Zay Flowers catches 83.9% of his targets; Amon-Ra St. Brown leads the NFL with 57 targets

Zay Flowers has caught 26 of the 31 passes thrown his way this season, an 83.9% catch rate that leads the NFL after five weeks of the 2026 regular season among the 41 players with at least 30 targets. The Baltimore Ravens wide receiver has turned those targets into 405 yards in four games.

Indianapolis tight end Tyler Warren is six-tenths of a point behind at 83.3% (30 of 36), and the Rams’ Kyren Williams leads running backs at 81.8% (27 of 33). The 41 qualifiers have caught 68.0% of their targets as a group. Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown has the most targets in the league with 57, but his 64.9% catch rate is below that average. This is a target and catch-rate board, not the receptions table, which Trey McBride leads with 42.

Highest catch rate after Week 5 (minimum 30 targets)

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Targets	Rec	Catch%	Yds	Yds/target	TD
1	Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	31	26	83.9%	405	13.1	2
2	Tyler Warren	IND	TE	36	30	83.3%	213	5.9	2
3	Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	33	27	81.8%	200	6.1	1
4	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	34	27	79.4%	243	7.1	2
5	Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	31	24	77.4%	244	7.9	0
6	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	51	39	76.5%	507	9.9	4
7	Trey McBride	ARI	TE	55	42	76.4%	308	5.6	3
8	Juwan Johnson	NO	TE	33	25	75.8%	248	7.5	3
9	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	49	37	75.5%	583	11.9	7
10	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	42	31	73.8%	374	8.9	3
T-11	Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	30	22	73.3%	177	5.9	1
T-11	Wan’Dale Robinson	TEN	WR	30	22	73.3%	176	5.9	2
13	Drake London	ATL	WR	37	27	73.0%	488	13.2	0
14	Chris Olave	NO	WR	54	39	72.2%	537	9.9	1
T-15	Ja’Marr Chase	CIN	WR	38	27	71.1%	289	7.6	4

Flowers is also gaining yardage on those targets: his 13.1 yards per target is second among qualifiers, behind only Drake London’s 13.2. Warren is at 5.9 yards per target and Williams at 6.1, the profile of short, high-percentage throws. CeeDee Lamb has the best catch rate among players with at least 40 targets, 76.5% on 51, just ahead of McBride’s 76.4% on 55. Jaxon Smith-Njigba is at 75.5% on 49 targets.

Zay Flowers game by game

Week	Opponent	Targets	Rec	Yds	Long	TD
1	at IND	6	5	150	54	1
3	vs. DAL	6	5	84	27	0
4	vs. TEN	10	8	118	52	1
5	at ATL	9	8	53	12	0

Flowers has not caught fewer than five passes in a game he has played, and he has never been targeted more than 10 times. He opened with 150 yards on six targets at Indianapolis, including a 54-yard catch, and caught eight of 10 for 118 yards against Tennessee in Week 4. Baltimore is 4-1.

Most targets after Week 5

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Targets	Per game	Rec	Catch%	Yds
1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	57	11.4	37	64.9%	372
2	Trey McBride	ARI	TE	55	11.0	42	76.4%	308
3	Chris Olave	NO	WR	54	10.8	39	72.2%	537
4	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	51	10.2	39	76.5%	507
5	Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	51	10.2	29	56.9%	288
6	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	49	9.8	37	75.5%	583
7	Isaiah Likely	NYG	TE	49	9.8	33	67.3%	284
8	Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	46	9.2	29	63.0%	329
9	Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	45	15.0	31	68.9%	337
10	Davante Adams	LAR	WR	45	9.0	27	60.0%	441
11	Matthew Golden	GB	WR	44	8.8	24	54.5%	397
12	Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	43	8.6	27	62.8%	423

St. Brown is averaging 11.4 targets per game. The Rams’ Puka Nacua has drawn 45 in three games, 15.0 per game, the highest rate on the list. McBride (55), Chris Olave (54), Lamb (51) and Arizona’s Michael Wilson (51) are the only other players over 50. Lamb’s total includes a 21-target game at Houston in Week 4, when he caught 17 passes for 189 yards. Isaiah Likely of the Giants is the second tight end on the list with 49.

Amon-Ra St. Brown game by game

Week	Opponent	Targets	Rec	Yds	Long	TD
1	vs. NO	14	10	67	19	2
2	at BUF	13	9	142	34	2
3	vs. NYJ	8	4	19	16	1
4	at CAR	11	8	75	19	0
5	at ARI	11	6	69	36	0

St. Brown has drawn at least eight targets in every game and 14 in the opener against New Orleans, when he caught 10 for 67 yards and two touchdowns. He has 372 yards and five touchdowns. The Lions are 3-2 and on a bye this week.

Lowest catch rate among qualifiers

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Targets	Rec	Catch%	Yds
1	Xavier Hutchinson	HOU	WR	32	16	50.0%	231
2	DK Metcalf	PIT	WR	37	19	51.4%	225
3	Matthew Golden	GB	WR	44	24	54.5%	397
4	Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	51	29	56.9%	288
5	Stefon Diggs	WSH	WR	31	18	58.1%	170
6	Jaylen Waddle	DEN	WR	31	18	58.1%	204

Houston’s Xavier Hutchinson has caught exactly half of his 32 targets. Pittsburgh’s DK Metcalf is at 51.4% (19 of 37) and Green Bay’s Matthew Golden at 54.5% (24 of 44), although Golden’s catches have averaged 16.5 yards. Wilson’s 56.9% is the lowest among the five players with at least 50 targets.

20 to 29 targets: the small-sample leaders

Player	Team	Pos	Targets	Rec	Catch%	Yds
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	22	20	90.9%	132
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	20	18	90.0%	102
Kalif Raymond	CHI	WR	27	24	88.9%	226
Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	WR	22	19	86.4%	179
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	28	24	85.7%	124
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	27	23	85.2%	202

Denver running back RJ Harvey has caught 20 of 22 targets (90.9%), and Cleveland’s Quinshon Judkins 18 of 20. Chicago’s Kalif Raymond (24 of 27) is the leading wide receiver in this range. Harvey is the only one of them who plays before Sunday: Denver hosts Seattle on Thursday night at 8:15 p.m. ET (3:15 a.m. Friday Cairo).

Flowers and the Ravens visit Cleveland on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Cairo). Warren and the Colts host Tennessee in the same window. Williams and the Rams host McBride, Wilson and Arizona at 4:05 p.m. ET (11:05 p.m. Cairo), and Lamb and Dallas visit Green Bay on Sunday night at 8:20 p.m. ET (3:20 a.m. Monday Cairo).

Catch rate is receptions divided by targets. Totals cover every regular-season game through Monday night of Week 5 and do not include Thursday night’s Seahawks-Broncos game.