2025 season · WR leaderboards

NFL Wide Receiver Catch Rate Leaders 2025

Stefon Diggs (WR, NE) led wide receivers in catch rate in 2025 at 83.3%. 89 players with 40+ targets qualified.

Catch rate is receptions divided by targets. On its own it flatters short-area receivers, so it is worth reading beside average depth of target: a high catch rate on a high aDOT is the genuinely rare combination.

The leaderboard

The top 50,
ranked.

NFL Wide Receiver Catch Rate leaders, 2025 season (40+ targets minimum)
Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Catch Rate	Targets	Receptions	Rec Yards	Games
1	Stefon Diggs	WR	NE	83.3%	102	85	1,013	17
2	Luther Burden III	WR	CHI	78.3%	60	47	652	15
3	Puka Nacua	WR	LA	77.7%	166	129	1,715	16
4	Jalen Coker	WR	CAR	76.7%	43	33	394	11
5	Khalil Shakir	WR	BUF	75.8%	95	72	719	16
6	Sterling Shepard	WR	TB	73.6%	53	39	371	13
7	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	KC	73.3%	45	33	345	17
8	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	SEA	73.0%	163	119	1,793	17
9	Zay Flowers	WR	BAL	72.9%	118	86	1,211	17
10	Deebo Samuel Sr.	WR	WAS	72.7%	99	72	727	16
11	Marvin Mims Jr.	WR	DEN	72.5%	51	37	322	15
12	Michael Pittman	WR	IND	72.1%	111	80	784	17
13	Kayshon Boutte	WR	NE	71.7%	46	33	551	14
14	Ryan Flournoy	WR	DAL	71.4%	56	40	475	15
15	Mack Hollins	WR	NE	70.8%	65	46	550	14
16	Malik Washington	WR	MIA	70.8%	65	46	317	17
17	Kendrick Bourne	WR	SF	69.8%	53	37	551	14
18	Tre Harris	WR	LAC	69.8%	43	30	324	16
19	John Metchie III	WR	NYJ	68.8%	48	33	274	13
20	Jakobi Meyers	WR	JAX	68.2%	110	75	835	16
21	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI	68.1%	113	77	1,008	17
22	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	DET	68.0%	172	117	1,401	17
23	George Pickens	WR	DAL	67.9%	137	93	1,429	17
24	Rashee Rice	WR	KC	67.9%	78	53	571	8
25	Ricky Pearsall	WR	SF	67.9%	53	36	528	9
26	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	CIN	67.6%	185	125	1,412	16
27	DeMario Douglas	WR	NE	67.4%	46	31	447	16
28	Cooper Kupp	WR	SEA	67.1%	70	47	593	16
29	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC	66.4%	122	81	777	17
30	Marquise Brown	WR	KC	66.2%	74	49	587	16
31	Josh Downs	WR	IND	65.9%	88	58	566	16
32	Matthew Golden	WR	GB	65.9%	44	29	361	14
33	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	NYG	65.7%	140	92	1,014	16
34	Dontayvion Wicks	WR	GB	65.2%	46	30	332	13
35	Chimere Dike	WR	TEN	64.9%	74	48	423	17
36	Chris Godwin Jr.	WR	TB	64.7%	51	33	360	9
37	Romeo Doubs	WR	GB	64.7%	85	55	724	16
38	A.J. Brown	WR	PHI	64.5%	121	78	1,003	15
39	Keon Coleman	WR	BUF	64.4%	59	38	404	12
40	CeeDee Lamb	WR	DAL	64.1%	117	75	1,077	13
41	Chris Olave	WR	NO	64.1%	156	100	1,163	16
42	Rashid Shaheed	WR	SEA	64.1%	92	59	687	18
43	Jaylen Waddle	WR	MIA	64.0%	100	64	910	16
44	Jameson Williams	WR	DET	63.7%	102	65	1,117	17
45	Christian Watson	WR	GB	63.6%	55	35	611	10
46	Tez Johnson	WR	TB	63.6%	44	28	322	15
47	Pat Bryant	WR	DEN	63.3%	49	31	378	13
48	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS	63.3%	60	38	582	10
49	Troy Franklin	WR	DEN	62.5%	104	65	709	17
50	Ladd McConkey	WR	LAC	62.3%	106	66	789	16

Showing the top 50 of 89 qualified players. Narrow it down by position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs.

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Asked & answered

Straight answers,
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Who led NFL wide receivers in catch rate in 2025?

Stefon Diggs (WR, NE) led wide receivers in catch rate in 2025 at 83.3%. Luther Burden III (WR, CHI) was next at 78.3%.

What is catch rate?

How many players qualified for the 2025 catch rate leaderboard?

89 players with 40+ targets qualified for the 2025 catch rate leaderboard among wide receivers. The table above lists the top 50.

Data source

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come from.

Stats as of July 28, 2026. Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. Source: nflverse-data. License: CC-BY-4.0.

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