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NFL Running Back Target Share Leaders 2025

Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) led running backs in target share in 2025 at 23.5%. 106 players with 6+ games qualified.

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.

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NFL Running Back Target Share leaders, 2025 season (6+ games minimum)
Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Target Share	Targets	Receptions	Rec Yards	Games
1	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	23.5%	129	102	924	17
2	Bijan Robinson	RB	ATL	19.8%	103	79	820	17
3	De'Von Achane	RB	MIA	18.4%	85	67	488	16
4	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	DET	17.1%	94	77	616	17
5	Kenny Gainwell	RB	PIT	16.3%	85	73	486	17
6	Ashton Jeanty	RB	LV	14.8%	73	55	346	17
7	Chase Brown	RB	CIN	14.5%	88	69	437	17
8	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI	10.8%	50	37	273	16
9	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND	10.4%	55	46	378	17
10	Rico Dowdle	RB	CAR	10.4%	50	39	297	17
11	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ	10.2%	48	36	350	16
12	RJ Harvey	RB	DEN	9.9%	58	47	356	17
13	Josh Jacobs	RB	GB	9.6%	44	36	282	15
14	Travis Etienne	RB	JAX	9.5%	52	36	292	17
15	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	RB	NYG	9.5%	48	36	288	15
16	Tyjae Spears	RB	TEN	9.4%	50	45	264	13
17	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI	9.0%	48	34	299	16
18	Aaron Jones	RB	MIN	8.8%	41	28	199	12
19	TreVeyon Henderson	RB	NE	8.7%	42	35	221	17
20	Jaylen Warren	RB	PIT	8.6%	45	40	333	16
21	Kyren Williams	RB	LA	8.6%	50	36	281	17
22	James Cook	RB	BUF	8.4%	40	33	291	17
23	Javonte Williams	RB	DAL	8.4%	51	35	137	16
24	Rachaad White	RB	TB	8.3%	45	40	218	17
25	Chuba Hubbard	RB	CAR	8.1%	39	30	223	15
26	Kenneth Walker III	RB	SEA	7.9%	36	31	282	17
27	Dylan Sampson	RB	CLE	7.7%	40	33	271	15
28	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE	7.7%	37	32	345	14
29	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN	7.7%	41	33	206	17
30	Michael Carter	RB	ARI	7.3%	45	33	267	13
31	Jeremy McNichols	RB	WAS	7.2%	31	25	196	16
32	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	6.9%	39	33	186	11
33	Quinshon Judkins	RB	CLE	6.9%	36	26	171	14
34	Ty Johnson	RB	BUF	6.9%	33	24	263	17
35	Justice Hill	RB	BAL	6.6%	27	21	169	10
36	Bucky Irving	RB	TB	6.5%	35	30	277	10
37	Woody Marks	RB	HOU	6.5%	36	24	208	16
38	Brashard Smith	RB	KC	6.4%	35	25	172	17
39	Cam Skattebo	RB	NYG	6.4%	32	24	207	8
40	Omarion Hampton	RB	LAC	6.4%	35	32	192	9
41	Jerome Ford	RB	CLE	6.1%	32	26	103	13
42	Isaiah Davis	RB	NYJ	5.9%	28	21	186	16
43	Kyle Monangai	RB	CHI	5.6%	30	18	164	17
44	David Montgomery	RB	DET	5.3%	29	24	192	17
45	Tyler Badie	RB	DEN	5.3%	31	19	141	16
46	Zach Charbonnet	RB	SEA	5.3%	24	20	144	16
47	Derrick Henry	RB	BAL	5.2%	21	15	150	17
48	Bam Knight	RB	ARI	5.0%	31	22	160	12
49	Isiah Pacheco	RB	KC	4.7%	26	19	101	13
50	Kareem Hunt	RB	KC	4.6%	25	18	143	17

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 target share in 2025?

Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) led running backs in target share in 2025 at 23.5%. Bijan Robinson (RB, ATL) was next at 19.8%.

What is target share?

How many players qualified for the 2025 target share leaderboard?

106 players with 6+ games qualified for the 2025 target 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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