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Team Air Yards and Passing Volume Leaders

Name: Team Air Yards and Passing Volume — 2026 NFL Leaders
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Team Air Yards and Passing Volume — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Sep 29, 2026. Houston Texans led the league in team air yards at 1,132, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2026 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through Week 3 of the 2026 season.

This is the passing half of a team's offensive identity in four numbers. Total air yards say how much ground an offense asked its throws to cover across a season; team average depth of target says how far the average one went, which separates an offense that throws deep from one that simply throws often. A team can lead the league in attempts and sit in the bottom ten here, and that combination — high volume, short throws — is a specific kind of offense rather than an accident.

Team Air Yards and Passing Volume, 2026 NFL season
#	Team	Δ WK	G	Air Yds	aDOT	Att	Cmp	Yds/G
1	Houston Texans	No change	3	1,132	9.36	121	72	264.7
2	Carolina Panthers	Up 2 places, from 4	3	1,120	9.18	122	72	313.0
3	Los Angeles Rams	Up 7 places, from 10	3	1,095	9.61	114	69	295.0
4	Green Bay Packers	Down 1 place, from 3	3	1,077	8.69	124	65	281.3
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	Up 1 place, from 6	3	1,015	8.83	115	66	233.3
6	New Orleans Saints	Down 4 places, from 2	3	1,007	7.57	133	91	305.7
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Up 4 places, from 11	3	958	9.68	99	61	205.0
8	Washington Commanders	Down 3 places, from 5	3	924	9.15	101	60	184.7
9	Buffalo Bills	Down 2 places, from 7	3	884	10.16	87	56	262.0
10	Miami Dolphins	Up 9 places, from 19	3	871	10.13	86	49	209.0
11	Los Angeles Chargers	Up 4 places, from 15	3	834	9.48	88	52	209.0
12	Dallas Cowboys	No change	3	825	7.78	106	73	244.0
13	Las Vegas Raiders	Up 4 places, from 17	3	782	8.32	94	62	220.3
14	New England Patriots	Up 7 places, from 21	3	779	9.06	86	55	210.3
15	Baltimore Ravens	Down 7 places, from 8	3	771	10.14	76	53	248.3
16	New York Jets	Up 4 places, from 20	3	741	7.12	104	77	261.7
17	Detroit Lions	Down 4 places, from 13	3	737	6.76	109	77	267.3
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	Down 4 places, from 14	3	724	8.94	81	54	205.3
19	New York Giants	Down 10 places, from 9	3	722	8.70	83	51	159.7
20	Chicago Bears	Down 2 places, from 18	3	717	7.32	98	65	236.0
21	Arizona Cardinals	Up 3 places, from 24	3	710	6.07	117	82	217.3
22	Philadelphia Eagles	Down 6 places, from 16	3	672	7.64	88	56	206.7
23	Seattle Seahawks	Up 2 places, from 25	3	671	6.99	96	68	276.0
24	Cincinnati Bengals	Down 2 places, from 22	3	658	6.39	103	73	247.7
25	Indianapolis Colts	Up 1 place, from 26	3	644	6.57	98	65	203.7
26	San Francisco 49ers	Up 5 places, from 31	3	623	7.51	83	60	263.0
27	Minnesota Vikings	Up 2 places, from 29	3	585	7.91	74	41	154.7
28	Tennessee Titans	Up 2 places, from 30	3	558	6.34	88	55	168.0
29	Kansas City Chiefs	Down 6 places, from 23	3	556	5.67	98	67	270.7
30	Denver Broncos	Down 3 places, from 27	3	545	5.74	95	56	203.0
31	Cleveland Browns	Down 3 places, from 28	3	508	6.05	84	57	196.3
32	Atlanta Falcons	No change	3	385	4.81	80	48	182.0

Attempts exclude sacks, which are pass plays but not pass attempts. The team EPA boards count sacks in their denominator on purpose, so the two attempt columns differ by 25 to 60 a season and are not the same number.

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