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Ja'Marr Chase or Jaxon Smith-Njigba?

Ja'Marr Chase or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? Both are WRs. Their 2026 through Week 8 figures are below, as of Oct 30, 2026; here is what each man's 2025 season was built on.

Ja'Marr Chase leads on share of his team's offensive snaps — the inputs that have historically carried from one season to the next.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads on share of his team's air yards and receiving yards, and also on receiving yards per pass snap — one side of that is opportunity, the other is efficiency, and they have not historically travelled together.

Figures are verified play-by-play (nflverse); scored Half-PPR. Repeatability is measured from year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025, not projected. Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice.

Who led the NFL in target share in 2026?

Ja'Marr Chase

WR · Cincinnati Bengals

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

WR · Seattle Seahawks

Ja'Marr Chase vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 2026 through Week 8

Figures as of Oct 30, 2026

Verified 2026 through Week 8 figures for Ja'Marr Chase and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, with each figure's rank in its source population
Metric	Ja'Marr Chase	Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Half-PPR/G	13.5	23.9
Target share	21.0%	36.3%
Rec yards	35131st	8671st

A dash means the panel holds no qualifying figure for that player — usually too few games or attempts to clear the metric's floor, not a zero. Ranks are the source's own, against the population shown, and run through the same week as the figures. Not shown, because the panel holds no 2026 through Week 8 figure for either player: Finish, Games, Snap share, Availability, Air yards share, Yds/pass snap.

Last season (2025): what repeats

Read off the full 2025 season, not the 2026 through Week 8 table above — part of a season is too little for a persistence read.

Ja'Marr Chase: REPEATABLEJaxon Smith-Njigba: MIXED

Ja'Marr Chase leads on share of his team's offensive snaps — the inputs that have historically carried from one season to the next. Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads on share of his team's air yards and receiving yards, and also on receiving yards per pass snap — one side of that is opportunity, the other is efficiency, and they have not historically travelled together. Of the two, Ja'Marr Chase's season rests on the steadier ground. That is a statement about what each man's production was built on, not a running order — and it is a description of 2025, not a forecast of 2026.

“Repeats” is measured year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025 — opportunity carries between seasons, scoring rate largely does not. This describes what a 2025 season was built on. It is not a forecast, and Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice. How we measure it.

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Muffed, “Ja'Marr Chase vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 2026 through Week 8 verified comparison,” muffed.ai/compare/jamarr-chase-vs-jaxon-smith-njigba. Through Week 8 of the 2026 season. Data via nflverse.

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