| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooper DeJean |  | CB | 21 | 2 | 5 | 13 | - | 13 | 8 |
| 2 | Jonas Sanker |  | SAF | 19 | 5 | 9 | 12 | - | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Javon Bullard |  | SAF | 19 | - | 11 | 14 | - | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Justin WalleyOut: KneePractice: Did Not ParticipateWeek 8 report · updated Oct 29 |  | CB | 18 | 0 | 8 | 11 | - | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Myles HardenQuestionable: HamstringPractice: Limited ParticipationWeek 8 report · updated Oct 29 |  | CB | 17 | 4 | 7 | 12 | - | 7 | 10 |
Cooper DeJean of Philadelphia is the 2026 NFL leader in slot receptions allowed at 21, through games played October 30, 2026. Jonas Sanker of New Orleans & Javon Bullard of Green Bay are tied for second at 19. DeJean's total puts him 2 slot receptions clear of second place & 14 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Jonas Sanker of New Orleans is the highest-ranked safety on the board at 19 slot receptions, second overall. Fourth is Justin Walley of Indianapolis at 18, then Myles Harden of Cleveland & L'Jarius Sneed of Kansas City tied for fifth at 17, Roger McCreary of Detroit & Marcus Harris of Tennessee tied for seventh at 15 & Ja'Quan McMillian of Denver, Taron Johnson of Las Vegas, Jalen Ramsey of Pittsburgh and Keionte Scott of Tampa Bay tied for ninth at 14.
Javon Bullard of Green Bay ranks second on the season at 19 but has led the league in slot receptions allowed over the last three weeks at 11. Jalen Pitre of Houston is 13th at 13, then Daxton Hill of Cincinnati 14th at 12 & Caleb Downs of Dallas, Marcus Jones of New England, Andru Phillips of the New York Giants and Jarvis Brownlee Jr. of the New York Jets are tied 15th at 11.
All 10 players are within 3 slot receptions of each other. Quentin Lake of the Los Angeles Rams is 19th at 10, then Chris Johnson of Miami, Chandler Rivers of Baltimore & Upton Stout of San Francisco tied 20th at 9, Dee Alford of Buffalo & Kyle Hamilton of Baltimore tied 23rd at 8 & Jalen Davis of Cincinnati is 25th at 7. Baltimore & Cincinnati are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Sixteen of the 25 are cornerbacks; the six safeties are Sanker second, Bullard second, Pitre 13th, Downs 15th, Lake 19th & Hamilton 23rd; the three defensive backs are Hill 14th, Phillips 15th & Brownlee 15th. Seven ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
These 25 are drawn from 40 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 36 routes is applied. Slot receptions allowed counts the catches surrendered by a defender when the receiver he was covering lined up in the slot. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
