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| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barion BrownB. Brown | WR | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Elijah HigginsE. Higgins | TE | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Savion WilliamsS. Williams | WR | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | - | - | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Jadarian PriceJ. Price | RB | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Jordan WatkinsJ. Watkins | WR | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Who leads the NFL in catchable air yards rate (CAY%) in 2026?
Through games played November 3, 2026, Barion Brown of New Orleans, Elijah Higgins of Arizona, Savion Williams of Green Bay, Jadarian Price of Seattle & Jordan Watkins of San Francisco are tied for the NFL lead in CAY% at 100.0%. A gap of 20.1 percentage points separates the leaders from the 25th-ranked player.
Elijah Higgins of Arizona is the highest-ranked tight end on the board at 100.0%, first overall. Tim Patrick of the New York Jets ranks sixth at 97.8%, with Demarcus Robinson of San Francisco seventh at 97.2%, Jaylin Noel of Houston eighth at 96.6%, Isaiah Bond of Cleveland ninth at 95.8% & Omar Cooper Jr. of the New York Jets tenth at 94.4%.
A gap of 2.7 percentage points separates 16th from 17th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Charlie Jones of the New York Giants ranks 11th at 93.0%, with Mitchell Evans of Carolina & Dawson Knox of Buffalo tied 12th at 90.6%, Pat Bryant of Denver ranks 14th at 88.8%, Nate Boerkircher of Jacksonville 15th at 88.1%, Ashton Jeanty of Las Vegas 16th at 87.8% & Noah Gray of Kansas City 17th at 85.1%.
Eight players sit inside 3.4 percentage points of each other from first to eighth, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Ladd McConkey of the Los Angeles Chargers ranks 18th at 84.6%, with Eli Raridon of New England 19th at 84.0%, Adonai Mitchell of the New York Jets 20th at 83.4%, Dalton Kincaid of Buffalo 21st at 83.1%, Jonnu Smith of Green Bay 22nd at 82.3%, Brenton Strange of Jacksonville 23rd at 81.5%, Evan Engram of Denver 24th at 80.0% & Dallas Goedert of Philadelphia 25th at 79.9%. Buffalo, Denver, Green Bay, Jacksonville, San Francisco & the New York Jets are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Twelve of the 25 are wide receivers; the eleven tight ends are Higgins first, Evans 12th, Knox 12th, Boerkircher 15th, Gray 17th, Raridon 19th, Kincaid 21st, Smith 22nd, Strange 23rd, Engram 24th & Goedert 25th; the two running backs are Price first & Jeanty 16th. Two ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
212 NFL players are ranked for the 2026 regular season. The top 25 appear above. A minimum of 45 air yards is applied. Catchable air yards percentage measures the proportion of air yards that come on catchable targets: Catchable Air Yards / Air Yards. Catchable air yards rate figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
