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NFL Running Back Air Yards Share Leaders 2025

Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) led running backs in air yards share in 2025 at 7.8%. 106 players with 6+ games qualified.

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.

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NFL Running Back Air Yards Share leaders, 2025 season (6+ games minimum)
Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Air Yards Share	Air Yards	Targets	Games
1	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	7.8%	335	129	17
2	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE	3.4%	159	37	14
3	Bijan Robinson	RB	ATL	2.4%	101	103	17
4	Kyren Williams	RB	LA	2.3%	125	50	17
5	Michael Carter	RB	ARI	1.6%	75	45	13
6	Woody Marks	RB	HOU	1.6%	77	36	16
7	James Cook	RB	BUF	1.5%	56	40	17
8	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	DET	1.4%	54	94	17
9	Zach Charbonnet	RB	SEA	1.1%	40	24	16
10	Chase Brown	RB	CIN	1.0%	46	88	17
11	De'Von Achane	RB	MIA	1.0%	35	85	16
12	Isaiah Davis	RB	NYJ	0.9%	32	28	16
13	Bam Knight	RB	ARI	0.8%	37	31	12
14	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	0.7%	33	39	11
15	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI	0.7%	31	50	16
16	Reggie Gilliam	RB	BUF	0.6%	22	2	11
17	RJ Harvey	RB	DEN	0.6%	28	58	17
18	Blake Corum	RB	LA	0.5%	25	14	17
19	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	HOU	0.5%	24	13	14
20	Julius Chestnut	RB	TEN	0.5%	22	2	16
21	Zavier Scott	RB	MIN	0.5%	17	16	11
22	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ	0.4%	14	48	16
23	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	RB	WAS	0.4%	16	4	12
24	Derrick Henry	RB	BAL	0.4%	12	21	17
25	Malik Davis	RB	DAL	0.4%	18	5	10
26	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	RB	NYG	0.4%	19	48	15
27	AJ Dillon	RB	PHI	0.3%	12	3	6
28	David Montgomery	RB	DET	0.3%	12	29	17
29	Emari Demercado	RB	ARI	0.3%	12	20	12
30	Nick Chubb	RB	HOU	0.3%	15	20	15
31	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN	0.3%	12	41	17
32	Bhayshul Tuten	RB	JAX	0.2%	8	14	15
33	Chris Brooks	RB	GB	0.1%	6	17	17
34	Trevor Etienne	RB	CAR	0.1%	2	3	17
35	Brady Russell	RB	SEA	0.0%	0	1	10
36	Brian Robinson	RB	SF	0.0%	0	12	17
37	British Brooks	RB	HOU	0.0%	0	0	8
38	George Holani	RB	SEA	0.0%	-1	2	10
39	Isaac Guerendo	RB	SF	0.0%	0	0	7
40	Jacob Saylors	RB	DET	0.0%	0	0	11
41	Jaret Patterson	RB	LAC	0.0%	-1	4	6
42	Kareem Hunt	RB	KC	0.0%	0	25	17
43	Kyle Monangai	RB	CHI	0.0%	2	30	17
44	Rasheen Ali	RB	BAL	0.0%	-1	11	15
45	Ray Davis	RB	BUF	0.0%	1	13	17
46	Ronnie Rivers	RB	LA	0.0%	0	0	6
47	Roschon Johnson	RB	CHI	0.0%	0	0	6
48	Sione Vaki	RB	DET	0.0%	0	0	8
49	Terrell Jennings	RB	NE	0.0%	2	1	6
50	Travis Homer	RB	CHI	0.0%	0	0	8

Showing the top 50 of 106 qualified players. Narrow it down by position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs.

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Who led NFL running backs in air yards share in 2025?

Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) led running backs in air yards share in 2025 at 7.8%. Rhamondre Stevenson (RB, NE) was next at 3.4%.

What is air yards share?

How many players qualified for the 2025 air yards share leaderboard?

106 players with 6+ games qualified for the 2025 air yards share leaderboard among running backs. The table above lists the top 50.

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Stats as of July 28, 2026. Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. Source: nflverse-data. License: CC-BY-4.0.

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