Interpreted as:
highest average yards per reception with a minimum of 200 receptions by a player| NAME | AVG | REC | GP | TRG | REC YDS | REC YDS/G | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Homer Jones | 22.3 | 224 | 87 | 4,986 | 57.3 | 36 | 146 | 17 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Buddy Dial | 20.8 | 261 | 98 | 5,436 | 55.5 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Harlon Hill | 20.2 | 233 | 103 | 4,717 | 45.8 | 40 | 103 | 12 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 0 | |
 | Flipper Anderson | 20.1 | 267 | 114 | 5,357 | 47.0 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 20.1 | 427 | 157 | 8,565 | 54.6 | 85 | 204 | 22 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 20.0 | 371 | 132 | 7,414 | 56.2 | 71 | 68 | 24 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2 | |
| Willie Gault | 19.9 | 333 | 170 | 6,635 | 39.0 | 44 | 154 | 21 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Orr | 19.8 | 400 | 149 | 7,914 | 53.1 | 66 | 122 | 15 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 19.6 | 281 | 142 | 5,508 | 38.8 | 50 | 682 | 137 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4 | |
| Hugh Taylor | 19.2 | 272 | 94 | 5,233 | 55.7 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Stanley Morgan | 19.2 | 557 | 196 | 10,716 | 54.7 | 72 | 127 | 21 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 19.0 | 438 | 154 | 8,306 | 53.9 | 71 | 35 | 6 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Lance Alworth | 18.9 | 542 | 136 | 10,266 | 75.5 | 85 | 129 | 24 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 2 | |
| Mel Gray | 18.9 | 351 | 145 | 6,644 | 45.8 | 45 | 154 | 15 | 10.3 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Carroll Dale | 18.9 | 438 | 189 | 8,277 | 43.8 | 52 | 30 | 4 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Roger Carr | 18.7 | 271 | 115 | 5,071 | 44.1 | 31 | -8 | 1 | -8.0 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 18.7 | 633 | 186 | 11,834 | 63.6 | 88 | 70 | 24 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Frank Clarke | 18.6 | 291 | 140 | 5,426 | 38.8 | 50 | 231 | 32 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Gary Garrison | 18.6 | 405 | 134 | 7,538 | 56.3 | 58 | 29 | 12 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Del Shofner | 18.5 | 349 | 125 | 6,470 | 51.8 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 18.5 | 382 | 151 | 7,056 | 46.7 | 48 | 293 | 35 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 2 | |
| Max McGee | 18.4 | 345 | 148 | 6,346 | 42.9 | 50 | 121 | 12 | 10.1 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 18.4 | 343 | 103 | 6,299 | 61.2 | 53 | 317 | 74 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| James Lofton | 18.3 | 764 | 233 | 14,004 | 60.1 | 75 | 246 | 32 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Ben Hawkins | 18.3 | 261 | 104 | 4,764 | 45.8 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | |
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StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.