What Is Target Rate vs Zone?
Target Rate vs Zone measures the percentage of a player’s routes against zone coverage that result in a target.
Target Rate vs Zone | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvin Kamara |  | RB | 46.3% | 36.8% | 44.0% | 41.3% | - | 39.0% | 69.2% |
| 2 | Josh Jacobs |  | RB | 42.1% | 46.2% | - | - | - | 46.2% | 33.3% |
| 3 | Kendre Miller | | RB | 40.7% | 55.6% | 58.3% | 47.8% | - | 42.9% | 33.3% |
| 4 | Quinshon Judkins |  | RB | 40.0% | 40.0% | - | - | - | 40.9% | 39.3% |
| 5 | RJ HarveyInjured Reserve: KneePractice: Did Not ParticipateRoster status |  | RB | 37.9% | - | - | - | - | 36.8% | 38.5% |
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Who has the highest target rate vs zone in the NFL in 2026?
Alvin Kamara of New Orleans tops the 2026 NFL target rate vs zone ranking at 46.3%, through games played November 3, 2026. Next are Josh Jacobs of Green Bay second at 42.1% & Kendre Miller of New Orleans third at 40.7%. Kamara's rate puts him 4.2 percentage points clear of second place & 15.3 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams is the highest-ranked wide receiver on the board at 35.7%, seventh overall. Next are Quinshon Judkins of Cleveland fourth at 40.0%, RJ Harvey of Denver fifth at 37.9%, Ty Johnson of Buffalo sixth at 37.5%, Ashton Jeanty of Las Vegas eighth at 35.5%, CeeDee Lamb of Dallas ninth at 35.4% & Kenneth Walker III of Kansas City tenth at 35.0%.
A gap of 1.8 percentage points separates sixth from seventh, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Next are Mike Evans of San Francisco 11th at 34.6%, Adonai Mitchell of the New York Jets 12th at 34.3%, Omarion Hampton of the Los Angeles Chargers 13th at 34.2%, DeVonta Smith of Philadelphia 14th at 34.0%, Zay Flowers of Baltimore & Chimere Dike of Tennessee tied 15th at 33.3% & Dallas Goedert of Philadelphia 17th at 33.0%.
All 8 players are within 1.4 percentage points of each other. Next are Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle & Justin Jefferson of Minnesota tied 18th at 32.9%, Christian McCaffrey of San Francisco 20th at 32.7%, Roschon Johnson of Chicago 21st at 32.3%, Dalton Schultz of Houston 22nd at 31.7%, Stefon Diggs of Washington 23rd at 31.5%, Travis Etienne of New Orleans 24th at 31.3% & Jahmyr Gibbs of Detroit 25th at 31.0%. New Orleans, Philadelphia & San Francisco are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Thirteen of the 25 are running backs; the ten wide receivers are Nacua seventh, Lamb ninth, Evans 11th, Mitchell 12th, Smith 14th, Flowers 15th, Dike 15th, Smith-Njigba 18th, Jefferson 18th & Diggs 23rd; the two tight ends are Goedert 17th & Schultz 22nd. Two ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
Of the 294 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. A minimum of 35 routes is applied. Target Rate vs Zone measures the percentage of a player’s routes against zone coverage that result in a target. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
