60 Stats to Know from 2025 for the 2026 Fantasy Football Season

Reflecting on stats from one season can help project forward for the next season. Understanding data and how to apply it can lead to making better draft day decisions for Fantasy Football. There are plenty of data sets you miss in the Fantasy Football world due to simply looking at the production outcomes. I have 60 notes from 2025 that can be applicable for 2026.

60 Stats to Know from 2025 for the 2026 Fantasy Football Season

1. The 2025 leaders in total scrimmage yards: Bijan Robinson – 2,298, Christian McCaffrey – 2,126, Jonathan Taylor – 1,963, James Cook – 1,912, Jahmyr Gibbs – 1,839, De’Von Achane – 1,838
2. The 2025 leaders in running back yards per touch: Bijan Robinson – 6.3, De’Von Achane – 6.0, Rhamondre Stevenson – 5.9, Jahmyr Gibbs – 5.7, James Cook – 5.6, Kenny Gainwell – 5.5
3. Derrick Henry led all running backs in 2025 with 20+ yard rushes with 17
4. Christian McCaffrey finished 2025 with 26 more targets, 23 more receptions, and 104 more receiving yards than any other running back
5. Kenneth Walker III averaged 24.9 Fantasy Points through three NFL Playoff games last season
6. Across weeks 8-18 in 2025, Chase Brown was the RB4 in total Fantasy Points and averaged 21.2 Fantasy PPG
7. D’Andre Swift’s spike rushing yard games in 2025: 108 yards (Week 6), 124 yards (Week 7), and 125 yards (Week 13)
8. Rico Dowdle’s spike rushing yard games in 2025: 206 yards (Week 5), 183 yards (Week 6), and 130 yards (Week 9)
9. Omarion Hampton produced 16+ Fantasy Points in 4/9 of his games played (44.4%) and 20+ Fantasy Points in 3/9 of those games (33.33%) as a rookie
10. Via Playerprofiler, despite a poor offensive line, Ashton Jeanty finished seventh in yards created and fourth in evaded tackles as a rookie for the position
11. Through 14 games played as a rookie, Quinshon Judkins finished six weeks with 75+ rushing yards
12. Weeks 2-7 when Skattebo was earning work, he finished with 13+ Fantasy Points in all six of those games with highs of 24.1 (Week 3) and 31.0 (Week 6) points. That’s an average of 19.1 during that span as a rookie
13. Treveyon Henderson out-touched Rhamondre Stevenson on a per-game basis 12.6 to 11.6 last season
14. Javonte Williams 2025 career-highs: 252 rushing attempts, 1,201 rushing yards, 11 rushing touchdowns
15. 2025 percentage of games with 100+ rushing yards: James Cook – 52.94%, Derrick Henry – 47.06%, Jonathan Taylor – 29.41%, Bijan Robinson – 29.41%, De’Von Achane – 25%, Breece Hall – 25%
16. Wide receiver leaders in yards after catch in 2025: Puka Nacua – 666, Ja’Marr Chase – 640, Amon-Ra St. Brown – 570, Khalil Shakir – 541, Jaxon Smith-Njigba – 528
17. Wide receiver leaders in the percentage of their team’s targets: Jaxon Smith-Njigba – 35.8%, Amon-Ra St. Brown – 31.3%, Ja’Marr Chase – 30.4%, Justin Jefferson – 30.1%, Zay Flowers – 29.0%
18. 2025 wide receiver leaders in Fantasy Points per touch: Alec Pierce – 3.90, Kayshon Boutte – 3.76, Davante Adams – 3.72, Christian Watson – 3.68, Tee Higgins – 3.59
19. 2025 wide receiver leaders in percentage of games played with 100+ receiving yards: Jaxon Smith-Njigba -52.94%, Ja’Marr Chase – 43.75%, CeeDee Lamb – 42.86%, Drake London – 41.67%, Puka Nacua – 37.50%, AJ Brown – 33.33%
20. Chicago Bears targets per game leaders in 2025: Rome Odunze – 7.5, Colston Loveland – 5.1, DJ Moore (Bills) – 5.0, Olamide Zaccheaus (Falcons) – 4.1, Luther Burden III – 4.0
21. Jacksonville Jaguars targets per game leaders in 2025: Jakobi Meyers – 6.78, Brian Thomas Jr. – 6.50, Travis Hunter – 6.43, Parker Washington – 5.94, Brenton Strange – 5.0
22. Through eight games in 2025, Rashee Rice earned double-digit targets four times (50%), caught seven or more passes five times (62.5%), produced 80+ receiving yards four times (50%), scored five touchdowns, and scored 23+ Fantasy Points four times (50%)
23. Garrett Wilson played just seven games in 2025 (knee injuries), but managed four receiving touchdowns during that stretch and 14.2 Fantasy PPG.
24. Emeka Egbuka  the opening 10 weeks of 2025: three weeks of double-digit targets, three weeks of six or more catches, three weeks over 100 receiving yards, six receiving touchdowns, and four weeks of 20+ Fantasy Points through nine games played
25. Tetairoa McMillan finished four weeks with double-digit targets, five weeks with six or more catches, two weeks with 100+ receiving yards, two weeks with two touchdowns, and five weeks with 16+ Fantasy Points in 2025
26. Luther Burden III’s biggest 2025 flash: Nine targets, eight catches, 138 receiving yards, and a touchdown for 27.8 Fantasy Points in Week 17
27. Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson played nine games together, where both played 60%+ of the snaps. In eight of those games, MHJ outscored Wilson for Fantasy Football
28. Christian Watson returned from an ACL injury Weeks 8-17 last season. During this stretch, Watson ranked 12th for the position in receiving yards, tied for fifth in receiving touchdowns, and scored the 12th most Fantasy Points
29. Wan’Dale Robinson was a Top-15 wide receiver in yards after the catch in 2025 and finished two games with over 140 receiving yards
