2026 season · Top 30 pass catchers

Weighted Opportunity Rating Leaders

Name: Weighted Opportunity Rating — 2026 NFL Leaders
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Through Week 5 · Sunday, Sunday night and Monday night pending

Weighted Opportunity Rating — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Oct 10, 2026. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA) led the league in weighted opportunity rating at 0.90, ahead of 29 other qualifying players. Based on verified 2026 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through Week 5 of the 2026 season, with Sunday, Sunday night and Monday night still to come.

Who led the NFL in weighted opportunity rating in 2026?

Weighted opportunity rating folds target share and air yards share into a single number, weighting each so that volume and downfield role both count. It is the cleanest one-number answer to how central a receiver is to his passing game, and it holds up year to year far better than receiving yards, because opportunity is a decision the offense keeps making.

Weighted Opportunity Rating, 2026 NFL season
#	Player	Δ WK	G	WOPR	Tgt Share	AY Share	Tgt	Read
1	Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA	No change	4	0.90	36.5%	49.9%	42	Read
2	Carnell TateWR · TEN	No change	4	0.81	29.6%	52.4%	32	Read
3	Michael WilsonWR · ARI	Up 1 place, from 4	4	0.76	29.7%	44.7%	44	Read
4	Chris OlaveWR · NO	Up 1 place, from 5	4	0.74	28.1%	45.1%	48	Read
5	Garrett WilsonWR · NYJ	Up 1 place, from 6	4	0.71	28.2%	40.9%	31	Read
6	Tee HigginsWR · CIN	Up 1 place, from 7	4	0.70	25.2%	46.2%	39	Read
7	Parker WashingtonWR · JAX	Up 1 place, from 8	4	0.70	26.3%	43.7%	26	Read
8	Drake LondonWR · ATL	Up 1 place, from 9	4	0.69	26.9%	40.5%	25	Read
9	CeeDee LambWR · DAL	Down 6 places, from 3	5	0.68	27.4%	38.0%	51	Read
10	Trey McBrideTE · ARI	No change	4	0.66	31.1%	27.0%	46	Read
11	Davante AdamsWR · LAR	No change	4	0.65	24.4%	40.6%	38	Read
12	Amon-Ra St. BrownWR · DET	No change	4	0.65	28.9%	30.5%	46	Read
13	Denzel BostonWR · CLE	No change	4	0.65	19.1%	51.1%	22	Read
14	Matthew GoldenWR · GB	No change	4	0.64	24.7%	39.1%	37	Read
15	DeVonta SmithWR · PHI	No change	4	0.64	25.5%	36.7%	27	Read
16	Isaiah LikelyTE · BAL	No change	4	0.64	31.5%	23.6%	35	Read
17	Tetairoa McMillanWR · CAR	No change; did not play this week	4	0.63	26.5%	33.1%	39	Read
18	Malik WashingtonWR · MIA	No change	4	0.63	27.5%	30.8%	28	Read
19	DK MetcalfWR · PIT	No change	4	0.61	22.9%	37.7%	33	Read
20	Josh DownsWR · IND	No change	4	0.60	22.8%	37.1%	28	Read
21	Jordan AddisonWR · MIN	No change	4	0.59	22.0%	37.4%	22	Read
22	Mike EvansWR · SF	No change	4	0.58	21.8%	36.4%	24	Read
23	Jaylen WaddleWR · MIA	No change	4	0.57	20.8%	36.9%	26	Read
24	George PickensWR · DAL	Up 4 places, from 28	5	0.57	22.0%	33.7%	41	Read
25	T.J. HockensonTE · MIN	Down 1 place, from 24	4	0.56	26.0%	24.2%	26	Read
26	Emeka EgbukaWR · TB	Back on this board	5	0.56	22.6%	31.1%	33	Read
27	Luther Burden IIIWR · CHI	Down 2 places, from 25	4	0.56	24.0%	28.2%	29	Read
28	Malik NabersWR · NYG	Down 2 places, from 26	4	0.55	23.4%	28.7%	26	Read
29	KC ConcepcionWR · CLE	Down 2 places, from 27	4	0.53	24.3%	23.1%	28	Read
30	Stefon DiggsWR · NE	Down 1 place, from 29	4	0.51	24.0%	21.8%	31	Read

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The read — Week 4

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is still first through four weeks at a 0.90 weighted opportunity rating (WOPR), a blend of a receiver's share of his team's targets and of its air yards: 36.5% of the Seahawks' targets and 49.9% of their air yards. Carnell Tate went from 10th to second at 0.81 after 12 targets and 70% of the Titans' air yards against the Ravens. CeeDee Lamb went from 12th to third at 0.80 on 21 targets against the Texans, and Tee Higgins from 11th to seventh on 16 against the Jaguars. Isaiah Likely went from 28th to 16th on 12 targets against the Cardinals. DeVonta Smith went from second to 15th without a target against the Rams, and Parker Washington from third to eighth on three targets against the Bengals. The floor is 12 targets now: 30 receivers clear it, 25 were ranked both weeks, Mike Evans, T.J. Hockenson and Rome Odunze are new, Tetairoa McMillan and Stefon Diggs are back, and Justin Jefferson is one of five who no longer qualify. Six of last week's top ten are still in it: the leader looks settled, and one game still moves a receiver eight places or more.

Updated Oct 7, 2026

Earlier weeks on this board — 2026(2 weeks)

Week 3

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is still first through three weeks at a 0.93 weighted opportunity rating, on 38 percent of the Seahawks' targets and 52 percent of their air yards after 14 targets against the Commanders. Michael Wilson went from 24th to eighth at 0.71 on 17 targets against the 49ers, and Josh Downs from 26th to ninth at 0.70 on 62 percent of the Colts' air yards against the Texans. Drake London enters at 14th on 60 percent of the Falcons' air yards against the Packers; Justin Jefferson went from third to 20th on two targets against the Buccaneers. DeVonta Smith went from fourth to second at 0.83 after eight targets against the Bears on Monday night, and Davante Adams from 10th to sixth on 13 targets against the Broncos. The table is 30 deep at a floor of nine targets: 23 were ranked both weeks, 7 are new and 7 are gone, Adonai Mitchell, sixth a week ago, among them. Six of last week's top ten are still in it: the leader looks settled, the order under him does not.

Week 2

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is still first through two weeks at a 1.02 weighted opportunity rating, on 44 percent of the Seahawks' targets and 52 percent of their air yards. Parker Washington went from tenth to second at 0.93 and DeVonta Smith from 20th to fourth at 0.87, both on an air-yards share above 50 percent. Amon-Ra St. Brown is fifth at 0.81 with 27 targets, the most on the board through two weeks. Adonai Mitchell enters at sixth on 58 percent of the Jets' air yards, the highest air-yards share on the board through two weeks, and Davante Adams enters at tenth after Monday night against the Giants. Trey McBride, the only tight end in the top ten, is seventh at 0.78. The board is thirty deep at a floor of six targets and only 19 were ranked both weeks: 11 entered, 11 are gone, among them Puka Nacua, Emeka Egbuka and Jameson Williams, third, fifth and sixth a week ago. Four of last week's top ten are still in it — the shares are real, the order is not yet.

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