What Are Yards After Catch?
Yards After Catch records the total yards a player gains after securing a reception.
Yards After Catch | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaylen Warren |  | RB | 346.0 | 2.0 | 64.0 | 214.0 | - | 205.0 | 141.0 |
| 2 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba |  | WR | 324.0 | 54.0 | 139.0 | 203.0 | - | 240.0 | 84.0 |
| 3 | Puka Nacua |   | WR | 323.0 | 65.0 | 163.0 | 285.0 | - | 237.0 | 86.0 |
| 4 | Zay Flowers |  | WR | 311.0 | 0.0 | 129.0 | 194.0 | - | 149.0 | 162.0 |
| 5 | Ashton Jeanty |  | RB | 306.0 | 59.0 | 126.0 | 230.0 | - | 154.0 | 152.0 |
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Who has the highest yards after catch (YAC) in the NFL in 2026?
Jaylen Warren of Pittsburgh tops the 2026 NFL YAC (yards after catch) ranking at 346.0, through games played November 3, 2026. Next are Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle second at 324.0 & Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams third at 323.0. Warren's YAC total puts him 22.0 yards clear of second place & 153.0 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle is the highest-ranked wide receiver on the board at 324.0 yards, second overall. Next are Zay Flowers of Baltimore fourth at 311.0, Ashton Jeanty of Las Vegas fifth at 306.0, RJ Harvey of Denver sixth at 299.0, Drake London of Atlanta seventh at 292.0, Luther Burden III of Chicago eighth at 286.0, Travis Kelce of Kansas City ninth at 273.0 & Emmett Johnson of Kansas City tenth at 254.0.
Luther Burden III of Chicago ranks eighth on the season at 286.0 but has led the league in yards after catch over the last three weeks at 177.0. Next are Jahmyr Gibbs of Detroit, Jonathan Taylor of Indianapolis & Khalil Shakir of Buffalo tied 11th at 244.0, Harold Fannin Jr. of Cleveland 14th at 233.0, Bhayshul Tuten of Jacksonville 15th at 225.0, Amon-Ra St. Brown of Detroit 16th at 218.0 and George Kittle of San Francisco & Bijan Robinson of Atlanta tied 17th at 213.0.
Eight players sit inside 16.0 yards of each other from 17th to 24th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Next are CeeDee Lamb of Dallas 19th at 207.0, D'Andre Swift of Chicago 20th at 205.0, Chase Brown of Cincinnati 21st at 204.0, Trey McBride of Arizona 22nd at 201.0, Matthew Golden of Green Bay 23rd at 198.0, Christian Watson of Green Bay 24th at 197.0 & Rhamondre Stevenson of New England 25th at 193.0. Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay & Kansas City are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Eleven of the 25 are running backs; the ten wide receivers are Smith-Njigba second, Nacua third, Flowers fourth, London seventh, Burden eighth, Shakir 11th, Brown 16th, Lamb 19th, Golden 23rd & Watson 24th; the four tight ends are Kelce ninth, Fannin 14th, Kittle 17th & McBride 22nd. Two ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
Of the 259 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. A minimum of 8 targets is applied. Yards After Catch records the total yards a player gains after securing a reception. Yards after catch figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
