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Target share is the slice of a team's passing targets that went to one player. It travels better than raw catches because it holds up when a team throws more or less than usual, which is why it is the first number to check when a receiver's role changes.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Snap share is the share of his offense's plays a player was on the field for, averaged across the games he appeared in. It is the cleanest read on whether a coaching staff actually trusts someone, and it usually moves before the box score does.
By position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends
Air yards count the distance the ball travelled in the air on every target, caught or not. It separates a receiver who is genuinely being thrown downfield from one whose yards come after the catch, and it is the raw material behind target share's more useful cousins.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Average depth of target, or aDOT, is air yards divided by targets: how far downfield a receiver is asked to work on a typical throw. A high aDOT means big plays and more volatility. A low one means volume and a steadier floor.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Yards after catch is everything a receiver produced once the ball was in his hands. Read next to air yards, it tells you whether the production is coming from scheme and separation or from what he does on his own afterwards.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
WOPR, the weighted opportunity rating, blends target share and air yards share into one number for how much of a passing game runs through a player. It is the single best one-glance measure of receiving opportunity.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Air yards share is the portion of a team's total downfield passing distance aimed at one player. Where target share counts throws, this weights them by how far they travelled, so the deep threat separates from the checkdown option.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Catch rate is receptions divided by targets. On its own it flatters short-area receivers, so it is worth reading beside average depth of target: a high catch rate on a high aDOT is the genuinely rare combination.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Yards per target is what a team got back every time it threw at a player, whether or not he caught it. Because the denominator is targets rather than catches, drops and contested misses count against him, which is exactly what you want when judging efficiency.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Expected points added measures how much each play moved a team's expected scoring, given down, distance and field position. Receiving EPA totals that across a player's targets, so a catch on third-and-long counts for more than the same yardage on first down.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Rushing EPA totals how much a runner's carries moved his team's expected points. It is unsentimental about volume: a back can lead the league in yards and still post a negative figure if those yards arrived in situations that did not need them.
By position: running backs · quarterbacks
Receiving yards is the headline production number. It is the right place to start and the wrong place to stop, because it says nothing about how many chances it took to get there.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Rushing yards is the headline number for a runner. Read it with carries and snap share, since the same total means something very different at 300 carries than at 180.
By position: running backs · quarterbacks · wide receivers
Targets count every pass thrown a player's way. It is the purest volume statistic in a passing game and the input most likely to repeat next season, which is why it travels further than catches or yards.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Receptions is the catch count, and in points-per-reception scoring it is a scoring category in its own right rather than just a description of what happened.
By position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs
Stats as of July 28, 2026. Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. Source: nflverse-data. License: CC-BY-4.0.