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Offensive: Receiving · Rec Air Yds

OFF · ReceivingP + N
About this stat ↓

Showing the 2019 season. The most recent season with data for this stat is 2026.

What Rec Air Yds is

Receiving air yards: how far the ball travelled in the air on passes thrown to the team's receivers, added up. It measures the depth of the targets, not what came of them.

Higher is better. It is shown per game, so a team's number does not depend on games played. Source: P + N.

In 2019 the Buccaneers led at 405.8; the league average was 286.1.

League snapshot — 2019

League leader
TB · 405.8
League average
286.1
Best to worst
210.4

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2019

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
TB · 405.8
League laggard
SF · 195.4
League average
286.1
Spread (max − min)
210.4

Does Rec Air Yds matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 777–801–37 ATS (49.2%) across 2020–2025, #266 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2025 (144–125, 53.5%); its worst 2024 (108–155, 41.1%).

For picks, this is noise. One stat is not a recipe — the algorithms combine many.

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256129–125–250.8%
2021272127–143–247.0%
2022271140–124–753.0%
2023272129–129–1450.0%
2024272108–155–941.1%
2025272144–125–353.5%

Rec Air Yds in 2019 vs 2018

Buccaneers lead at 405.8 — they ranked #1 last year. 49ers are last at 195.4 — #27 last year.

The league average is 286.1, up 6.23 from 279.8 last year.

Biggest riser: Dolphins, #31 → #4. Biggest faller: Steelers, #4 → #24.

Spread between first and last: 210.4; 20 teams are within 46.71 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2019 vs 2018

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
MIA · +110.3
Biggest faller
PIT · −81.31
Most consistent
NO · −1.69
League trend 2019 vs 2018
▲ 6.23

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
TB · 289.1
Multi-year laggard
SF · 236.1
Biggest improver
NO · +17.28/yr
Biggest decliner
TB · −20.83/yr

Multi-year heatmap

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

Team2020202120222023202420252026
LAR246.1302218.4265.1242.6319.3378.8
CAR257.1259.8195.4263.6262.6202.9365.5
HOU304.2235.1256.4304.5273.7280.3355.4
NO203.4220.3267.6295.1260.6281.6326.2
GB258.4269.3263.4290.6246.3251.9322.2
PIT291.1261.1276.9222.6232.1192.9316.2
NYG249.4256.6196.1222.7236.4263.1312.4
WAS231.9242.4261.9280.4234.8235.2307.6
DET311.3222.5243.2240.4205.1219.5302.4
NE187.2252.2241.8240.9226.2271.3292.2
LV280.8300.9315.2251.8262.1188.7291.4
DAL297.4300.9262.9282275.6298.2288.2
ARI279.7260.3270.8246.2217.5274.1284.6
CIN295.4258.6260.8228.1271.4276.9270.4
MIA267263312.9253.3218.3197.8268.4
BUF320.8315330.4295.4250.7212.6261.8
IND247.9235.3225.7250.3319.6257.6256
CHI304.4264.4201.5222.1266.7290.8252.4
LAC294.9298.9265.9278.4256.6267.4242.4
TB352.5346.7303.6286.2233.4264.9236
PHI334.8248.8261.3284.9204.9263.7232.2
BAL220.7307.8236.1240.5244.8201.3224.8
JAX303.6280.3256293269.8287.1224.8
KC318.9292.1277.2240.9223.9266.6222.8
SF236.4235.5204.9236.4266.4252.7220.6
TEN253.7235.6209.8268.8251.5236.1215.8
CLE264.8252.5261.9311.7302.3222.6211
SEA302.1271.7254.1242.4242221.1202.4
NYJ265.4255.8304.3235.3242.3200.2200
MIN256.4284.8295290272.1221186.4
DEN314.1267.8294220.8242.9264169.8
ATL338.6243.7237.2255.6262.7245.3151

Rec Air Yds since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Buccaneers (415.1), 2019 Buccaneers (405.8).

Buccaneers have led this stat 2 of 2 seasons.

The best season on record is Buccaneers 2018 at 415.1; the worst 49ers 2019 at 195.4.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2019.

About this stat
Stat ID
off_receiving_rec_air_yds
Side
offensive
Family
Receiving
Data source
P + N
Polarity
higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain
count
Algorithm eligibility
Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.