Analytics · Air yards
Air yards
How far downfield a passer throws and a receiver is targeted: bands, quantiles and polarity.
Carry-over, against zero
No week-to-week carry-over is published for this family: its files hold values per player, each with its interval, and each measure’s page draws them.
The measures
6 measures. Each opens its own page with the definition, the distribution, the full leaderboard and what the file does not say.
Air-yard bins, passer
share of targets in each air-yard band · 2006–2026 · opening slice 0_4 · values 0.091 – 0.453
Highest, players active in 2026
- PJohnny Hekker0.333[0.148, 0.500] · n 26
- QBCase Keenum0.309[0.288, 0.329] · n 77
- QBTommy DeVito0.300[0.249, 0.355] · n 12
Air-yard bins, receiver
share of targets in each air-yard band · 2009–2026 · opening slice 0_4 · values 0.00 – 0.92
Highest, players active in 2026
- RBPatrick Ricard0.66[0.57, 0.76] · n 51
- FBMichael Burton0.65[0.50, 0.79] · n 35
- RBMichael Carter0.61[0.55, 0.68] · n 58
Air-yard polarity, passer
share of targets behind the line of scrimmage plus share 20 yards or deeper - what an aDOT mean hides · 2006–2026 · values 0.133 – 0.667
Highest, players active in 2026
- WRJustin Jefferson0.667[0.333, 1.000] · n 9
- QBMalik Willis0.380[0.286, 0.449] · n 21
- QBShedeur Sanders0.371[0.312, 0.456] · n 9
Air-yard polarity, receiver
share of targets behind the line of scrimmage plus share 20 yards or deeper - what an aDOT mean hides · 2009–2026 · values 0.00 – 1.00
Highest, players active in 2026
- RBJaleel McLaughlin0.81[0.72, 0.89] · n 34
- RBOllie Gordon II0.79[0.62, 1.00] · n 10
- WRDerius Davis0.78[0.65, 0.89] · n 28
Air-yard quantiles, passer
air yards at the named percentile of the target distribution · 2006–2026 · opening slice q25 · values −5.0 – 6.0
Highest, players active in 2026
- PJohnny Hekker3.0[2.0, 5.0] · n 26
- QBJameis Winston3.0[3.0, 3.0] · n 104
- QBC.J. Stroud3.0[2.0, 3.0] · n 56
Air-yard quantiles, receiver
air yards at the named percentile of the target distribution · 2009–2026 · opening slice q25 · values −7.0 – 34.0
Highest, players active in 2026
- WRDevontez Walker14.0[8.0, 25.0] · n 10
- WRSimi Fehoko8.0[4.0, 13.0] · n 8
- WRBo Melton8.0[6.0, 9.0] · n 26
By position
No carry-over is published for this family, so there is none to split by position. Where a measure’s file carries a position, its leaderboard marks it on every row.