Jimmy Orr has averaged the most yards per catch by a rookie wide receiver, with 27.6 per catch in 1958.
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all-time rookie wrs with the highest yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game| NAME | AVG | SEASON | TM | GP | REC | TRG | REC YDS | REC YDS/G | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Orr | 27.6 | 1958 |  PIT | 12 | 33 | 910 | 75.8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| 2 | | R. Sellers | 26.1 | 1969 |  BOS | 12 | 27 | 705 | 58.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | H. Hill | 25.0 | 1954 |  CHB | 12 | 45 | 1,124 | 93.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | C. Sanders | 23.5 | 1995 |  HOU | 16 | 35 | 823 | 51.4 | 9 | -19 | 2 | -9.5 | -1.2 | 0 | |
| 5 | | M. Kutner | 23.5 | 1946 |  CHC | 11 | 27 | 634 | 57.6 | 5 | -1 | 1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| 6 | | J. Jett | 23.4 | 1993 |  RAI | 16 | 33 | 771 | 48.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | B. Howton | 23.2 | 1952 |  GB | 12 | 53 | 1,231 | 102.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | R. Shanklin | 23.0 | 1970 | PIT | 14 | 30 | 691 | 49.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | K. Burrow | 22.5 | 1971 |  ATL | 14 | 33 | 741 | 52.9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B. Hayes | 21.8 | 1965 |  DAL | 13 | 46 | 1,003 | 77.2 | 12 | -8 | 4 | -2.0 | -0.6 | 1 | |
| 11 | | C. Brown | 21.6 | 1982 |  WAS | 9 | 32 | 690 | 76.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | W. Walker | 21.1 | 1977 |  NYJ | 14 | 35 | 740 | 52.9 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| 13 | | H. Copeland | 21.1 | 1993 |  TB | 14 | 30 | 633 | 45.2 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 11.3 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| 14 | | W. Gault | 20.9 | 1983 | CHI | 16 | 40 | 836 | 52.3 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| 15 | | J. Hester | 20.8 | 1985 | RAI | 16 | 32 | 665 | 41.6 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 13.0 | 0.8 | 1 | |
| 16 | | A. Weiner | 20.6 | 1950 |  NYY | 12 | 35 | 722 | 60.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | B. Groman | 20.5 | 1960 |  HOU | 14 | 72 | 1,473 | 105.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 18 |  | M. Irvin | 20.4 | 1988 | DAL | 14 | 32 | 654 | 46.7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| 19 | | D. Dibble | 20.4 | 1951 |  DET | 12 | 30 | 613 | 51.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | D. Turner | 20.4 | 1984 |  SEA | 16 | 35 | 715 | 44.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | R. Nattiel | 20.3 | 1987 |  DEN | 12 | 31 | 630 | 52.5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| 22 | | G. Farmer | 20.2 | 1982 |  RAM | 8 | 17 | 344 | 43.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | A.J. Brown | 20.2 | 2019 | TEN | 16 | 52 | 84 | 1,051 | 65.7 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 20.0 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 24 | | A. Jenkins | 20.2 | 1975 | ATL | 14 | 38 | 767 | 54.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | S. Boyd | 20.1 | 1939 |  PIT | 11 | 21 | 423 | 38.5 | 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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