What Is Target Quality Rating?
Target Quality Rating combines accuracy, catchability, and depth metrics to score overall target quality.
Target Quality Rating | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ty Johnson |  | RB | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | - | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| 1 | Cam Skattebo |   | RB | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | - | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| 1 | Breece HallQuestionable: QuadricepPractice: Limited ParticipationWeek 8 report · updated Oct 29 |  | RB | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| 1 | Tyjae SpearsOut: KneePractice: Did Not ParticipateWeek 8 report · updated Oct 29 |  | RB | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| 5 | Jeremy Ruckert | | TE | 96.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 100.00 | 95.00 |
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Which players lead the NFL in target quality rating in 2026?
Through games played November 3, 2026, Ty Johnson of Buffalo, Cam Skattebo of the New York Giants, Breece Hall of the New York Jets & Tyjae Spears of Tennessee are tied for the NFL lead in target quality rating at 100.00. A gap of 7.78 rating points separates the leaders from the 25th-ranked player.
Jeremy Ruckert of the New York Jets is the highest-ranked tight end on the board at 96.25 rating points, fifth overall, & the second New York Jets player inside the top ten. Emmett Johnson of Kansas City & Bhayshul Tuten of Jacksonville are tied for sixth at 95.63, then Tyler Allgeier of Arizona eighth at 95.45, Derrick Henry of Baltimore ninth at 95.00 & Keaton Mitchell of the Los Angeles Chargers tenth at 94.44.
A gap of 0.69 rating points separates 16th from 20th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Dawson Knox of Buffalo & Raheim Sanders of Cleveland are tied 11th at 94.17, then Roschon Johnson of Chicago & Austin Hooper of Atlanta tied 13th at 93.64, Aaron Jones of Minnesota is 15th at 93.33 & Jonah Coleman of Denver, Elijah Mitchell of Philadelphia, Pierre Strong of Green Bay and Deebo Samuel Sr. of San Francisco are tied 16th at 93.00.
All 10 players are within 0.78 rating points of each other. Omar Cooper Jr. of the New York Jets is 20th at 92.31, then Braelon Allen of the New York Jets 21st at 92.27 & Elijah Higgins of Arizona, Isaiah Bond of Cleveland, Erick All of Cincinnati and Rachaad White of Washington are tied 22nd at 92.22. Arizona, Buffalo, Cleveland & the New York Jets are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Seventeen of the 25 are running backs; the five tight ends are Ruckert fifth, Knox 11th, Hooper 13th, Higgins 22nd & All 22nd; the three wide receivers are Samuel 16th, Cooper 20th & Bond 22nd. Six ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
These 25 are drawn from 259 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 8 targets is applied. Target Quality Rating combines accuracy, catchability, and depth metrics to score overall target quality. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
