2024 season · Receivers and tight ends, 80 qualifiers

Drop Rate

Name: Drop Rate — 2024 NFL
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Drop Rate — 2024 NFL rankings, updated Nov 12, 2026. Cade Otton (TB) dropped a higher share of his catchable targets than any other pass catcher, at 11.9% across 80 qualifying players. Based on verified play-level charting from FTN Data via nflverse, regular season only. Through the 2024 season.

Who led the NFL in drop rate in 2024?

A drop here is a pass a charter judged catchable that the receiver did not catch, and the denominator is catchable targets rather than every target thrown his way. That is the difference between this number and the drop rate quoted almost everywhere else: a ball thrown at a receiver's ankles never enters it, so what is left is much closer to a measure of hands than of quarterback accuracy. Topping this list is not an achievement.

Drop Rate, 2024 NFL season
#	Player	Drop%	Drops	Catchable	Read
1	Cade OttonTE · TB	11.9%	7	59	Read
2	David NjokuTE · CLE	9.7%	7	72	Read
3	George PickensWR · PIT	8.7%	6	69	Read
4	Xavier LegetteWR · CAR	8.6%	5	58
5	Dalton SchultzTE · HOU	8.2%	5	61	Read
6	Olamide ZaccheausWR · WAS	8.0%	4	50
7	Jayden ReedWR · GB	7.9%	5	63	Read
8	Jerry JeudyWR · CLE	7.9%	8	101	Read
9	Malik NabersWR · NYG	7.9%	10	126	Read
10	Romeo DoubsWR · GB	7.7%	4	52	Read
11	Deebo Samuel Sr.WR · SF	7.0%	4	57	Read
12	Mike GesickiTE · CIN	6.8%	5	73	Read
13	Ja'Marr ChaseWR · CIN	6.4%	9	140	Read
14	Josh DownsWR · IND	6.4%	5	78	Read
15	Keenan AllenWR · CHI	6.2%	5	80
16	Quentin JohnstonWR · LAC	6.2%	4	65	Read
17	Michael WilsonWR · ARI	5.8%	3	52	Read
18	Kyle PittsTE · ATL	5.6%	3	54	Read
19	Travis KelceTE · KC	5.6%	6	107	Read
20	Jalen TolbertWR · DAL	5.5%	3	55	Read
21	Tucker KraftTE · GB	5.5%	3	55	Read
22	Davante AdamsWR · NYJ	5.4%	5	92	Read
23	Tank DellWR · HOU	5.4%	3	56	Read
24	Will DisslyTE · LAC	5.4%	3	56
25	Justin JeffersonWR · MIN	5.3%	6	114	Read
26	Brian Thomas Jr.WR · JAX	5.2%	5	96	Read
27	Wan'Dale RobinsonWR · NYG	5.0%	5	100	Read
28	DJ MooreWR · CHI	4.9%	5	102	Read
29	Jake FergusonTE · DAL	4.8%	3	62	Read
30	Jauan JenningsWR · SF	4.8%	4	83	Read
31	Jaylen WaddleWR · MIA	4.8%	3	62	Read
32	Tee HigginsWR · CIN	4.7%	4	86	Read
33	CeeDee LambWR · DAL	4.6%	5	109	Read
34	Jameson WilliamsWR · DET	4.5%	3	66	Read
35	Drake LondonWR · ATL	4.4%	5	113	Read
36	Pat FreiermuthTE · PIT	4.4%	3	68	Read
37	DeMario DouglasWR · NE	4.3%	3	69
38	Jonnu SmithTE · MIA	4.3%	4	93
39	Xavier WorthyWR · KC	4.3%	3	70	Read
40	Calvin RidleyWR · TEN	4.2%	3	71	Read
41	Ray-Ray McCloudWR · ATL	4.2%	3	72
42	Brock BowersTE · LV	4.1%	5	122	Read
43	Nico CollinsWR · HOU	4.1%	3	74	Read
44	Noah FantTE · SEA	4.0%	2	50
45	Zach ErtzTE · WAS	4.0%	3	75
46	Adam ThielenWR · CAR	3.9%	2	51
47	DK MetcalfWR · SEA	3.9%	3	77	Read
48	Marvin Harrison Jr.WR · ARI	3.8%	3	79	Read
49	Mike EvansWR · TB	3.8%	3	80	Read
50	Zay FlowersWR · BAL	3.7%	3	81	Read
51	Chig OkonkwoTE · TEN	3.6%	2	56	Read
52	Garrett WilsonWR · NYJ	3.6%	4	111	Read
53	Courtland SuttonWR · DEN	3.4%	3	87	Read
54	Rome OdunzeWR · CHI	3.4%	2	59	Read
55	Darnell MooneyWR · ATL	2.9%	2	69	Read
56	Hunter HenryTE · NE	2.9%	2	70	Read
57	A.J. BrownWR · PHI	2.8%	2	71	Read
58	DeVonta SmithWR · PHI	2.8%	2	71	Read
59	Michael PittmanWR · IND	2.6%	2	76	Read
60	Trey McBrideTE · ARI	2.5%	3	119	Read
61	George KittleTE · SF	2.4%	2	83	Read
62	Puka NacuaWR · LAR	2.4%	2	82	Read
63	Ladd McConkeyWR · LAC	2.3%	2	88	Read
64	Tyreek HillWR · MIA	2.3%	2	87	Read
65	Jakobi MeyersWR · LV	2.2%	2	91	Read
66	Evan EngramTE · JAX	2.0%	1	50	Read
67	Tre TuckerWR · LV	2.0%	1	50	Read
68	Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA	1.9%	2	108	Read
69	Mark AndrewsTE · BAL	1.9%	1	54	Read
70	Tyler ConklinTE · NYJ	1.9%	1	52
71	Tyler LockettWR · SEA	1.8%	1	55
72	Amon-Ra St. BrownWR · DET	1.7%	2	117	Read
73	DeAndre HopkinsWR · KC	1.7%	1	60
74	Elijah MooreWR · CLE	1.6%	1	64
75	Sam LaPortaTE · DET	1.6%	1	63	Read
76	Jordan AddisonWR · MIN	1.5%	1	67	Read
77	Cooper KuppWR · LAR	1.4%	1	70	Read
78	Juwan JohnsonTE · NO	0.0%	0	53	Read
79	Khalil ShakirWR · BUF	0.0%	0	77	Read
80	Terry McLaurinWR · WAS	0.0%	0	87	Read

