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WR · 2025 season

Amon-Ra St. Brown or Jaxon Smith-Njigba?

Jaxon Smith-Njigba led Amon-Ra St. Brown in 7 of 8 measured 2025 categories to 1.

Amon-Ra St. Brown (Detroit, 17 games) against Jaxon Smith-Njigba (Seattle, 17 games). Every number below is measured, not projected.

Category by category

What actually
happened.

Amon-Ra St. Brown vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 2025 regular season. A check marks the category leader.
MetricAmon-Ra St. BrownJaxon Smith-Njigba
Target Share31.3%35.8%
Snap Share85.2%77.4%
Air Yards Share37.2%48.8%
Average Depth of Target8.0811.25
Yards Per Target8.1511.00
Receiving Yards1,4011,793
WOPR0.730.88
Receiving EPA+55.6+90.7

Categories won: Amon-Ra St. Brown 1, Jaxon Smith-Njigba 7.

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The part the box score
can't tell you.

Last season is settled. The decision isn't. Our read on this pair covers the 2026 projection for both players, how confident we are and why, the situational changes that don't show up above, and which one we'd take in each scoring format.

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Asked & answered

Straight answers,
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Who had the better 2025 season, Amon-Ra St. Brown or Jaxon Smith-Njigba?

Jaxon Smith-Njigba led Amon-Ra St. Brown in 7 of 8 measured 2025 categories to 1.

What separates Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jaxon Smith-Njigba statistically?

Jaxon Smith-Njigba led on target share (35.8% to 31.3%). Amon-Ra St. Brown led on snap share (85.2% to 77.4%). Jaxon Smith-Njigba led on air yards share (48.8% to 37.2%).

Where do these numbers come from?

Every figure is 2025 regular-season data from nflverse, published under CC BY 4.0. Nothing on the free half of this page is projected or estimated, and nothing on it came from a paywalled source.

Source

Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. 2025 regular season, snapshot taken July 28, 2026. Source: nflverse-data. Licence: CC BY 4.0. gamedai is an independent analytics platform and is not affiliated with the National Football League.