What Are Targets per Route Run vs. Zone?
Targets per Route Run vs Zone calculates how many targets a receiver gets per route when facing zone coverage. This shows which players excel at becoming available targets against zone schemes.
Targets per Route Run vs. Zone | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvin Kamara |  | RB | 0.46 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.41 | - | 0.39 | 0.69 |
| 2 | Josh Jacobs |  | RB | 0.42 | 0.46 | - | - | - | 0.46 | 0.33 |
| 3 | Kendre Miller | | RB | 0.41 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.48 | - | 0.43 | 0.33 |
| 4 | Quinshon Judkins |  | RB | 0.40 | 0.40 | - | - | - | 0.41 | 0.39 |
| 5 | RJ HarveyInjured Reserve: KneePractice: Did Not ParticipateRoster status |  | RB | 0.38 | - | - | - | - | 0.37 | 0.38 |
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Who leads the NFL in targets per route run vs. zone in 2026?
Through games played November 3, 2026, Alvin Kamara of New Orleans leads all NFL players in targets per route run vs. zone with 0.46. Josh Jacobs of Green Bay is second with 0.42 & Kendre Miller of New Orleans third with 0.41. Kamara's average puts him 0.04 targets clear of second place & 0.15 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams is the highest-ranked wide receiver on the board at 0.36 targets, seventh overall. Quinshon Judkins of Cleveland is fourth with 0.40, RJ Harvey of Denver fifth with 0.38, Ty Johnson of Buffalo sixth with 0.38, Ashton Jeanty of Las Vegas eighth with 0.36, CeeDee Lamb of Dallas ninth with 0.35 & Kenneth Walker III of Kansas City tenth with 0.35.
A gap of 0.02 targets separates sixth from seventh, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Mike Evans of San Francisco ranks 11th with 0.35, Adonai Mitchell of the New York Jets 12th with 0.34, Omarion Hampton of the Los Angeles Chargers 13th with 0.34, DeVonta Smith of Philadelphia 14th with 0.34, Zay Flowers of Baltimore & Chimere Dike of Tennessee are tied 15th with 0.33 & Dallas Goedert of Philadelphia ranks 17th with 0.33.
Eleven players sit inside 0.02 targets of each other from 12th to 22nd, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Seattle & Justin Jefferson of Minnesota are tied 18th with 0.33, Christian McCaffrey of San Francisco is 20th with 0.33, Roschon Johnson of Chicago 21st with 0.32, Dalton Schultz of Houston 22nd with 0.32, Stefon Diggs of Washington 23rd with 0.31, Travis Etienne of New Orleans 24th with 0.31 & Jahmyr Gibbs of Detroit 25th with 0.31. 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
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 294 NFL players in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 35 routes is applied. Targets per Route Run vs Zone calculates how many targets a receiver gets per route when facing zone coverage. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
