What Is Target Rate vs. Man?
Target rate allowed vs. man measures the percentage of man coverage routes that result in a target.
Target Rate Allowed vs. Man | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quan Martin |  | SAF | 0.0% | - | - | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1 | Nick Cross | | SAF | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 3 | Julius BrentsQuestionable: NeckPractice: Full ParticipationWeek 8 report · updated Oct 29 |  | CB | 5.0% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 5.7% | - | 20.0% | 0.0% |
| 4 | Javon Bullard |  | SAF | 5.3% | 0.0% | 11.5% | 7.5% | - | 4.5% | 5.7% |
| 5 | Christian Roland-Wallace |  | CB | 5.4% | 0.0% | 5.6% | 3.4% | - | 8.3% | 4.0% |
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Which players have the lowest target rate allowed vs. man in the NFL in 2026?
Through games played November 3, 2026, Quan Martin of Washington & Nick Cross of Washington are tied for the lowest target rate allowed vs. man in the NFL at 0.0%. Third is Julius Brents of Miami at 5.0%. A gap of 12.1 percentage points separates the leaders from the 25th-ranked player.
Quan Martin of Washington is the highest-ranked safety on the board at 0.0%, first overall, & the first Washington player inside the top ten. Fourth is Javon Bullard of Green Bay at 5.3%, then Christian Roland-Wallace of Kansas City fifth at 5.4%, Mike Jackson of Carolina sixth at 5.9%, Micah Robinson of Tennessee seventh at 6.7%, Cobie Durant of Dallas eighth at 7.5%, Cole Bishop of Buffalo ninth at 7.7% & Julian Love of Seattle tenth at 8.3%.
A gap of 1.1 percentage points separates tenth from 11th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Billy Bowman Jr. of Atlanta is 11th at 9.4%, then Denzel Burke of Arizona 12th at 9.7%, Chau Smith-Wade of Carolina 13th at 10.0%, Jourdan Lewis of Jacksonville 14th at 10.9%, Jalen Ramsey of Pittsburgh 15th at 11.1%, Reed Blankenship of Houston 16th at 11.4% & Denzel Ward of Cleveland 17th at 11.5%.
Eight players sit inside four tenths of a percentage point from 18th to 25th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Tyson Campbell of Cleveland & Christian Benford of Buffalo are tied 18th at 11.7%, then Craig Woodson of New England, Nick Emmanwori of Seattle & Carrington Valentine of Green Bay tied 20th at 11.8%, Joshua Williams of Tennessee is 23rd at 11.9%, Ji'Ayir Brown of San Francisco 24th at 12.0% & Sauce Gardner of Indianapolis 25th at 12.1%. Buffalo, Carolina, Cleveland, Green Bay, Seattle, Tennessee & Washington are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Fifteen of the 25 are cornerbacks; the nine safeties are Martin first, Cross first, Bullard fourth, Bishop ninth, Love 10th, Blankenship 16th, Woodson 20th, Emmanwori 20th & Brown 24th; the only defensive back is Valentine 20th. Three ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
These 25 are drawn from 193 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season, ranked lowest first. A minimum of 44 routes is applied. Target rate allowed vs. man measures the percentage of man coverage routes that result in a target. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
