| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keisean Nixon |  | DB | 31 | - | 10 | 17 | - | 15 | 16 |
| 2 | Riq Woolen |  | CB | 28 | 3 | 14 | 24 | - | 18 | 10 |
| 3 | Azareye'h Thomas |  | CB | 23 | 4 | 9 | 17 | - | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Nate Wiggins |  | CB | 22 | 5 | 9 | 15 | - | 11 | 11 |
| 4 | Jarrian Jones |  | CB | 22 | 4 | 16 | 22 | - | 10 | 12 |
Through games played October 30, 2026, Keisean Nixon of Green Bay leads all NFL players in right-aligned receptions allowed with 31. Riq Woolen of Philadelphia is second with 28 & Azareye'h Thomas of the New York Jets third with 23. Nixon's total puts him 3 right-aligned receptions clear of second place & 21 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Keisean Nixon of Green Bay is the highest-ranked defensive back on the board at 31 right-aligned receptions, first overall. Nate Wiggins of Baltimore, Jarrian Jones of Jacksonville, Jaylon Johnson of Chicago & Derek Stingley Jr. of Houston are tied for fourth with 22, Mike Hughes of Atlanta is eighth with 20, Zyon McCollum of Tampa Bay ninth with 19 & Denzel Ward of Cleveland tenth with 18.
Jarrian Jones of Jacksonville ranks fourth on the season at 22 but has led the league in right-aligned receptions allowed over the last three weeks at 16. Cordale Flott of Tennessee ranks 11th with 17, Asante Samuel Jr. of Pittsburgh & DaRon Bland of Dallas are tied 12th with 16, Charvarius Ward of Indianapolis ranks 14th with 15 & Rasul Douglas of Washington, Christian Gonzalez of New England and Eric Stokes of Las Vegas are tied 15th with 14.
Ten players sit inside 4 right-aligned receptions of each other from 12th to 21st, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Chris Johnson of Miami, Greg Newsome II of the New York Giants & Javon Bullard of Green Bay are tied 18th with 13, Josh Jobe of Seattle is 21st with 12, Myles Harden of Cleveland, Renardo Green of San Francisco & D.J. Reed of Detroit are tied 22nd with 11 & Daxton Hill of Cincinnati is 25th with 10. Cleveland & Green Bay are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Twenty-two of the 25 are cornerbacks; the two defensive backs are Nixon first & Hill 25th; the only safety is Bullard 18th. Five ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 41 NFL players in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 72 routes is applied. Right-aligned receptions allowed counts the catches surrendered by a defender when the receiver he was covering lined up on the OFFENSE's right -- the defense's left side of the field. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
