Slot Targets Allowed | NFL Advanced Stats

	Player	Position
1	Cooper DeJean	CB	33	2	10	23	-	22	11
2	Myles Harden	CB	32	8	13	23	-	14	18
3	Jonas Sanker	SAF	29	5	13	17	-	12	17
4	Ja'Quan McMillian	CB	28	8	17	19	-	14	14
5	Taron Johnson	CB	27	1	9	20	-	12	15

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What Are Slot Targets Allowed?

Slot targets allowed counts how many passes were thrown at the receiver a defender was covering when that receiver lined up in the slot. Inside coverage is mostly the nickel's job, and it is a different assignment from playing the boundary -- more traffic, more option routes, less sideline help. This is a volume number, so a defender who plays every snap will sit high on it whether or not he is actually being picked on; pair it with Slot Target Rate Allowed, which controls for how many slot routes he defended.

Which player has the most slot targets allowed in the NFL in 2026?

Cooper DeJean of Philadelphia tops the 2026 NFL slot targets allowed ranking at 33, through games played October 30, 2026. Next are Myles Harden of Cleveland second at 32 & Jonas Sanker of New Orleans third at 29. DeJean's total puts him 1 slot target clear of second place & 21 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Jonas Sanker of New Orleans is the highest-ranked safety on the board at 29 slot targets, third overall. Next are Ja'Quan McMillian of Denver fourth at 28, Taron Johnson of Las Vegas, Justin Walley of Indianapolis & Javon Bullard of Green Bay tied for fifth at 27, Roger McCreary of Detroit & L'Jarius Sneed of Kansas City tied for eighth at 25 and Jalen Pitre of Houston & Keionte Scott of Tampa Bay tied for tenth at 23.

Ja'Quan McMillian of Denver ranks fourth on the season at 28 but has led the league in slot targets allowed over the last three weeks at 17. Next are Andru Phillips of the New York Giants 12th at 22, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. of the New York Jets 13th at 20, Jalen Ramsey of Pittsburgh & Marcus Harris of Tennessee tied 14th at 19, Daxton Hill of Cincinnati 16th at 18 & Marcus Jones of New England 17th at 16.

All 8 players are within 2 slot targets of each other. Next are Caleb Downs of Dallas, Billy Bowman Jr. of Atlanta & Dee Alford of Buffalo tied 18th at 14, Devon Witherspoon of Seattle, Chandler Rivers of Baltimore & Upton Stout of San Francisco tied 21st at 13 and Josh Wallace of the Los Angeles Rams & Quentin Lake of the Los Angeles Rams tied 24th at 12. The Los Angeles Rams are the only team with two players in the top 25. Seventeen of the 25 are cornerbacks; the five safeties are Sanker third, Bullard fifth, Pitre 10th, Downs 18th & Lake 24th; the three defensive backs are Phillips 12th, Brownlee 13th & Hill 16th. Seven ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

Of the 40 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. A minimum of 36 routes is applied. Slot targets allowed counts how many passes were thrown at the receiver a defender was covering when that receiver 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.