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NFL Career Leaders
Yards per Catch

1

1964-1970

22.3

2

1959-1966

20.8

3

1954-1962

20.2

4

Flipper Anderson

1988-1995

20.1

5

1964-1977

20.1

6

1965-1975

20.0

7

1983-1993

19.9

8

1958-1970

19.8

9

1952-1963

19.6

10

1947-1954

19.2

11

1977-1990

19.2

12

1977-1989

19.0

13

1971-1982

18.9

14

1970-1977

18.9

15

1960-1973

18.9

16

1974-1983

18.7

17

1957-1967

18.6

18

1958-1967

18.5

19

1967-1977

18.5

20

1954-1967

18.4

21

1949-1957

18.4

22

1978-1993

18.3

23

1970-1981

18.3

24

1966-1973

18.3

25

1980-1989

18.1

26

Mervyn Fernandez

1987-1992

18.0

27

1966-1974

18.0

28

1969-1983

17.9

29

1952-1960

17.9

30

Devery Henderson

2005-2012

17.9

31

Gene Washington

1969-1979

17.8

32

1982-1990

17.8

33

1965-1975

17.7

34

2008-2021

17.6

35

1975-1983

17.4

36

1961-1970

17.4

37

1953-1961

17.4

38

1983-1992

17.4

39

1972-1984

17.3

40

1979-1987

17.3

41

1951-1961

17.3

42

2004-2015

17.3

43

1980-1987

17.3

44

2002-2008

17.3

45

1993-2001

17.3

46

1951-1962

17.2

47

1970-1981

17.1

48

1973-1984

17.1

49

1952-1960

17.0

50

2012-2021

17.0

51

1957-1968

17.0

52

1984-1990

17.0

53

1971-1983

16.9

54

1970-1974

16.9

55

1983-1998

16.9

56

Leonard Thompson

1976-1986

16.9

57

1985-1991

16.9

58

1988-1993

16.9

59

1970-1981

16.9

60

1983-1991

16.8

61

1952-1963

16.8

62

Vincent Jackson

2005-2016

16.8

63

1959-1965

16.8

64

1984-1992

16.8

65

Jim Mutscheller

1954-1961

16.7

66

1976-1985

16.7

67

Derrick Alexander

1994-2002

16.7

68

1965-1976

16.7

69

1986-1993

16.7

70

1977-1986

16.7

71

1938-1947

16.7

72

1956-1967

16.6

73

1963-1973

16.6

74

1982-1990

16.6

75

1980-1988

16.5

76

1963-1977

16.5

77

1959-1968

16.4

78

1956-1966

16.4

79

1935-1945

16.4

80

1975-1983

16.4

81

2017-2021

16.3

82

1974-1983

16.3

83

1976-1985

16.3

84

1978-1985

16.3

85

1974-1982

16.3

86

John Stallworth

1974-1987

16.2

87

1970-1986

16.2

88

1992-2000

16.2

89

1986-1994

16.2

90

1986-1994

16.2

91

1972-1979

16.2

92

1994-2003

16.2

93

1976-1984

16.2

94

1971-1981

16.1

95

1987-1995

16.1

96

2017-2021

16.1

97

1982-1987

16.1

98

2011-2018

16.1

99

Cris Collinsworth

1981-1988

16.1

100

1978-1988

16.0

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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