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NFL Running Back Targets Leaders 2025

Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) led running backs in targets in 2025 at 129. 151 players recorded targets in 2025.

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.

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NFL Running Back Targets leaders, 2025 season
Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Targets	Receptions	Rec Yards	Rec TDs	Games
1	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	129	102	924	7	17
2	Bijan Robinson	RB	ATL	103	79	820	4	17
3	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	DET	94	77	616	5	17
4	Chase Brown	RB	CIN	88	69	437	5	17
5	De'Von Achane	RB	MIA	85	67	488	4	16
6	Kenny Gainwell	RB	PIT	85	73	486	3	17
7	Ashton Jeanty	RB	LV	73	55	346	5	17
8	RJ Harvey	RB	DEN	58	47	356	5	17
9	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND	55	46	378	2	17
10	Travis Etienne	RB	JAX	52	36	292	6	17
11	Javonte Williams	RB	DAL	51	35	137	2	16
12	Kyren Williams	RB	LA	50	36	281	3	17
13	Rico Dowdle	RB	CAR	50	39	297	1	17
14	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI	50	37	273	2	16
15	Tyjae Spears	RB	TEN	50	45	264	0	13
16	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ	48	36	350	1	16
17	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI	48	34	299	1	16
18	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	RB	NYG	48	36	288	2	15
19	Jaylen Warren	RB	PIT	45	40	333	2	16
20	Michael Carter	RB	ARI	45	33	267	0	13
21	Rachaad White	RB	TB	45	40	218	0	17
22	Josh Jacobs	RB	GB	44	36	282	1	15
23	TreVeyon Henderson	RB	NE	42	35	221	1	17
24	Aaron Jones	RB	MIN	41	28	199	1	12
25	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN	41	33	206	0	17
26	Dylan Sampson	RB	CLE	40	33	271	2	15
27	James Cook	RB	BUF	40	33	291	2	17
28	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	39	33	186	0	11
29	Chuba Hubbard	RB	CAR	39	30	223	3	15
30	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE	37	32	345	2	14
31	Kenneth Walker III	RB	SEA	36	31	282	0	17
32	Quinshon Judkins	RB	CLE	36	26	171	0	14
33	Woody Marks	RB	HOU	36	24	208	3	16
34	Brashard Smith	RB	KC	35	25	172	1	17
35	Bucky Irving	RB	TB	35	30	277	3	10
36	Omarion Hampton	RB	LAC	35	32	192	1	9
37	Ty Johnson	RB	BUF	33	24	263	2	17
38	Cam Skattebo	RB	NYG	32	24	207	2	8
39	Jerome Ford	RB	CLE	32	26	103	0	13
40	Bam Knight	RB	ARI	31	22	160	1	12
41	Jeremy McNichols	RB	WAS	31	25	196	0	16
42	Tyler Badie	RB	DEN	31	19	141	0	16
43	Kyle Monangai	RB	CHI	30	18	164	0	17
44	David Montgomery	RB	DET	29	24	192	0	17
45	Isaiah Davis	RB	NYJ	28	21	186	0	16
46	Justice Hill	RB	BAL	27	21	169	1	10
47	Isiah Pacheco	RB	KC	26	19	101	1	13
48	Kareem Hunt	RB	KC	25	18	143	1	17
49	Zach Charbonnet	RB	SEA	24	20	144	0	16
50	Kimani Vidal	RB	LAC	22	16	136	1	13

Showing the top 50 of 151 qualified players. Narrow it down by position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs.

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Asked & answered

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Who led NFL running backs in targets in 2025?

Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) led running backs in targets in 2025 at 129. Bijan Robinson (RB, ATL) was next at 103.

What is targets?

How many players qualified for the 2025 targets leaderboard?

151 players qualified for the 2025 targets leaderboard among running backs. The table above lists the top 50.

Data source

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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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