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If you’re a subscriber to this newsletter, you know that one of the strengths of what Sports Info Solutions does with baseball data is that we’re able to separate out different aspects of a player’s skill.

With a stat like Defensive Runs Saved, we’re able to tell you who the best players are in different components, like turning double plays, pitch framing, or deterring baserunners with their outfield arm.

We can do this in football too, and since Super Bowl LX is the hottest story in sports at the moment, let’s do that using the two teams playing in that game and show some of what they’re best at.

The Patriots and Seahawks rank second and third, respectively, in overall Receiving Total Points.

Most Receiving Total Points – 2025 Season

Team	Receiving Total Points
1. Lions	120
2. Patriots	118
3. Seahawks	102
4. Rams	101
5. 49ers	97
6. Cardinals	90
7. Cowboys	86
8. Bengals	80
9. Bills	80
10. Colts	78

What does that mean?

Total Points is our all-encompassing player value stat, which can be used to evaluate any player at any position for every play he was involved in this season. Just as Defensive Runs Saved doesn’t only work off run-saving plays, Total Points does not equate to actual points (it’s not the number of points you got from touchdowns). It’s its own measure of value (learn more about it here). For players, this roughly corresponds to the amount of points on the scoreboard that these players were worth.

For pass catchers, we separate the skills involved in making a reception from everything else that happens. A pass catcher gets credits and debits based on how they perform compared to an expectation.

They get evaluated on how well they earn targets and how well they catch the ball and gain yards after the catch based on the route, coverage, throw accuracy, and how much space they had at the catch point.

There are also adjustments based on the quality of the blocking, as blown blocks will prevent an offense from operating at full capacity.

The Seahawks and Patriots receivers have performed the best in the NFL by our measures. On a Receiving Total Points Per-Play basis, the Seahawks and Patriots rank first and second, respectively.

Puka Nacua of the Rams was the NFL’s leader in 2025, earning 63 Receiving Total Points. Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba earned 43 Receiving Total Points, which ranked third overall. Stefon Diggs of the Patriots ranked sixth and his teammate, Hunter Henry, ranked 10th.

Here were the top 10 players in Receiving Total Points in 2025.

Player	Team	Receiving Total Points
1. Puka Nacua	Rams	63
2. Trey McBride	Cardinals	52
3. Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Seahawks	43
4. Bijan Robinson	Falcons	39
5. Ja’Marr Chase	Bengals	38
6. Stefon Diggs	Patriots	36
7. Amon-Ra St. Brown	Lions	36
8. George Pickens	Cowboys	35
9. Justin Jefferson	Vikings	32
10. Hunter Henry	Patriots	31

Where Smith-Njigba separated himself from everyone (except Nacua) was on receptions of passes thrown at least 15 yards downfield. He caught 28 of 44 passes of that length, with the 64% completion percentage ranking third-best among the 40 players that had the most targets.

Diggs differentiated himself on shorter passes. He had the third-most Receiving Total Points on passes thrown 0 to 5 yards downfield, catching 44 of 49 targets, which gave him the best reception percentage among the 50 players that had the most targets (90%).

Henry worked more in-between compared to what Diggs and Smith-Njigba did. He had 18 of his 31 Receiving Total Points on passes thrown 5 to 15 yards downfield, and he was a high-end performer on throws that distance specifically on third and fourth down, which has prominent value within the Total Points model.

The Patriots have five players who rank in the top 100 in Receiving Total Points, so there’s considerable depth in terms of receiving skills (the list: Diggs, Henry, No. 51 Demario Douglas, No. 67 Kayshon Boutte, and No. 93 Rhamondre Stevenson) . The Seahawks are a little more top heavy with three players ranking in the top 31 (Smith-Njigba, No. 29 AJ Barner, and No. 31 Cooper Kupp).

You’re going to hear a lot about the skills of the two quarterbacks the next 10 days and Drake Maye and Sam Darnold certainly are worthy of recognition. But completing a pass is a two-person deal and the guys doing the receiving for both teams have really put the work in this year and should be noted as well.