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2026 season · RB leaderboards

NFL Running Back Receiving Yards Leaders 2026

2026 season

Leaders appear
after week 1.

Receiving yards is the headline production number. It is the right place to start and the wrong place to stop, because it says nothing about how many chances it took to get there.

2026 season starts September 10, 2026; leaders appear after week 1

See the same receiving yards leaderboard for 2025.

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Receiving Yards leaders, all positions

Receiving Yards by position: wide receivers · tight ends

More 2026 leaderboards: Rushing Yards leaders · Targets leaders · Receptions leaders · Target Share leaders · all NFL stats

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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.