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NFL Tight End Air Yards Leaders 2025

Trey McBride (TE, ARI) led tight ends in air yards in 2025 at 1,126. 137 players recorded air yards in 2025. Source: nflverse.

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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.

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NFL Tight End Air Yards leaders, 2025 season
RankPlayerPosTeamAir YardsTargetsRec YardsGames
1Trey McBrideTEARI1,1261691,23917
2Kyle PittsTEATL86911892817
3Juwan JohnsonTENO77310288917
4Colston LovelandTECHI7468271316
5Travis KelceTEKC73510885117
6Hunter HenryTENE7108776817
7Dalton SchultzTEHOU65910677717
8Zach ErtzTEWAS6567250413
9Harold Fannin Jr.TECLE64610773116
10Oronde Gadsden IITELAC6246966415
11Theo JohnsonTENYG6167452815
12Tyler WarrenTEIND60211281717
13Dallas GoedertTEPHI5838259115
14Brock BowersTELV5608668012
15Mark AndrewsTEBAL5087042217
16Jake FergusonTEDAL47510260017
17Terrance FergusonTELA4662523111
18Dalton KincaidTEBUF4654957112
19George KittleTESF4606962811
20Cole KmetTECHI4214834716
21Cade OttonTETB4198157215
22Mike GesickiTECIN4184230712
23Brenton StrangeTEJAX4146054012
24Mason TaylorTENYJ3756536913
25Chig OkonkwoTETEN3667956017
26Darren WallerTEMIA359342839
27Evan EngramTEDEN3317646116
28Dawson KnoxTEBUF3294941716
29T.J. HockensonTEMIN3296643815
30Pat FreiermuthTEPIT3235448615
31Gunnar HelmTETEN3035535716
32AJ BarnerTESEA2976851917
33Isaiah LikelyTEBAL2873630712
34Sam LaPortaTEDET277494899
35Luke MusgraveTEGB2663125213
36David NjokuTECLE2534829311
37Colby ParkinsonTELA2485640814
38Daniel BellingerTENYG2442628613
39Darnell WashingtonTEPIT2424336413
40Michael MayerTELV2405032813
41Noah GrayTEKC2393717814
42Austin HooperTENE2342626313
43Jonnu SmithTEPIT2345422217
44Jake TongesTESF2334629310
45Elijah ArroyoTESEA2202617913
46Tyler HigbeeTELA2183628110
47Tucker KraftTEGB201444898
48Luke SchoonmakerTEDAL1652313214
49Ja'Tavion SandersTECAR1643419012
50Tommy TrembleTECAR1633724915

Showing the top 50 of 137 ranked players. Narrow it down by position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs.

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Who led NFL tight ends in air yards in 2025?

Trey McBride (TE, ARI) led tight ends in air yards in 2025 at 1,126. Kyle Pitts (TE, ATL) was next at 869.

What is air yards?

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.

How many players qualified for the 2025 air yards leaderboard?

137 players qualified for the 2025 air yards leaderboard among tight ends. The table above lists the top 50.

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Stats as of September 2, 2026. Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. Source: nflverse-data. License: CC-BY-4.0.