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Offensive: Receiving · Rec Air Yds

OFF · ReceivingP + N
About this stat ↓

Showing the 2022 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 2022 the Bills led at 330.4; the league average was 258.2.

League snapshot — 2022

League leader
BUF · 330.4
League average
258.2
Best to worst
135.0

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
BUF · 330.4
League laggard
CAR · 195.4
League average
258.2
Spread (max − min)
135.0

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 2022 vs 2021

Bills lead at 330.4 — they ranked #2 last year. Panthers are last at 195.4 — #18 last year.

The league average is 258.2, down 8.71 from 266.9 last year.

Biggest riser: Saints, #32 → #11. Biggest faller: Rams, #4 → #27.

Spread between first and last: 135.0; 19 teams are within 35.21 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
MIA · +49.94
Biggest faller
LAR · −83.65
Most consistent
CIN · +2.17
League trend 2022 vs 2021
▼ -8.71

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

Rec Air Yds since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Buccaneers (415.1), 2019 Buccaneers (405.8), 2020 Buccaneers (352.5), 2021 Buccaneers (346.7), 2022 Bills (330.4).

Buccaneers have led this stat 4 of 5 seasons.

The best season on record is Buccaneers 2018 at 415.1; the worst Patriots 2020 at 187.2.

The league average has fallen from 279.8 in 2018 to 258.2 in 2022.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

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.