NFL Single-Season Yards per Reception Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The NFL single-season yards per reception record is 32.58, set by Don Currivan in 1947. It has stood for 79 years. The mark has been raised 5 times since 1933.
Record Holders
6 marks since 1933| Year | Player | Y/R | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Don Currivan | 32.58 | still standing |
| 1945 |
 Frank Liebel
|
26.95 | 2 years |
| 1939 |
 Don Hutson
|
24.88 | 6 years |
| 1938 |
 Jim Benton
|
19.90 | 1 year |
| 1935 |
 Charley Malone
|
19.68 | 3 years |
| 1933 | Shipwreck Kelly | 11.18 | 2 years |
The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.