What Is Target Premium?
Target Premium measures how far a player's targets per route run exceed the 15% league baseline, in percentage points.
Target Premium | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David NjokuInjured ReserveRoster status |  | TE | 25.00 | - | - | - | - | 25.00 | - |
| 2 | Alvin Kamara |  | RB | 24.13 | 20.00 | 28.33 | 19.43 | - | 17.08 | 47.50 |
| 3 | Gavin Bartholomew |  | TE | 23.10 | - | - | - | - | 25.00 | 22.50 |
| 4 | Mike EvansQuestionable: RibsPractice: Did Not ParticipateSet by admin |  | WR | 22.38 | - | - | - | - | 21.07 | 24.13 |
| 5 | CeeDee Lamb |  | WR | 22.30 | 32.83 | 28.30 | 26.21 | - | 15.91 | 27.25 |
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Who leads the NFL in target premium in 2026?
Through games played November 3, 2026, David Njoku of the Los Angeles Chargers leads all NFL players in target premium with 25.00. Alvin Kamara of New Orleans is second with 24.13 & Gavin Bartholomew of Minnesota third with 23.10. Njoku's total puts him 0.87 premium clear of second place & 10.27 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
David Njoku of the Los Angeles Chargers is the highest-ranked tight end on the board at 25.00 premium, first overall. Mike Evans of San Francisco is fourth with 22.38, CeeDee Lamb of Dallas fifth with 22.30, Josh Jacobs of Green Bay sixth with 22.14, Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams seventh with 22.00, RJ Harvey of Denver eighth with 21.36, Jonah Coleman of Denver ninth with 20.71 & Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle tenth with 20.32.
A gap of 1.15 premium separates 12th from 13th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Kendre Miller of New Orleans ranks 11th with 20.14, Elijah Mitchell of Philadelphia 12th with 19.48, Zach Ertz of Philadelphia 13th with 18.33, DeVonta Smith of Philadelphia 14th with 17.80, Blake Corum of the Los Angeles Rams 15th with 17.61, Zay Flowers of Baltimore 16th with 17.58 & Quinshon Judkins of Cleveland 17th with 17.39.
Eight players sit inside 2.24 premium of each other from fourth to 11th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Amon-Ra St. Brown of Detroit is 18th with 17.20, Kenneth Walker III of Kansas City 19th with 16.73, Malik Nabers of the New York Giants 20th with 15.60, Saquon Barkley of Philadelphia 21st with 15.30, Matthew Golden of Green Bay 22nd with 14.96, Stefon Diggs of Washington 23rd with 14.93, Justin Jefferson of Minnesota 24th with 14.93 & Jahmyr Gibbs of Detroit 25th with 14.73. Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, New Orleans, Philadelphia & the Los Angeles Rams are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Eleven of the 25 are running backs; the three tight ends are Njoku first, Bartholomew third & Ertz 13th; the eleven wide receivers are Evans fourth, Lamb fifth, Nacua seventh, Smith-Njigba 10th, Smith 14th, Flowers 16th, Brown 18th, Nabers 20th, Golden 22nd, Diggs 23rd & Jefferson 24th.
How this ranking is measured
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 259 NFL players in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 8 targets is applied. Target Premium measures how far a player's targets per route run exceed the 15% league baseline, in percentage points. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