30. With Brock Bowers limited to just 12 games last season, Tre Tucker led the Raiders in targets (92) and receiving yards (696) and exploded in Week 3 when he caught eight balls for 145 yards and three touchdowns for 40.9 Fantasy Points
31. Jayden Higgins finished six weeks with double-digit Fantasy Points as a rookie and caught six of his 10 targets for 59 yards in the NFL Playoff loss to the Patriots last season
32. Through 12 appearances last season, Drake London scored 24+ Fantasy Points in four of those (33.33%) and over 31 Fantasy Points twice
33. Zay Flowers finished 2025 with weeks of 143 (Week 1), 124 (Week 14), and 138 (Week 18) receiving yards
34. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (1,793) and Puka Nacua (1,715) are the only two wide receivers to hit 1,500+, 1,600+, and 1,700+ receiving yards last season
35. DJ Moore last season in the NFL Playoffs finished with 116 yards and two touchdowns through two games
36. Weeks 9-17 last season with Tyler Shough playing full games, Chris Olave averaged 9.1 targets, 6.0 receptions, 82.5 receiving yards, 0.75 touchdowns, and 18.75 Fantasy Points
37. George Pickens’ top two Fantasy Football scores came when CeeDee Lamb was out last season, but his next four top Fantasy scores came in games that Lamb played 73%+ of the snaps
38. Only two wide receivers earned 30+ red zone targets in 2025: Amon-Ra St. Brown and Davante Adams. They were also the only two to score double-digit red zone touchdowns
39. During the Fantasy Football Playoffs last year (Weeks 15-17), Brock Purdy averaged 297.7 passing yards, 3.7 passing touchdowns, and 32 Fantasy Points
40. Justin Herbert is coming off of a career-high 498 rushing yards in 2025
41. Jaxson Dart, as a rookie last season, finished 5/12 games (41.67%) with multiple passing touchdowns, 6/12 games (50%) with 54+ rushing yards, 7/12 games (58.33%) with a rushing touchdown (nine total), and 9/12 games (75%) with 19+ Fantasy Points
42. Tyler Shough as a rookie last season Week 9 on: QB9 in total Fantasy Points while averaging 17.6 Fantasy PPG, 4/9 starts (44.4%) with 270+ passing yards, 3/9 starts (33.3%) with multiple passing touchdowns, 3/9 starts (33.3%) with 32+ rushing yards, 21+ Fantasy Points in 3/5 of his final games played
43. Cam Ward threw multiple passing touchdowns in all four of his final games played
44. Jacoby Brissett finished four weeks with over 300 passing yards, 10 weeks with multiple passing touchdowns, and six weeks with 20+ Fantasy Points last season
45. Dak Prescott’s 2025 bounce-back: 600 passing attempts (#2), 404 completions (#1), 4,552 passing yards (#3), and 30 passing touchdowns (#4)
46. Caleb Williams in 2025: Six weeks of 250+ passing yards, three weeks of three or more passing touchdowns, three weeks of 53+ rushing yards, seven weeks of 21+ Fantasy Points, and two weeks at 29+ points
47. 2025 total quarterback scrimmage yards: Drake Maye – 4,844, Dak Prescott – 4,729, Matthew Stafford – 4,708, Jared Goff – 4,609
48. 2025 quarterback total touchdowns (passing + rushing): Matthew Stafford – 46, Josh Allen – 39, Trevor Lawrence – 38, Drake Maye – 35, Jared Goff – 34
49. Quarterbacks with 50 red zone passing attempts, completion percentage leaders in the red zone for 2025: Jalen Hurts – 71.2%, Cam Ward – 66.0%, Tua Tagovailoa – 65.5%, Josh Alen – 64.6%, Drake Maye – 63.8%
50. Tyler Warren with a healthy Daniel Jones as a rookie last season (Weeks 1-13): fourth (tied) in targets, fifth in receptions, third in receiving yards, fourth in total Fantasy Points, and seventh in Fantasy PPG at 13.1
51. Sam LaPorta through nine games in 2025: two games with over 90 receiving yards, three games with 16+ Fantasy Points, and two games with 20+ Fantasy Points
52. Colston Loveland 2025 rookie flashes: 118 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns in Week 9, 94 yards and a touchdown in Week 17, 91 yards and a touchdown in Week 18, and then 137 yards on 15 targets in the NFL Wild Card Round
53. Chig Okonkwo produced a career-high 560 receiving yards in 2025 and was a top-10 tight end in yards after the catch
54. Oronde Gadsden III finished third in deep targets, 10th in yards per route run, fourth in yards per target, and third in yards per reception for the position (Playerprofiler) as a rookie last season
55. Tucker Kraft finished with massive 124 (Week 2) and 143 (Week 8) yard days through a seven-game sample size in 2025
56. Via Playerprofiler, Dalton Kincaid led all tight ends in 2025 in yards per route run, yards per target, and finished second in yards per reception
57. Brock Bowers in Week 9 of 2025: 13 targets, 12 catches, 127 receiving yards, three receiving touchdowns, and 43.3 Fantasy Points
58. Week 9 in 2025: 12 receptions on 13 targets for 127 receiving yards, three touchdowns, six rushing yards, and 43.3 Fantasy Points
59. As a rookie in 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. led the Browns in targets (107), receptions (72), receiving yards (731), and receiving touchdowns (six)
60. Kyle Pitts in Week 15 of 2025: 12 targets, 11 catches, 166 receiving yards, three receiving touchdowns, and 45.6 Fantasy Points

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