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1997 AFC Yards per Reception Leaders

Receiving yards per catch

1997 wide receivers only → All-time career leaders →

James McKnight led the AFC in yards per reception with 18.74 in 1997, 1.04 ahead of Yancey Thigpen (17.70).

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Led the AFC in 1997 James McKnight SEA
18.74 Yards per Reception 1.04 clear of Yancey Thigpen
Showing Yards per Reception and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team Y/R G REC YDS TD
1 James McKnight SEA 18.74 12 34 637 6
2 Yancey Thigpen PIT 17.70 16 79 1,398 7
3 James Jett OAK 17.48 16 46 804 12
4 Rod Smith Rod Smith DEN 16.86 16 70 1,180 12
5 Rickey Dudley OAK 16.40 16 48 787 7
6 Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith JAC 16.15 16 82 1,324 4
7 Chris Sanders TEN 16.06 15 31 498 3
8 Shawn Jefferson NE 15.57 16 54 841 2
9 Derrick Alexander BAL 15.52 15 65 1,009 9
10 Jermaine Lewis BAL 15.43 14 42 648 6
11 Shannon Sharpe Shannon Sharpe DEN 15.38 16 72 1,107 3
12 Andre Rison Andre Rison KC 15.17 16 72 1,092 7
13 Troy Brown Troy Brown NE 14.80 16 41 607 6
14 Darnay Scott CIN 14.76 16 54 797 5
15 Andre Reed Andre Reed BUF 14.67 15 60 880 5
16 Joey Galloway Joey Galloway SEA 14.57 15 72 1,049 12
17 Eric Metcalf Eric Metcalf SD 14.40 16 40 576 2
18 Tony Martin Tony Martin SD 14.35 16 63 904 6
19 Troy Drayton Troy Drayton MIA 14.31 16 39 558 4
20 Quinn Early Quinn Early BUF 14.22 16 60 853 5
21 Wayne Chrebet Wayne Chrebet NYJ 13.78 16 58 799 3
22 Keyshawn Johnson Keyshawn Johnson NYJ 13.76 16 70 963 5
23 Keenan McCardell Keenan McCardell JAC 13.69 16 85 1,164 5
24 Tim Brown Tim Brown OAK 13.54 16 104 1,408 5
25 Carl Pickens Carl Pickens CIN 13.37 12 52 695 5
26 Michael Jackson BAL 13.30 16 69 918 4
27 Charlie Jones SD 13.22 16 32 423 1
28 Mike Pritchard SEA 13.17 16 64 843 2
29 Willie Davis TEN 13.12 16 43 564 4
30 Ed McCaffrey Ed McCaffrey DEN 13.11 15 45 590 8
31 Jeff Graham NYJ 12.90 16 42 542 2
32 O.J. McDuffie MIA 12.41 16 76 943 1
33 Charles Johnson PIT 12.35 13 46 568 2
34 Courtney Hawkins PIT 12.33 15 45 555 3
35 Freddie Jones SD 12.32 13 41 505 2
36 Tony McGee CIN 12.18 16 34 414 6
37 Frank Wycheck Frank Wycheck TEN 11.87 16 63 748 4
38 Marvin Harrison Marvin Harrison IND 11.86 16 73 866 6
39 Sean Dawkins IND 11.82 14 68 804 2
40 Carlester Crumpler SEA 11.65 15 31 361 1
41 Ben Coates Ben Coates NE 11.17 16 66 737 8
42 Tony Gonzalez Tony Gonzalez KC 11.15 16 33 368 2
43 Pete Mitchell JAC 10.86 16 35 380 4
44 Brian Blades Brian Blades SEA 10.63 11 30 319 2
45 Napoleon Kaufman Napoleon Kaufman OAK 10.08 16 40 403 2
46 Marshall Faulk Marshall Faulk IND 10.02 16 47 471 1
47 Eric Green BAL 9.25 16 65 601 5
48 Ted Popson KC 9.14 13 35 320 2
49 Lonnie Johnson BUF 8.29 16 41 340 2
50 James Stewart James Stewart JAC 8.20 16 41 336 1
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