What Is Receiver Target Separation?
Receiver Target Separation measures the average distance between the receiver and the nearest defender at the moment of target.
Receiver Target Separation | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breece HallQuestionable: QuadricepPractice: Limited ParticipationWeek 8 report · updated Oct 29 |  | RB | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 2 | Jonah Coleman |  | RB | 3.7 | 2.4 | - | - | - | 3.4 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Bhayshul Tuten |  | RB | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | - | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 4 | Devin Singletary |   | RB | 3.7 | 2.8 | - | - | - | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 5 | Jeremy Ruckert | | TE | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 3.2 |
Connect your AI to statrankings
Already subscribed? Just sign in.
Who has the highest receiver target separation in the NFL in 2026?
Breece Hall of the New York Jets tops the 2026 NFL receiver target separation ranking at 4.2, through games played November 3, 2026. Next are Jonah Coleman of Denver second at 3.7 & Bhayshul Tuten of Jacksonville third at 3.7. Hall's total puts him 0.5 separation clear of second place & 1.2 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Jeremy Ruckert of the New York Jets is the highest-ranked tight end on the board at 3.6 separation, fifth overall, & the second New York Jets player inside the top ten. Next are Devin Singletary of the New York Giants fourth at 3.7, Tyler Allgeier of Arizona sixth at 3.5, Ty Johnson of Buffalo seventh at 3.5, Bam Knight of Arizona eighth at 3.4, D'Andre Swift of Chicago ninth at 3.4 & Elijah Higgins of Arizona tenth at 3.4.
Tyler Allgeier of Arizona ranks sixth on the season at 3.5 but has led the league in receiver target separation over the last three weeks at 4.1. Next are James Cook of Buffalo 11th at 3.3, Jonathan Taylor of Indianapolis 12th at 3.3, RJ Harvey of Denver 13th at 3.3, Josh Cuevas of Baltimore 14th at 3.2, George Holani of Seattle 15th at 3.2, Rashee Rice of Kansas City 16th at 3.1 & Tyjae Spears of Tennessee 17th at 3.1.
Twelve players sit inside 0.2 separation of each other from 14th to 25th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Next are Jayden Reed of Green Bay 18th at 3.1, Isaiah Bond of Cleveland 19th at 3.1, Rhamondre Stevenson of New England 20th at 3.1, Travis Etienne of New Orleans & Saquon Barkley of Philadelphia tied 21st at 3.0, Colby Parkinson of the Los Angeles Rams 23rd at 3.0, Justice Hill of Baltimore 24th at 3.0 & Raheim Sanders of Cleveland 25th at 3.0. Arizona, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Denver & the New York Jets are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Eighteen of the 25 are running backs; the four tight ends are Ruckert fifth, Higgins 10th, Cuevas 14th & Parkinson 23rd; the three wide receivers are Rice 16th, Reed 18th & Bond 19th. One rank inside the top 25 is shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
Of the 259 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. A minimum of 8 targets is applied. Receiver Target Separation measures the average distance between the receiver and the nearest defender at the moment of target. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
