most yards after reception by a wide receiver in a single season, minimum 5 receptions per game

Jim Benton has the most yards per reception by a wide receiver when he has had 5 or more (REC/GP) in a season, with 23.7 per reception in 1945.

NAME AVG REC GP REC/GP SEASON TM TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Jim Benton
J. Benton
23.7
45
9
5
1945
CLE CLE
1,067
118.6
8
0
0
0.0
0
2 Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
22.7
66
12
5.5
1951
LA LA
1,495
124.6
17
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
3 Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
21.3
82
14
5.86
1961
HOU HOU
1,746
124.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
4 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
21.1
49
8
6.13
1982
SD SD
1,032
129.0
9
32
5
6.4
4.0
0
5 Bill Groman
B. Groman
20.5
72
14
5.14
1960
HOU HOU
1,473
105.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
6 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
20.2
61
12
5.08
1964
SD SD
1,235
102.9
13
60
3
20.0
5.0
2
7 Don Maynard
D. Maynard
20.2
71
14
5.07
1967
NYJ NYJ
1,434
102.4
10
18
4
4.5
1.3
0
8 Torry Holt
T. Holt
19.9
82
16
5.13
2000
STL STL
139
1,635
102.2
6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
9 Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
19.7
70
14
5
1989
RAM RAM
1,382
98.7
8
10
2
5.0
0.7
0
10 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
19.2
72
14
5.14
1962
WAS WAS
1,384
98.9
11
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
11 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
18.9
73
13
5.62
1966
SD SD
1,383
106.4
13
10
3
3.3
0.8
0
12 Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
18.9
87
14
6.21
2013
CLE CLE
159
1,646
117.6
9
88
5
17.6
6.3
0
13 Victor Cruz
V. Cruz
18.7
82
16
5.13
2011
NYG NYG
131
1,536
96.0
9
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
14 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
18.3
86
16
5.38
1986
SF SF
1,570
98.1
15
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
15 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
18.2
78
14
5.57
2008
CAR CAR
129
1,421
101.5
6
40
5
8.0
2.9
0
16 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
18.1
82
16
5.13
1989
SF SF
1,483
92.7
17
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
17 Art Powell
A. Powell
17.9
76
14
5.43
1964
OAK OAK
1,361
97.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
18 Art Powell
A. Powell
17.9
73
14
5.21
1963
OAK OAK
1,304
93.1
16
0
0
0.0
0
19 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
17.8
84
14
6
2013
DET DET
157
1,492
106.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
20 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
17.8
84
16
5.25
1986
NE NE
1,491
93.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
21 Mike Evans
M. Evans
17.7
86
16
5.38
2018
TB TB
138
1,524
95.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
22 Randy Moss
R. Moss
17.7
80
16
5
1999
MIN MIN
137
1,413
88.3
11
43
4
10.8
2.7
0
23 Santana Moss
S. Moss
17.7
84
16
5.25
2005
WAS WAS
134
1,483
92.7
9
-3
3
-1.0
-0.2
0
24 Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
17.6
80
16
5
2011
ARI ARI
154
1,411
88.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
25 Don Maynard
D. Maynard
17.6
72
14
5.14
1960
NYT NYT
1,265
90.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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