Team Air Yards and Passing Volume Leaders
Team Air Yards and Passing Volume — 2021 NFL leaders, updated Nov 12, 2026. Tampa Bay Buccaneers led the league in team air yards at 5,894, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2021 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through the 2021 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 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5,894 | 8.05 | 732 | 492 | 316.6 | Read |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | 5,355 | 8.13 | 659 | 415 | 262.0 | Read |
| 3 | Baltimore Ravens | 5,232 | 8.47 | 618 | 396 | 251.2 | Read |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | 5,134 | 8.42 | 610 | 406 | 288.1 | Read |
| 5 | Dallas Cowboys | 5,116 | 7.85 | 652 | 444 | 292.2 | Read |
| 6 | Las Vegas Raiders | 5,115 | 8.11 | 631 | 429 | 282.8 | Read |
| 7 | Los Angeles Chargers | 5,082 | 7.45 | 682 | 443 | 295.6 | Read |
| 8 | Kansas City Chiefs | 4,965 | 7.33 | 677 | 448 | 290.5 | Read |
| 9 | Minnesota Vikings | 4,842 | 7.98 | 607 | 398 | 261.8 | Read |
| 10 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4,765 | 7.82 | 609 | 361 | 216.3 | Read |
| 11 | Seattle Seahawks | 4,619 | 9.29 | 497 | 324 | 224.5 | Read |
| 12 | Green Bay Packers | 4,578 | 7.69 | 595 | 402 | 266.2 | Read |
| 13 | Denver Broncos | 4,552 | 8.37 | 544 | 354 | 226.9 | Read |
| 14 | Chicago Bears | 4,495 | 8.23 | 546 | 332 | 214.2 | Read |
| 15 | Miami Dolphins | 4,471 | 7.23 | 618 | 404 | 231.8 | Read |
| 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4,439 | 6.64 | 669 | 425 | 236.5 | Read |
| 17 | Arizona Cardinals | 4,425 | 7.45 | 594 | 415 | 271.7 | Read |
| 18 | Carolina Panthers | 4,417 | 7.34 | 602 | 348 | 210.5 | Read |
| 19 | Cincinnati Bengals | 4,397 | 7.88 | 558 | 384 | 282.8 | Read |
| 20 | New York Giants | 4,363 | 7.33 | 595 | 351 | 203.8 | Read |
| 21 | New York Jets | 4,349 | 7.15 | 608 | 357 | 233.1 | Read |
| 22 | Cleveland Browns | 4,292 | 8.21 | 523 | 320 | 213.1 | Read |
| 23 | New England Patriots | 4,288 | 7.99 | 537 | 364 | 241.3 | Read |
| 24 | Philadelphia Eagles | 4,230 | 8.49 | 498 | 307 | 211.2 | Read |
| 25 | Atlanta Falcons | 4,143 | 7.21 | 575 | 377 | 234.5 | Read |
| 26 | Washington Commanders | 4,120 | 7.44 | 554 | 356 | 220.3 | Read |
| 27 | Tennessee Titans | 4,005 | 7.47 | 536 | 359 | 220.4 | Read |
| 28 | San Francisco 49ers | 4,003 | 7.76 | 516 | 343 | 261.1 | Read |
| 29 | Indianapolis Colts | 4,000 | 7.62 | 525 | 324 | 211.3 | Read |
| 30 | Houston Texans | 3,997 | 7.31 | 547 | 354 | 213.7 | Read |
| 31 | Detroit Lions | 3,783 | 6.32 | 599 | 396 | 229.1 | Read |
| 32 | New Orleans Saints | 3,745 | 7.37 | 508 | 293 | 202.2 | Read |
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