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NFL Running Back Yards After Catch Leaders 2025

Bijan Robinson (RB, ATL) led running backs in yards after the catch in 2025 at 857. 151 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.

The leaderboard

The top 50,
ranked.

NFL Running Back Yards After Catch leaders, 2025 season
RankPlayerPosTeamYards After CatchReceptionsRec YardsTargetsGames
1Bijan RobinsonRBATL8577982010317
2Christian McCaffreyRBSF72010292412917
3Jahmyr GibbsRBDET615776169417
4De'Von AchaneRBMIA552674888516
5Kenny GainwellRBPIT528734868517
6Ashton JeantyRBLV452553467317
7Chase BrownRBCIN450694378817
8Jaylen WarrenRBPIT439403334516
9Jonathan TaylorRBIND434463785517
10Tyjae SpearsRBTEN361452645013
11Bucky IrvingRBTB360302773510
12RJ HarveyRBDEN360473565817
13D'Andre SwiftRBCHI357342994816
14Rico DowdleRBCAR350392975017
15Kenneth Walker IIIRBSEA339312823617
16Travis EtienneRBJAX339362925217
17Rachaad WhiteRBTB329402184517
18Breece HallRBNYJ321363504816
19Dylan SampsonRBCLE318332714015
20Tyrone Tracy Jr.RBNYG314362884815
21Josh JacobsRBGB304362824415
22Ty JohnsonRBBUF301242633317
23Saquon BarkleyRBPHI296372735016
24Chuba HubbardRBCAR291302233915
25James CookRBBUF272332914017
26Rhamondre StevensonRBNE263323453714
27Michael CarterRBARI257332674513
28Omarion HamptonRBLAC24532192359
29TreVeyon HendersonRBNE244352214217
30Brashard SmithRBKC232251723517
31Aaron JonesRBMIN227281994112
32Woody MarksRBHOU223242083616
33Jeremy McNicholsRBWAS222251963116
34Tyler BadieRBDEN210191413116
35Cam SkatteboRBNYG20924207328
36Javonte WilliamsRBDAL206351375116
37Tony PollardRBTEN203332064117
38Alvin KamaraRBNO202331863911
39David MontgomeryRBDET199241922917
40Quinshon JudkinsRBCLE194261713614
41Isaiah DavisRBNYJ189211862816
42Justice HillRBBAL184211692710
43Kimani VidalRBLAC170161362213
44Devin SingletaryRBNYG162181511917
45Kyle MonangaiRBCHI162181643017
46Kyren WilliamsRBLA155362815017
47Jerome FordRBCLE154261033213
48Kareem HuntRBKC153181432517
49Bam KnightRBARI151221603112
50Devin NealRBNO13817104199

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

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Yards After Catch leaders, all positions

Yards After Catch by position: wide receivers · tight ends

More 2025 leaderboards: WOPR leaders · Air Yards Share leaders · Catch Rate leaders · Yards Per Target leaders · all NFL stats

Asked & answered

Straight answers,
no filler.

Who led NFL running backs in yards after the catch in 2025?

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

What is yards after the catch?

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.

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

151 players qualified for the 2025 yards after the catch leaderboard among running backs. 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.