
17.1
1987
CLE CLE
12
47
806
67.2
7
0
0
0.0
0
15 Ricky Sanders
R. Sanders
17.0
1987
WAS WAS
12
37
630
52.5
3
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
16 Roy Green
R. Green
17.0
1987
STL STL
12
43
731
60.9
4
34
2
17.0
2.8
0
17 Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
16.9
1987
MIA MIA
12
46
776
64.7
7
8
2
4.0
0.7
0
18 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
16.8
1987
NE NE
10
40
672
67.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
19 Aubrey Matthews
A. Matthews
16.8
1987
ATL ATL
12
32
537
44.8
3
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
20 Floyd Dixon
F. Dixon
16.7
1987
ATL ATL
12
36
600
50.0
5
-3
3
-1.0
-0.3
0
21 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16.6
1987
SF SF
12
65
1,078
89.8
22
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
22 Stephone Paige
S. Paige
16.4
1987
KC KC
12
43
707
58.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
23 Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
16.3
1987
DEN DEN
11
42
684
62.2
7
-8
1
-8.0
-0.7
0
24 Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
15.9
1987
CIN CIN
8
31
494
61.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
15.8
1987
SD SD
12
39
617
51.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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1
0
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1
0
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1
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1
2
0
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Sun
9/28
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PIT PIT
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Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
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CLE CLE
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Sun
10/19
PHI PHI
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MIN MIN
1:00 PM
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10/23
MIN MIN
@
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8:15 PM
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11/2
MIN MIN
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1:00 PM
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1
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
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9/6
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Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
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8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
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PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
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9/28
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM