Yards Per Catch Leaders

Yards per catch repeats at 0.33 — better than catch rate, and far below the volume measures around it.

0 is a coin flip and 1 is a fixed property. Each bar is one measure correlated with itself across the same season. Opportunity sits at the top and efficiency at the bottom, and that ordering is the single most useful thing on this page.

Who gains the most per reception?

#	Player	Games	Yards per catch	Catches
1	Alec Pierce	66	18.56	162
2	Henry Ruggs III	20	18.42	50
3	DeSean Jackson	73	17.38	200
4	Josh Gordon	42	16.81	91
5	Christian Watson	54	16.80	155
6	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	129	16.74	246
7	Jameson Williams	57	16.59	165
8	Gabe Davis	88	16.37	219
9	Kenny Golladay	75	16.24	226
10	Breshad Perriman	81	16.08	146
11	Bryan Edwards	36	16.08	51
12	Marquise Goodwin	90	16.03	171
13	J.J. Nelson	47	15.89	74
14	Tyrell Williams	65	15.73	204
15	Jalen Guyton	46	15.66	71
16	Marcus Johnson	57	15.66	61
17	George Pickens	70	15.55	293
18	Mike Williams	109	15.54	338
19	Donovan Peoples-Jones	63	15.53	124
20	KhaDarel Hodge	117	15.35	68

2016-2026, 61,376 player-games. only those with at least 50 receptions, applied because the question set no minimum and a rate over a handful is not a ranking.

This season

#	Player	Games	Yards per catch	Catches
1	Devontez Walker	2	47.00	1
2	Josh Palmer	3	38.50	2
3	Xavier Legette	2	32.00	2
4	Ryan Miller	2	30.67	3
5	Jordan Watkins	1	30.00	2
6	Omar Cooper Jr.	1	30.00	1
7	Tez Johnson	3	28.50	2
8	Dareke Young	3	27.00	1
9	Romeo Doubs	3	24.17	6
10	Troy Franklin	3	24.00	2
11	Zay Flowers	2	23.40	10
12	Elic Ayomanor	3	22.75	4
13	Kyle Williams	3	22.00	2
14	Denzel Boston	3	21.67	9
15	Jonathon Brooks	2	21.50	2

2026 so far. everyone who matched -- the usual four-game minimum was dropped because nobody in this window has played that many yet, so read a one or two game rate as the small sample it is.

What this number is worth

It is closer to a role description than to a skill: a player used deep will post a high number and one used on screens a low one, and the role is more stable than the number.

This is why receiving yards are modeled directly here rather than as catches times yards per catch. Yards per game repeats at 0.87; the decomposition into 0.89 and 0.33 throws that away.

Split-half reliability 0.33 (0.49 projected to a full season) across 2,692 player-seasons, 2018–2025, every player with at least four games in each half of a season. Measured 2026-09-29 by tools/reliability_players.py; the boards above are built by the same query engine the assistant uses.

Snap Share Leaders — and Why It Is the Most Reliable Number in FantasyThe most repeatable thing a player does Target Share Leaders — the Best Receiving Signal There IsRepeats at 0.93 Targets Per Game LeadersRepeats at 0.92 Catches Per Game LeadersRepeats at 0.89