| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrian Jones |  | CB | 52 | 8 | 37 | 48 | - | 23 | 29 |
| 1 | Derek Stingley Jr. |  | CB | 52 | 6 | 18 | 35 | - | 36 | 16 |
| 3 | Keisean Nixon |  | DB | 51 | - | 20 | 31 | - | 24 | 27 |
| 4 | Brandon Cisse | | CB | 47 | - | 17 | 29 | - | 25 | 22 |
| 5 | Riq Woolen |  | CB | 44 | 7 | 23 | 36 | - | 30 | 14 |
Through games played October 30, 2026, Jarrian Jones of Jacksonville & Derek Stingley Jr. of Houston are tied for the NFL lead in perimeter (outside) targets allowed at 52. Third is Keisean Nixon of Green Bay at 51. Twenty-three perimeter targets separate the leaders from the 25th-ranked player.
Keisean Nixon of Green Bay is the highest-ranked defensive back on the board at 51 perimeter targets, third overall, & the first Green Bay player inside the top ten. Fourth is Brandon Cisse of Green Bay at 47, then Riq Woolen of Philadelphia & Jacob Parrish of Tampa Bay tied for fifth at 44, DaRon Bland of Dallas is seventh at 42, Quinyon Mitchell of Philadelphia & Mike Hughes of Atlanta are tied for eighth at 41 & Brandon Stephens of the New York Jets, C.J. Henderson of Atlanta and Asante Samuel Jr. of Pittsburgh tied for tenth at 39.
Three perimeter targets separate 13th from 19th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Nate Wiggins of Baltimore, Renardo Green of San Francisco, Denzel Ward of Cleveland, Marlon Humphrey of Baltimore, Kamari Lassiter of Houston & Josh Jobe of Seattle are tied 13th at 38.
All 9 players are within 1 perimeter target of each other. Azareye'h Thomas of the New York Jets is 19th at 35, then Charvarius Ward of Indianapolis & Jaylon Johnson of Chicago tied 20th at 32, Quincy Riley of New Orleans & Zyon McCollum of Tampa Bay tied 22nd at 31, Tyson Campbell of Cleveland is 24th at 30 & Riley Moss of Denver 25th at 29. Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Green Bay, Houston, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay & the New York Jets are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Twenty-four of the 25 are cornerbacks; the only defensive back is Nixon third. Seven ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
These 25 are drawn from 29 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 153 routes is applied. Perimeter targets allowed counts how many passes were thrown at the receiver a defender was covering when that receiver lined up outside. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
