Team Air Yards and Passing Volume Leaders
Team Air Yards and Passing Volume — 2016 NFL leaders, updated Oct 10, 2026. Arizona Cardinals led the league in team air yards at 6,204, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2016 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through the 2016 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 Yds | aDOT | Att | Cmp | Yds/G | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona Cardinals | 6,204 | 9.54 | 650 | 383 | 276.7 | Read |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5,819 | 9.96 | 584 | 355 | 260.8 | Read |
| 3 | Carolina Panthers | 5,711 | 10.05 | 568 | 306 | 247.9 | Read |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers | 5,387 | 8.66 | 622 | 403 | 277.9 | Read |
| 5 | Washington Commanders | 5,297 | 8.70 | 609 | 407 | 309.3 | Read |
| 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5,180 | 8.56 | 605 | 381 | 273.9 | Read |
| 7 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5,155 | 8.22 | 627 | 369 | 245.4 | Read |
| 8 | Chicago Bears | 5,153 | 9.22 | 559 | 347 | 258.7 | Read |
| 9 | Baltimore Ravens | 5,042 | 7.37 | 684 | 439 | 271.9 | Read |
| 10 | Denver Broncos | 5,004 | 8.76 | 571 | 339 | 244.8 | Read |
| 11 | Houston Texans | 4,974 | 8.53 | 583 | 347 | 213.8 | Read |
| 12 | Los Angeles Chargers | 4,913 | 8.44 | 582 | 349 | 274.1 | Read |
| 13 | New York Jets | 4,902 | 8.91 | 550 | 311 | 227.8 | Read |
| 14 | Cleveland Browns | 4,852 | 8.50 | 571 | 338 | 231.1 | Read |
| 15 | Indianapolis Colts | 4,849 | 8.26 | 587 | 370 | 280.9 | Read |
| 16 | Seattle Seahawks | 4,849 | 8.52 | 569 | 368 | 276.5 | Read |
| 17 | New Orleans Saints | 4,817 | 7.13 | 676 | 472 | 328.6 | Read |
| 18 | Tennessee Titans | 4,750 | 9.33 | 509 | 307 | 232.5 | Read |
| 19 | New York Giants | 4,702 | 7.86 | 598 | 377 | 251.7 | Read |
| 20 | Atlanta Falcons | 4,637 | 8.57 | 541 | 374 | 310.1 | Read |
| 21 | Las Vegas Raiders | 4,594 | 7.62 | 603 | 379 | 259.2 | Read |
| 22 | Philadelphia Eagles | 4,552 | 7.44 | 612 | 380 | 237.5 | Read |
| 23 | Buffalo Bills | 4,480 | 9.41 | 476 | 286 | 203.4 | Read |
| 24 | Detroit Lions | 4,421 | 7.42 | 596 | 388 | 270.6 | Read |
| 25 | Cincinnati Bengals | 4,416 | 7.84 | 563 | 364 | 262.9 | Read |
| 26 | New England Patriots | 4,262 | 7.72 | 552 | 368 | 278.6 | Read |
| 27 | San Francisco 49ers | 4,013 | 8.17 | 491 | 287 | 197.9 | Read |
| 28 | Los Angeles Rams | 3,907 | 7.29 | 536 | 312 | 207.1 | Read |
| 29 | Dallas Cowboys | 3,877 | 7.99 | 485 | 325 | 237.4 | Read |
| 30 | Minnesota Vikings | 3,874 | 6.58 | 589 | 414 | 257.4 | Read |
| 31 | Miami Dolphins | 3,804 | 7.94 | 479 | 316 | 232.4 | Read |
| 32 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3,732 | 6.81 | 548 | 365 | 244.9 | Read |
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