PFF Awards 2025: Puka Nacua wins Offensive Player of the Year

• Puka Nacua joins Matthew Stafford this award season: Nacua wins the PFF Offensive Player of the Year award after his quarterback claimed PFF MVP honors.

• Whether it was man or zone, Nacua won: He paired a 96.1 PFF receiving grade against zone coverage with a 92.4 mark against man coverage, leading the league in both.

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Joining his quarterback, Matthew Stafford, winner of the 2025 PFF MVP Award, Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua also takes home some hardware this season: the PFF Offensive Player of the Year award. 

For the second consecutive season, Nacua led all receivers in PFF overall grade, following up his impressive 92.8 grade in 2024 with a 96.3 figure, breaking a record set by Tyreek Hill (93.7) in 2023. 

In just his third NFL season, Nacua has etched his name into the history books. His 97.4 PFF overall grade against the Cardinals in Week 14 now stands as the highest-graded single-game performance by a receiver in the PFF era (since 2006). But the accolades don’t stop there, as he claimed not one, but two spots in PFF’s 10 highest-graded games ever by a wideout.

Highest-Graded Single-Game Performances by WRs in PFF Era

Nacua had a prolific start to the year, but even that may pale in comparison to how he finished the 2025 regular season. Of the eight highest-graded games by receivers this season, Nacua owns five — three of which came in the final five games. In that span, he recorded a league-leading 46 receptions, 696 receiving yards and six touchdowns on his way to a 96.6 PFF receiving grade.

He posted an NFL-best 3.71 yards per route run, the third-highest mark among qualifying receivers in PFF history. It’s because of that efficiency with the ball in his hands that the NFL’s highest-graded offense, the Los Angeles Rams, opted to make him the focal point of their attack, with his 34.6% target rate leading all receivers with at least 100 routes run. 

At just 24 years old, Nacua is performing well beyond his years. From generating separation to hauling in difficult catches, there’s nothing he can’t do. But perhaps his most impressive skill is his ability to snag contested catches. His 27 contested grabs this season now stand as the most by any receiver in the two decades that PFF has been charting data. With a 71.0% contested-catch rate, Nacua led all receivers with at least 15 contested targets by more than 6 percentage points.

No matter what opposing defenses threw at the Rams in an attempt to slow down Nacua, it was inevitable that No. 12 was going to beat them. Whether it be zone (96.1) or man coverages (92.4), Nacua led the NFL in PFF receiving grade. However you slice it, Nacua wins.