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NFL Wide Receiver Target Share Leaders 2025

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR, SEA) led wide receivers in target share in 2025 at 35.8%. 187 players with 6+ games qualified.

Target share is the slice of a team's passing targets that went to one player. It travels better than raw catches because it holds up when a team throws more or less than usual, which is why it is the first number to check when a receiver's role changes.

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NFL Wide Receiver Target Share leaders, 2025 season (6+ games minimum)
Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Target Share	Targets	Receptions	Rec Yards	Games
1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	SEA	35.8%	163	119	1,793	17
2	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	DET	31.3%	172	117	1,401	17
3	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	CIN	30.4%	185	125	1,412	16
4	Justin Jefferson	WR	MIN	30.1%	141	84	1,048	17
5	Zay Flowers	WR	BAL	29.0%	118	86	1,211	17
6	Puka Nacua	WR	LA	28.6%	166	129	1,715	16
7	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	NYG	27.8%	140	92	1,014	16
8	Chris Olave	WR	NO	27.6%	156	100	1,163	16
9	A.J. Brown	WR	PHI	26.1%	121	78	1,003	15
10	Tetairoa McMillan	WR	CAR	25.4%	122	70	1,014	17
11	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI	24.4%	113	77	1,008	17
12	Emeka Egbuka	WR	TB	23.5%	127	63	938	17
13	Deebo Samuel Sr.	WR	WAS	22.9%	99	72	727	16
14	George Pickens	WR	DAL	22.6%	137	93	1,429	17
15	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC	22.4%	122	81	777	17
16	Jakobi Meyers	WR	JAX	22.3%	110	75	835	16
17	Nico Collins	WR	HOU	21.7%	120	71	1,117	15
18	Drake London	WR	ATL	21.6%	112	68	919	12
19	Jaylen Waddle	WR	MIA	21.6%	100	64	910	16
20	Courtland Sutton	WR	DEN	21.2%	124	74	1,017	17
21	Stefon Diggs	WR	NE	21.2%	102	85	1,013	17
22	Michael Pittman	WR	IND	20.9%	111	80	784	17
23	Michael Wilson	WR	ARI	20.4%	126	78	1,006	17
24	Jerry Jeudy	WR	CLE	20.3%	106	50	602	17
25	Khalil Shakir	WR	BUF	19.8%	95	72	719	16
26	Davante Adams	WR	LA	19.6%	114	60	789	14
27	Ladd McConkey	WR	LAC	19.5%	106	66	789	16
28	CeeDee Lamb	WR	DAL	19.3%	117	75	1,077	13
29	DK Metcalf	WR	PIT	19.0%	99	59	850	15
30	Tre Tucker	WR	LV	18.6%	92	57	696	17
31	Jameson Williams	WR	DET	18.5%	102	65	1,117	17
32	Romeo Doubs	WR	GB	18.5%	85	55	724	16
33	Troy Franklin	WR	DEN	17.8%	104	65	709	17
34	Parker Washington	WR	JAX	17.4%	95	58	847	16
35	Jordan Addison	WR	MIN	16.9%	79	42	610	14
36	Rome Odunze	WR	CHI	16.9%	90	44	661	12
37	Elic Ayomanor	WR	TEN	16.8%	89	41	515	16
38	Brian Thomas Jr.	WR	JAX	16.6%	91	48	707	14
39	Josh Downs	WR	IND	16.6%	88	58	566	16
40	Jauan Jennings	WR	SF	16.4%	90	55	643	15
41	Rashid Shaheed	WR	SEA	16.3%	92	59	687	18
42	Tee Higgins	WR	CIN	16.1%	98	59	846	15
43	DJ Moore	WR	CHI	16.0%	85	50	682	17
44	Alec Pierce	WR	IND	15.8%	84	47	1,003	15
45	Cooper Kupp	WR	SEA	15.4%	70	47	593	16
46	Quentin Johnston	WR	LAC	15.4%	84	51	735	13
47	Rashee Rice	WR	KC	14.2%	78	53	571	8
48	Malik Washington	WR	MIA	14.1%	65	46	317	17
49	Adonai Mitchell	WR	NYJ	14.0%	74	33	453	16
50	Chimere Dike	WR	TEN	14.0%	74	48	423	17

Showing the top 50 of 187 qualified players. Narrow it down by position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs.

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Who led NFL wide receivers in target share in 2025?

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR, SEA) led wide receivers in target share in 2025 at 35.8%. Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR, DET) was next at 31.3%.

What is target share?

How many players qualified for the 2025 target share leaderboard?

187 players with 6+ games qualified for the 2025 target share leaderboard among wide receivers. The table above lists the top 50.

Data source

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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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