Target share
Target share is the percentage of a team's throws that go to one receiver. Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seahawks led 2025 at 35.8%, ahead of Amon-Ra St. Brown at 31.3%.
Count a player's targets, divide by his team's total targets over the same games. A 25% share means one in four throws came his way. It measures the role the offense gave him, not what he did with it.
Target Share — 2026 leaders
| # | Player | Tgt Share | Tgt | Rec | Yds | HPPR/G | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | 35.1% | 66 | 49 | 717 | 23.4 | Read |
| 2 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | 30.3% | 57 | 37 | 372 | 17.1 | Read |
| 3 | Malik Nabers | 29.6% | 61 | 41 | 494 | 13.7 | Read |
| 4 | CeeDee Lamb | 28.8% | 69 | 48 | 577 | 17.9 | Read |
| 5 | Drake London | 28.8% | 46 | 31 | 550 | 12.2 | Read |
| 6 | Garrett Wilson | 28.6% | 48 | 35 | 418 | 12.9 | Read |
| 7 | Isaiah Likely | 28.6% | 59 | 39 | 383 | 15.0 | Read |
| 8 | Trey McBride | 28.5% | 65 | 49 | 361 | 13.1 | Read |
| 9 | Malik Washington | 28.1% | 36 | 23 | 262 | 7.7 | Read |
| 10 | Chris Olave | 27.1% | 61 | 43 | 580 | 15.3 | Read |
Why it matters
Target share is the most repeatable thing a receiver does. Across 2016-2025, a pass catcher's targets per game correlated 0.68 year over year and his target share correlated 0.55 across 745 qualifying season pairs — while his receiving touchdowns correlated only 0.36. That gap is the whole argument for buying volume and fading a touchdown season. Share does not care whether the offense is any good, which is why it works better as a floor than a ceiling.
The counter
A large share of a bad passing offense is still a small number of productive throws.
More football stats explained
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- ANY/A (adjusted net yards per attempt)
- RYOE (rushing yards over expected)
- Air yards share
- WOPR (weighted opportunity rating)
- aDOT (average depth of target)
- YAC over expected
- Separation
- Pressure rate
- Blitz rate
- Man and zone coverage splits
- PROE (pass rate over expected)
- Stacked box rate
- Half-PPR (and how it differs from full PPR)
- The usage gap (snaps versus production)
- Pythagorean wins
- Stickiness (what repeats and what does not)
- Snap share
- Pass-snap share
- YPRR (yards per route run)
- Availability (the “stayed” rate)
- Handcuff
- Play-action rate
- Pre-snap motion rate
- Drop rate
- Contested catch rate
- Interception-worthy throws
- Quarterback-fault sacks
- Intended air yards (IAY)
- Deep ball rate
- QB Composite Rating
- Screen pass rate
- No-huddle rate
- RPO rate
- Light box rate
- Throwaway rate
- Catchable throw rate
- Out-of-pocket rate
- Time to throw
- Aggressiveness
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