Targets per Route Run vs. Man | NFL Advanced Stats

Who has the highest targets per route run vs. man in the NFL in 2026?

Deion Burks of Indianapolis tops the 2026 NFL targets per route run vs. man ranking at 0.60, through games played November 6, 2026. Next are Malik Benson of Las Vegas second at 0.57 & Terrance Ferguson of the Los Angeles Rams third at 0.53. Burks's average puts him 0.03 targets clear of second place & 0.26 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Terrance Ferguson of the Los Angeles Rams is the highest-ranked tight end on the board at 0.53 targets, third overall, & the first Los Angeles Rams player inside the top ten. Next are Amon-Ra St. Brown of Detroit fourth at 0.48, Mike Evans of San Francisco fifth at 0.45, Emmett Johnson of Kansas City & Efton Chism III of New England tied for sixth at 0.44, Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams eighth at 0.41, CeeDee Lamb of Dallas ninth at 0.41 & Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle tenth at 0.40.

Blake Corum of the Los Angeles Rams ranks 12th on the season at 0.38 but has led the league in targets per route run vs. man over the last three weeks at 0.67. Next are Dylan Sampson of Cleveland 11th at 0.40, Josh Palmer of Buffalo 16th at 0.38 & Parker Washington of Jacksonville 17th at 0.38.

Nine players sit inside 0.01 targets of each other from 12th to 20th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Next are Carnell Tate of Tennessee & Erick All of Cincinnati tied 18th at 0.38, Malik Nabers of the New York Giants 20th at 0.37, Mitchell Tinsley of Cincinnati & Marvin Mims Jr. of Denver tied 21st at 0.36, Cody White of Las Vegas 23rd at 0.35, Matthew Golden of Green Bay 24th at 0.34 & KC Concepcion of Cleveland 25th at 0.34. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Seattle & the Los Angeles Rams are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Eighteen of the 25 are wide receivers; the two tight ends are Ferguson third & All 18th; the five running backs are Johnson sixth, Sampson 11th, Achane 12th, Price 12th & Corum 12th. Four 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. Targets per Route Run vs Man measures the average number of targets a player earns per route run against man coverage. Figures are as of November 6, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.