Perimeter (Outside) Targets | NFL Advanced Stats

	Player	Position
1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	63	6	27	47	-	28	35
2	Michael Wilson	WR	57	5	17	45	-	16	41
3	CeeDee Lamb	WR	53	8	23	41	-	16	37
3	Matthew Golden	WR	53	-	15	28	-	27	26
5	Malik Nabers	WR	52	7	34	42	-	26	26

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What Are Perimeter Targets?

Perimeter targets -- outside targets -- count how many passes were thrown to a receiver on plays where he lined up on the boundary rather than in the slot. Outside alignments are where press coverage and a team's top cornerback live, so perimeter volume says something different from slot volume: it is the harder, more contested workload, and the receivers who carry a lot of it are usually the ones an offense trusts to win one-on-one without scheme help. This board combines every outside alignment; for the independent left/right split, see Left & Right Alignment+. Slot and perimeter totals do not sum to a receiver's full workload -- backfield and in-line snaps belong to neither.

Who leads the NFL in perimeter (outside) targets in 2026?

Through games played October 30, 2026, Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle leads all NFL players in perimeter (outside) targets with 63. Michael Wilson of Arizona is second with 57 and CeeDee Lamb of Dallas & Matthew Golden of Green Bay are tied for third with 53. Smith-Njigba's total puts him 6 targets clear of second place & 33 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Dallas has two players inside the top ten. Malik Nabers of the New York Giants & George Pickens of Dallas are tied for fifth with 52, DK Metcalf of Pittsburgh is seventh with 50, Chris Olave of New Orleans eighth with 46, Tee Higgins of Cincinnati ninth with 44 & Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams tenth with 43.

Malik Nabers of the New York Giants ranks fifth on the season at 52 but has led the league in perimeter (outside) targets over the last three weeks at 34. Denzel Boston of Cleveland ranks 11th with 42, Carnell Tate of Tennessee & Tetairoa McMillan of Carolina are tied 12th with 40, Amon-Ra St. Brown of Detroit & Drake London of Atlanta tied 14th with 39 and Garrett Wilson of the New York Jets & Christian Watson of Green Bay tied 16th with 38.

Eight players sit inside 4 targets of each other from 12th to 19th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Davante Adams of the Los Angeles Rams is 18th with 37, Tre Tucker of Las Vegas 19th with 36, DeVonta Smith of Philadelphia & Rome Odunze of Chicago are tied 20th with 34, Emeka Egbuka of Tampa Bay is 22nd with 33, Ja'Marr Chase of Cincinnati & Jameson Williams of Detroit are tied 23rd with 31 & Nico Collins of Houston is 25th with 30. Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Green Bay & the Los Angeles Rams are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Seven ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

The ranking above covers the top 25 of 121 NFL players in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 31 routes is applied. Perimeter targets -- outside targets -- count how many passes were thrown to a receiver on plays where he lined up on the boundary rather than in the slot. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.