Right-Aligned Targets | NFL Advanced Stats

	Player	Position
1	CeeDee Lamb	WR	46	6	20	38	-	13	33
2	Michael Wilson	WR	41	5	15	33	-	11	30
3	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	36	5	18	30	-	14	22
4	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	35	3	17	26	-	16	19
5	Chris Olave	WR	32	6	11	23	-	20	12

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What Are Right-Aligned Targets?

Right-aligned targets count how many passes were thrown to a receiver on plays where he lined up on the offense's right -- the offense's right as the quarterback sees it, the same convention used on the coverage boards for defenders. A receiver's left and right target totals are not required to match; plenty of receivers, and especially ones who travel with a scheme rather than a boundary, show a clear lean to one side. Pair this with Right-Aligned Target Rate to separate a receiver who is heavily deployed to the right from one who is simply trusted when he gets there. Left and right are derived from the charted formation order, resolve on about 98% of WR/slot routes, and are independent of the Slot & Perimeter+ split -- neither pair of numbers sums to a receiver's full route total.

Which player has the most right-aligned targets in the NFL in 2026?

CeeDee Lamb of Dallas tops the 2026 NFL right-aligned targets ranking at 46, through games played October 30, 2026. Next are Michael Wilson of Arizona second at 41 & Amon-Ra St. Brown of Detroit third at 36. Lamb's total puts him 5 targets clear of second place & 25 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Only 16 targets separate first from tenth. Next are Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle fourth at 35, Chris Olave of New Orleans, Malik Nabers of the New York Giants, Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams & DK Metcalf of Pittsburgh tied for fifth at 32, Matthew Golden of Green Bay ninth at 31 & Tee Higgins of Cincinnati tenth at 30.

Malik Nabers of the New York Giants ranks fifth on the season at 32 but has led the league in right-aligned targets over the last three weeks at 23. Next are Drake London of Atlanta 11th at 29, Emeka Egbuka of Tampa Bay & Tetairoa McMillan of Carolina tied 12th at 28, Zay Flowers of Baltimore 14th at 27, DeVonta Smith of Philadelphia & Wan'Dale Robinson of Tennessee tied 15th at 26 and Ja'Marr Chase of Cincinnati & Luther Burden III of Chicago tied 17th at 24.

The last seven players in the ranking sit inside 2 targets of each other. Next are George Pickens of Dallas 19th at 23, Christian Watson of Green Bay & Jameson Williams of Detroit tied 20th at 22 & Josh Downs of Indianapolis, Garrett Wilson of the New York Jets, Carnell Tate of Tennessee and Rome Odunze of Chicago tied 22nd at 21. Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Green Bay & Tennessee are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Six ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

Of the 122 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. A minimum of 26 routes is applied. Right-aligned targets count how many passes were thrown to a receiver on plays where he lined up on the offense's right -- the offense's right as the quarterback sees it, the same convention used on the coverage boards for defenders. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.