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Catch Percentage Added to Receiving Stats Table

Posted by Mike Lynch on January 7, 2016

We made a small enhancement to our NFL Receiving stats table by adding "catch percentage" as its own column. You can sort the data by that column to see which players caught the highest percentage of their targets. If you leave the "hide non-qualifiers for rate stats" box checked, it will only sort players with 30+ targets. Please bear in mind that targets are an unofficial category. Our numbers for targets are based on play-by-play descriptions from official accounts, but may slightly differ from numbers seen elsewhere. Our unofficial target data goes back to 1992, so you can run searches across multiple years for catch percentage via the Player Season Finder in the Play Index. For instance, Larry Fitzgerald's 2015 was the highest catch percentage on record by a 100-catch WR not named Wes Welker.

The best catch percentage by any qualified player since 1992 (regardless of position) was Cleveland Gary's 52 receptions on 55 targets in 1992.

Related posts:

  1. Search Targets and Catch Percentage from Player Season Finder
  2. Added Targets to Player and Team Pages
  3. Passing, Rushing, and Receiving Stats Back to 1977
  4. Advanced Stats Added to Team Game Finder
  5. 2015-16 NHL Salaries Table Added

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