Slot Target Rate Allowed | NFL Advanced Stats

	Player	Position
1	Quentin Lake	SAF	33.3%	40.0%	25.0%	17.4%	-	41.7%	16.7%
2	L'Jarius Sneed	CB	29.1%	60.0%	32.5%	33.3%	-	24.5%	35.1%
3	Justin Walley	CB	23.7%	0.0%	36.1%	23.8%	-	25.5%	22.4%
4	Nick Emmanwori	SAF	22.5%	27.3%	23.3%	22.5%	-	28.0%	13.3%
5	Roger McCreary	CB	22.1%	12.5%	26.2%	22.7%	-	16.1%	29.4%

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What Is Slot Target Rate Allowed?

Slot target rate allowed is the percentage of slot routes a defender covered that ended with a pass thrown his way. Dividing by routes defended rather than by snaps turns a volume number into a signal about trust: it answers whether quarterbacks choose to attack this man when he is inside, independent of how often he was on the field. The defenders at the bottom of this board are the ones offenses decide not to test, which is a compliment that never appears in yards or touchdowns allowed. It uses the same definition as Target Rate on the Cornerback+ pages and as Slot Target Rate on the receiver boards, so all three read against each other directly.

Who leads the NFL in slot target rate allowed in 2026?

The top player in slot target rate allowed is Quentin Lake of the Los Angeles Rams, at 33.3% through games played October 30, 2026. L'Jarius Sneed of Kansas City ranks second at 29.1%, with Justin Walley of Indianapolis third at 23.7%. Lake's rate puts him 4.2 percentage points clear of second place & 16.8 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Quentin Lake of the Los Angeles Rams is the highest-ranked safety on the board at 33.3%, first overall. Nick Emmanwori of Seattle ranks fourth at 22.5%, with Roger McCreary of Detroit fifth at 22.1%, Chandler Rivers of Baltimore sixth at 21.7%, Jalen Pitre of Houston seventh at 21.5%, Daxton Hill of Cincinnati & Taron Johnson of Las Vegas are tied for eighth at 21.4% and Myles Harden of Cleveland & Avieon Terrell of Atlanta tied for tenth at 21.1%.

Mike Sainristil of Washington ranks 18th on the season at 17.8% but has led the league in slot target rate allowed over the last three weeks at 41.7%. Jonas Sanker of New Orleans ranks 12th at 20.9%, with Cooper DeJean of Philadelphia 13th at 20.1%, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. of the New York Jets 14th at 18.9%, Kyle Hamilton of Baltimore 15th at 18.5%, Cam Lewis of Chicago 16th at 18.4% & Sydney Brown of Atlanta 17th at 18.2%.

Eight players sit inside 1.2 percentage points of each other from fifth to 12th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Mike Sainristil of Washington ranks 18th at 17.8%, with Garrett Williams of Arizona 19th at 17.6%, Keionte Scott of Tampa Bay 20th at 17.2%, Javon Bullard of Green Bay 21st at 17.0%, Andru Phillips of the New York Giants 22nd at 16.9%, Ja'Quan McMillian of Denver 23rd at 16.9%, Marcus Jones of New England 24th at 16.7% & Caleb Downs of Dallas 25th at 16.5%. Atlanta & Baltimore are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Fourteen of the 25 are cornerbacks; the eight safeties are Lake first, Emmanwori fourth, Pitre seventh, Sanker 12th, Hamilton 15th, Brown 17th, Bullard 21st & Downs 25th; the three defensive backs are Hill eighth, Brownlee 14th & Phillips 22nd. Two ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

40 NFL players are ranked for the 2026 regular season. The top 25 appear above. A minimum of 36 routes is applied. Slot target rate allowed is the percentage of slot routes a defender covered that ended with a pass thrown his way. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.