NFL Receiving Leaders (2026)

The season's wide receiver leaders in the numbers behind receiving props: volume, share of the offense, routes, separation and what happens after the catch, from the NFL Data Lab's own board. Each list has the top 50 qualified receivers.

Receiving Yards

  1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 1036
  2. CeeDee Lamb DAL 904
  3. Christian Watson GB 879
Top 50 in receiving yards

Targets

  1. CeeDee Lamb DAL 108
  2. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 99
  3. Puka Nacua LAR 93
Top 50 in targets

Receptions

  1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 71
  2. CeeDee Lamb DAL 70
  3. Puka Nacua LAR 70
Top 50 in receptions

Target Share

  1. Puka Nacua LAR 36.0%
  2. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 35.7%
  3. CeeDee Lamb DAL 33.0%
Top 50 in target share

Air Yards

  1. Matthew Golden GB 1285
  2. CeeDee Lamb DAL 1157
  3. Chris Olave NO 1100
Top 50 in air yards

Air Yards Share

  1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 50.8%
  2. Adonai Mitchell NYJ 49.4%
  3. DeVonta Smith PHI 48.3%
Top 50 in air yards share

Yards Per Route Run

  1. Omar Cooper Jr. NYJ 3.56
  2. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 3.49
  3. Mike Evans SF 3.41
Top 50 in yards per route run

Targets Per Route Run

  1. Puka Nacua LAR 37.2%
  2. CeeDee Lamb DAL 32.8%
  3. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 31.6%
Top 50 in targets per route run

Separation

  1. Khalil Shakir BUF 4.35
  2. Rashee Rice KC 4.22
  3. Kalif Raymond CHI 4.18
Top 50 in average separation

Yards After Catch

  1. Puka Nacua LAR 381
  2. Luther Burden III CHI 353
  3. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 346
Top 50 in yards after catch

Red Zone Targets

  1. Michael Wilson ARI 20
  2. Amon-Ra St. Brown DET 18
  3. CeeDee Lamb DAL 17
Top 50 in red zone targets

Explosive Receptions

  1. Christian Watson GB 17
  2. Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 16
  3. Rome Odunze CHI 15
Top 50 in explosive receptions

NFL receiving leaders: questions

Who leads NFL wide receivers in receiving yards?
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), 1036 in 2026 through Week 10.
Who leads NFL wide receivers in targets?
CeeDee Lamb (DAL), 108 in 2026 through Week 10.
Who leads NFL wide receivers in receptions?
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), 71 in 2026 through Week 10.
Who leads NFL wide receivers in target share?
Puka Nacua (LAR), 36.0% in 2026 through Week 10.
Who leads NFL wide receivers in air yards?
Matthew Golden (GB), 1285 in 2026 through Week 10.

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