Against five or more pass rushers only. Players on this board with 20 or more blitzed catchable targets, ranked the same way.

Drop Rate vs the blitz, 2024 NFL season
#	Player	Drop%	Drops	Catchable
1	George PickensWR · PIT	16.7%	4	24
2	Jayden ReedWR · GB	15.0%	3	20
3	Mike GesickiTE · CIN	15.0%	3	20
4	DK MetcalfWR · SEA	13.6%	3	22
5	Xavier LegetteWR · CAR	13.6%	3	22
6	Malik NabersWR · NYG	11.4%	4	35
7	Keenan AllenWR · CHI	10.7%	3	28
8	DeMario DouglasWR · NE	9.5%	2	21
9	Brian Thomas Jr.WR · JAX	9.1%	2	22
10	Hunter HenryTE · NE	9.1%	2	22
11	Jerry JeudyWR · CLE	8.3%	2	24
12	Wan'Dale RobinsonWR · NYG	8.0%	2	25
13	Justin JeffersonWR · MIN	7.7%	2	26
14	Travis KelceTE · KC	7.1%	2	28
15	Zay FlowersWR · BAL	6.9%	2	29
16	Ja'Marr ChaseWR · CIN	5.4%	2	37
17	Jameson WilliamsWR · DET	4.8%	1	21
18	Jauan JenningsWR · SF	4.8%	1	21
19	Darnell MooneyWR · ATL	4.5%	1	22
20	Mark AndrewsTE · BAL	4.2%	1	24
21	Tyreek HillWR · MIA	4.2%	1	24
22	Drake LondonWR · ATL	4.0%	1	25
23	Quentin JohnstonWR · LAC	4.0%	1	25
24	A.J. BrownWR · PHI	3.8%	1	26
25	CeeDee LambWR · DAL	3.7%	1	27
26	Davante AdamsWR · NYJ	3.7%	1	27
27	DeVonta SmithWR · PHI	3.6%	1	28
28	Jakobi MeyersWR · LV	3.4%	1	29
29	Amon-Ra St. BrownWR · DET	3.3%	1	30
30	Trey McBrideTE · ARI	2.7%	1	37
31	Brock BowersTE · LV	0.0%	0	33
32	Courtland SuttonWR · DEN	0.0%	0	29
33	DJ MooreWR · CHI	0.0%	0	28
34	Garrett WilsonWR · NYJ	0.0%	0	33
35	George KittleTE · SF	0.0%	0	30
36	Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA	0.0%	0	26
37	Jordan AddisonWR · MIN	0.0%	0	24
38	Ladd McConkeyWR · LAC	0.0%	0	29
39	Mike EvansWR · TB	0.0%	0	31
40	Puka NacuaWR · LAR	0.0%	0	24
41	Romeo DoubsWR · GB	0.0%	0	20
42	Terry McLaurinWR · WAS	0.0%	0	25
43	Xavier WorthyWR · KC	0.0%	0	22

The denominator is catchable targets, not all targets, so a badly thrown ball never counts against the receiver. That makes this rate higher than the drop rate quoted from box-score data, and not comparable to it.

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