Fantasy Football Target Trends for Week 10 (Fantasy Football)
Welcome to the Target Trends article for Week 10! Bye weeks are in full swing, so knowing the latest target trends can be a vital data point when finding viable fill-ins for your lineup or making season-altering trades as we head into the double-digit weeks. Let’s start, as usual, with the season-long target leaders so far.
- CeeDee Lamb leads the way with 108 targets, becoming the first player this season to reach triple digits. Jaxon Smith-Njigba is almost there with 99 targets. They are followed by Trey McBride (94), Puka Nacua (93), and Matthew Golden (92) to round out the top five.
- Puka Nacua still leads in targets per game, up to a ridiculous 13.3. Unfortunately, he will be sidelined for a bit, as covered further below.
- As usual, Trey McBride continues to easily lead all TEs in targets. Brock Bowers is second at the position with 70 targets in seven games, followed by Isaiah Likely with 69 and Colston Loveland with 57.
- At RB, Ashton Jeanty continues to lead with 55(!) targets. There is a logjam behind him that includes Kyren Williams (46), Chase Brown (46), Jahmyr Gibbs (45), and Christian McCaffrey (45).
Now let’s check out this week’s target trends heading into Week 10.
Puka Nacua – 19 targets, 14 rec
As covered above, Nacua is the definition of a target hog. He led the way again in Week 9 with 19 targets, but unfortunately, he is headed to injured reserve with a knee injury that will cost him at least four games. With the Rams already missing Davante Adams, they are left with major questions at WR for the next month, if not longer.
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CeeDee Lamb – 16 targets, 10 rec
Lamb is the league’s target leader, and he is currently on pace for 204 this season. If he keeps that up, he will become the first player to top 200 targets since Julio Jones saw 203 back in 2015. He currently commands a career-high 32.9% target share.
Ja’Marr Chase – 12 targets, 10 rec
Chase is another of the usual suspects at the top of this article. He is no stranger to targets, but the 28 that he has seen over the last two weeks are impressive, even for him. His 73 targets are six more than teammate Tee Higgins, though the two are virtually tied in fantasy points, with Higgins holding a slim 2.6-point advantage.
Chris Olave – 12 targets, 7 rec
Jordyn Tyson – 5 targets, 4 rec
Olave is up to 10.4 targets per game, significantly higher than his career average of 8.6. As impressive as that is, he has new target competition in the form of rookie Jordyn Tyson. He made his long-awaited debut in Week 9 and saw five targets on just 16 routes while playing 24% of the Saints’ offensive snaps.
Justin Jefferson – 11 targets, 3 rec
With Carson Wentz under center Monday night, Jefferson finally saw double-digit targets for the first time this season. Unfortunately, it didn’t lead to much production, as he was only able to haul in three of them. One even came from Max Brosmer in garbage time. Jefferson remains one of the most talented WRs in the game, but Minnesota’s QB play has been a problem for him.
Omar Cooper Jr. – 11 targets, 8 rec
Adonai Mitchell – 7 targets, 0 rec
With Garrett Wilson out due to a concussion, there were targets to be had among the Jets’ pass catchers in Week 9. Most of them went to rookie Omar Cooper Jr., who saw a new season-high after going untargeted just one week ago. It might look like Mitchell went untargeted this week after putting up a goose egg for fantasy points, but unfortunately he was just unable to connect on any of his seven targets, with many of them being deep shots. He will have big fantasy outputs when those connect, but will remain a high-variance fantasy option at WR.
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Matthew Golden – 10 targets, 10 rec
As long as Golden keeps logging double-digit targets, he will keep showing up in this article. He has hit that threshold in four consecutive games and six out of nine overall this season. It is getting more and more ridiculous to compare his targets to last season, but it is worth noting that the 48 he’s seen over the last four games are more than the 44 he saw all of last season.
Darren Waller – 10 targets, 8 rec
The Wallerus lives! After just six targets combined over his last three games, Waller exploded for a season-high ten targets in Week 9. That’s the most he has seen in a game since Week 5 of the 2023 season. As fun as that was for fantasy, it is important to note that he’s seen three or fewer targets in five of his eight games this season.
Tank Dell – 9 targets, 4 rec
Dell has immediately become the favorite for comeback player of the year.
After missing 22 months with a devastating knee injury, Tank Dell is finally looking like his old self again.
4 REC, 105 YDS, 1 TD vs Chargers.
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— Football Performances (@NFLPerformances) November 9, 2026
His nine targets led the team on a day when C.J. Stroud threw for 384 yards and five TDs. He put up the WR7 performance of the week as he’s still ramping up, playing just 47% of the offensive snaps.
Makai Lemon – 9 targets, 6 rec
Darius Cooper – 8 targets, 2 rec
Joe Milton III made his first start at QB for the Eagles, and he focused his targets on the WRs. Rookie Makai Lemon has now seen at least eight targets in three consecutive weeks, while Darius Cooper‘s eight targets were a career high. However, as the Eagles head into the bye, they may get DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks back in their next game, making the target distribution more difficult to forecast.
Courtland Sutton – 9 targets, 5 rec
Sutton set a new season high with nine targets in Week 9 while also catching his second TD of the season. It came in a game where Jaylen Waddle suffered an early concussion and only played on 19% of the offensive snaps. It’s also worth noting that Pat Bryant returned from IR and immediately saw five targets and a TD.
Caleb Douglas – 8 targets, 6 rec
Douglas set a new season high with eight targets in Week 9. The rookie’s 27 targets on the season are tied for third-most on the Dolphins, which is even more impressive considering he missed three games with an injury earlier this season. His 22% target share narrowly trails Malik Washington’s 24% for the team lead.
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Van Jefferson – 7 targets, 5 rec
Yes, Jefferson is indeed still an active NFL player. He had just one target this season heading into the game before seeing his most targets since Week 8 of last season, when he was with the Titans. He doesn’t carry much fantasy value moving forward, but it’s nice to see him still contributing to a team in the league.
Harold Fannin Jr. – 2 targets, 2 rec
There was optimism surrounding Fannin with Shedeur Sanders set to start his first game of the season in Week 9. That was tempered when he was a late addition to the injury report, though he still played 86% of the offensive snaps. He would have been shut out if it weren’t for overtime, when Fannin saw both of his targets, including a 39-yard TD. That was enough to salvage his day and make him the TE6 for fantasy on the week.