Slot Target Rate | NFL Advanced Stats

	Player	Position
1	Mike Evans	WR	54.2%	-	-	-	-	56.3%	50.0%
2	Zay Flowers	WR	42.5%	44.4%	39.6%	41.3%	-	44.4%	40.9%
3	Davante Adams	WR	37.5%	-	-	-	-	36.4%	40.0%
4	Tyquan Thornton	WR	35.0%	-	-	-	-	18.2%	55.6%
5	Puka Nacua	WR	34.9%	37.5%	32.1%	-	-	31.8%	38.1%

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What Is Slot Target Rate?

Slot target rate is the percentage of a receiver's slot routes that ended with a pass thrown his way. Because it divides by routes rather than snaps or team pass attempts, it separates a receiver who is genuinely the read when he is inside from one who simply plays a lot of slot snaps -- volume boards reward the second, this one only rewards the first. It is the same definition used for defenders on the Cornerback+ pages, so a receiver's slot target rate and the rate a corner allows can be read against each other directly. Rates from the slot and from the perimeter are computed independently and are not shares of one whole.

Which players lead the NFL in slot target rate in 2026?

Mike Evans of San Francisco is the 2026 NFL leader in slot target rate at 54.2%, through games played October 30, 2026. Second is Zay Flowers of Baltimore at 42.5%, then Davante Adams of the Los Angeles Rams third at 37.5%. Evans's rate puts him 11.7 percentage points clear of second place & 27.5 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

The Los Angeles Rams have two players inside the top ten. Fourth is Tyquan Thornton of Kansas City at 35.0%, then Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams fifth at 34.9%, Parker Washington of Jacksonville sixth at 34.8%, CeeDee Lamb of Dallas seventh at 33.3%, Malik Nabers of the New York Giants eighth at 32.8%, Emeka Egbuka of Tampa Bay ninth at 32.0% & Garrett Wilson of the New York Jets tenth at 31.8%.

A gap of 1.5 percentage points separates sixth from seventh, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Terry McLaurin of Washington is 11th at 30.8%, then DeVonta Smith of Philadelphia 12th at 30.4%, Chris Olave of New Orleans 13th at 29.1%, Roman Wilson of Pittsburgh 14th at 29.0%, Pat Bryant of Denver & Keenan Allen of Indianapolis are tied 15th at 28.6% & Stefon Diggs of Washington is 17th at 28.0%.

Eight players sit inside 1.1 percentage points of each other from 17th to 24th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Christian Watson of Green Bay is 18th at 27.9%, then Matthew Golden of Green Bay & Jalen Brooks of Arizona tied 19th at 27.8%, Jayden Reed of Green Bay is 21st at 27.3%, Ja'Marr Chase of Cincinnati 22nd at 27.1%, Xavier Hutchinson of Houston 23rd at 27.0%, Malik Washington of Miami 24th at 26.9% & Amon-Ra St. Brown of Detroit 25th at 26.7%. Green Bay, Washington & the Los Angeles Rams are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Two ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

These 25 are drawn from 117 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 18 routes is applied. Slot target rate is the percentage of a receiver's slot routes that ended with a pass thrown his way. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.