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NFL Yards After Catch Leaders 2025

Bijan Robinson (RB, ATL) led the NFL in yards after the catch in 2025 at 857. 527 players recorded yards after the catch in 2025.

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.

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The top 50,
ranked.

NFL Yards After Catch leaders, 2025 season
Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Yards After Catch	Receptions	Rec Yards	Targets	Games
1	Bijan Robinson	RB	ATL	857	79	820	103	17
2	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	720	102	924	129	17
3	Puka Nacua	WR	LA	666	129	1,715	166	16
4	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	CIN	640	125	1,412	185	16
5	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	DET	615	77	616	94	17
6	Trey McBride	TE	ARI	583	126	1,239	169	17
7	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	DET	570	117	1,401	172	17
8	De'Von Achane	RB	MIA	552	67	488	85	16
9	Khalil Shakir	WR	BUF	541	72	719	95	16
10	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	SEA	528	119	1,793	163	17
11	Kenny Gainwell	RB	PIT	528	73	486	85	17
12	George Pickens	WR	DAL	479	93	1,429	137	17
13	Tyler Warren	TE	IND	474	76	817	112	17
14	Deebo Samuel Sr.	WR	WAS	466	72	727	99	16
15	Zay Flowers	WR	BAL	458	86	1,211	118	17
16	Ashton Jeanty	RB	LV	452	55	346	73	17
17	Justin Jefferson	WR	MIN	451	84	1,048	141	17
18	Chase Brown	RB	CIN	450	69	437	88	17
19	Jameson Williams	WR	DET	441	65	1,117	102	17
20	Jaylen Warren	RB	PIT	439	40	333	45	16
21	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND	434	46	378	55	17
22	Travis Kelce	TE	KC	424	76	851	108	17
23	DK Metcalf	WR	PIT	414	59	850	99	15
24	Rashee Rice	WR	KC	414	53	571	78	8
25	Kyle Pitts	TE	ATL	400	88	928	118	17
26	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	NYG	386	92	1,014	140	16
27	Juwan Johnson	TE	NO	362	77	889	102	17
28	Tyjae Spears	RB	TEN	361	45	264	50	13
29	Bucky Irving	RB	TB	360	30	277	35	10
30	RJ Harvey	RB	DEN	360	47	356	58	17
31	Dalton Schultz	TE	HOU	358	82	777	106	17
32	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI	357	34	299	48	16
33	Stefon Diggs	WR	NE	354	85	1,013	102	17
34	Harold Fannin Jr.	TE	CLE	352	72	731	107	16
35	Rico Dowdle	RB	CAR	350	39	297	50	17
36	Tucker Kraft	TE	GB	344	32	489	44	8
37	Chig Okonkwo	TE	TEN	342	56	560	79	17
38	Kenneth Walker III	RB	SEA	339	31	282	36	17
39	Travis Etienne	RB	JAX	339	36	292	52	17
40	Emeka Egbuka	WR	TB	335	63	938	127	17
41	Hunter Henry	TE	NE	335	60	768	87	17
42	Luther Burden III	WR	CHI	334	47	652	60	15
43	Rachaad White	RB	TB	329	40	218	45	17
44	Nico Collins	WR	HOU	324	71	1,117	120	15
45	CeeDee Lamb	WR	DAL	323	75	1,077	117	13
46	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ	321	36	350	48	16
47	Dylan Sampson	RB	CLE	318	33	271	40	15
48	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	RB	NYG	314	36	288	48	15
49	Ladd McConkey	WR	LAC	310	66	789	106	16
50	Cade Otton	TE	TB	309	59	572	81	15

Showing the top 50 of 527 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 the NFL in yards after the catch in 2025?

Bijan Robinson (RB, ATL) led the NFL in yards after the catch in 2025 at 857. Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) was next at 720.

What is yards after the catch?

How many players qualified for the 2025 yards after the catch leaderboard?

527 players qualified for the 2025 yards after the catch leaderboard. The table above lists the top 50.

Data source

Where the numbers
come from.

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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