- Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the No. 1 spot: The Seahawks receiver ranks among the top three wide receivers in receiving yards, touchdowns, yards per route run and PFF receiving grade.
- CeeDee Lamb climbs to No. 2: The Cowboys star leads the NFL with 498 receiving yards through four games and ranks fourth among wide receivers in yards per route run at 3.48.
- Zay Flowers‘ efficiency stands out: The Ravens receiver has produced 352 receiving yards on only 56 route-running snaps, with his 6.29 yards per route run leading the position by more than two yards.
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Welcome to the post-Week 4 edition of our wide receiver rankings for the 2026 season.
Preseason priors still carry some weight, but four weeks of football have given us a much stronger foundation for our analysis. At this point, the rankings are driven primarily by what receivers have shown through their usage and performance in 2026.
Early-season injuries have also kept several notable names below the qualifying threshold, so receivers must have at least 20 targets to make the list. Nico Collins, Rome Odunze and Ladd McConkey are the most prominent players affected. All three could return to the rankings next week, provided they are back on the field and sufficiently involved in their respective offenses.
With that in mind, here are our wide receiver rankings heading into Week 5.
1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle Seahawks
Smith-Njigba ranks among the top three at the position in receiving yards, touchdowns, yards per route run and PFF receiving grade. He’s off to another fantastic start as he looks to build on a 2025 season in which he won the NFL Offensive Player of the Year award.
2. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys
With another big performance in Week 4, Lamb makes the jump into the top two on this list. He leads the NFL with 498 receiving yards through the first four games of the season, putting him on a record-setting pace. He has been extremely efficient on a per-snap basis, too, ranking fourth at the position with 3.48 yards per route run.
3. Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings hope to get Jefferson back on the field this week, which would provide a huge boost to their offense. Their top receiver ranks fifth at the position with 3.20 yards per route run so far in 2026.
4. Zay Flowers, Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens’ top wide receiver has put up some ludicrous numbers despite having the start of his 2026 season limited by injury. He has run a route on just 56 snaps so far this season but has still racked up 352 receiving yards. His 6.29 yards per route run is more than two yards better than the next-best wide receiver. Those numbers could take a hit, though, if quarterback Lamar Jackson misses time.
5. Drake London, Atlanta Falcons
At 3.98, London ranks third among wide receivers in yards per route run, while his 90.4 PFF receiving grade is tied for fifth-best at the position. His raw numbers have improved significantly since Michael Penix Jr. took over as the Falcons’ starting quarterback, and he looks on track for a career year.
6. Chris Olave, New Orleans Saints
The Saints’ star wide receiver has recorded 100 or more receiving yards in three of their four games so far this season and ranks among the top 10 at the position in both PFF receiving grade and yards per route run. His 2.73 yards per route run ranks ninth among wide receivers.
7. Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals
Higgins could miss this week’s game against the Miami Dolphins, but he is playing the best football of his career early in 2026. He ranks fourth among wide receivers with a 90.7 PFF receiving grade and sixth with 2.80 yards per route run.
8. Tetairoa McMillan, Carolina Panthers
A huge performance in Sunday night’s win over the Detroit Lions helps vault McMillan up this list ahead of Week 5. He has caught all 26 catchable passes thrown his way through four weeks and ranks 12th at the position with 2.35 yards per route run.
9. Mike Evans, San Francisco 49ers
Evans has seen lower target volume than most wide receivers in the top 10, with 24 targets through four games, but he has made the most of his opportunities. He ranks eighth at the position with 2.63 yards per route run and is tied for fifth with a 90.4 PFF receiving grade.
10. Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams
Nacua returned to the field Sunday and delivered a big performance in the Rams‘ win over the Philadelphia Eagles. He has only run 69 routes so far this season, missing a pair of games through injury, but ranks fifth among wide receivers in yards per route run (2.88)
11. Ja'Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals
Chase is currently in concussion protocol and could miss the Bengals’ game against the Miami Dolphins this week after taking a brutal hit in the loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. His teammate Tee Higgins has been more productive this season, but we have still seen spectacular grabs from the former top-five draft pick.
12. DeVonta Smith, Philadelphia Eagles
Smith missed the Eagles’ loss to the Los Angeles Rams due to injury and could miss their Week 5 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He started the season well for the Eagles, averaging 2.24 yards per route run and earning a 90.2 PFF receiving grade that ranks seventh at the position.
13. Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit Lions
After racking up 209 receiving yards over the first two weeks of the season, St. Brown has been held to 94 over the past two games against the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers. He is still seeing a high volume of targets, with his 44 ranking third at the position, but he hasn’t been as dominant from a production standpoint, tying for 25th in yards per route run.
14. Parker Washington, Jacksonville Jaguars
Washington is coming off his worst game of the season in the win over the Cincinnati Bengals, turning three targets into a single 7-yard catch on 23 routes. He looked dominant over the first two games of the season, seeing 18 targets and racking up 181 receiving yards, but his production has dropped to 47 yards on seven targets over the past two weeks.
15. Christian Watson, Green Bay Packers
Watson ranks ninth at the position with 331 receiving yards through the first four games of the season and, outside of a Week 2 game against the New York Jets in which he dropped three passes, has shown good hands. His 2.43 yards per route run ranks 11th at the position, while his 73.5 PFF receiving grade ranks 22nd, with those drops against the Jets dragging down his grade.
16. Davante Adams, Los Angeles Rams
Adams ranks ninth in the NFL in yards per route run (2.47), but Puka Nacua’s first game back in the lineup coincided with Adams’ lowest-graded game of the season. Targeted nine times against the Philadelphia Eagles, he dropped two passes and caught four for just 32 yards.
17. Malik Nabers, New York Giants
Last week, I wondered whether Nabers would see enough quality targets with Jameis Winston at quarterback, and the duo responded with Nabers’ best game of the season in Week 4. Targeted seven times in the win over the Arizona Cardinals, Nabers caught six passes for 112 yards and a touchdown.
18. George Pickens, Dallas Cowboys
Pickens was targeted just three times in the win over the Houston Texans, catching two passes for 75 yards. It has been a strange start to the season for Pickens, but he has been productive when targeted over the past two weeks, racking up 157 receiving yards in that span after producing just 68 over the first two weeks of the season.
19. Garrett Wilson, New York Jets
Wilson had just three receptions for 27 yards in the Jets’ loss to the Chicago Bears, but he moves up these rankings as other players fall and more weight is given to 2026 as a whole. He has yet to drop a pass this season and ranks 12th at the position with an 80.0 PFF receiving grade.
20. Denzel Boston, Cleveland Browns
Boston has been a revelation for the Browns through the first four games of his career, ranking 11th at the position with 284 receiving yards in 2026. He also ranks among the top 20 at the position in both yards per route run and PFF receiving grade.
21. Michael Wilson, Arizona Cardinals
Wilson might not be a game-breaking receiver, but he remains one of the most dependable targets in football. He has caught all 25 catchable passes thrown his way for 258 yards, which ranks 15th at the position, while his 77.4 PFF receiving grade ranks 17th among wide receivers.
22. Jalen Coker, Carolina Panthers
Coker missed the Panthers’ Week 4 win over the Detroit Lions, and they will hope he can return after their bye week. He ranks ninth at the position with an 83.0 PFF receiving grade and 10th with 2.44 yards per route run. His absence led to a huge performance from teammate Tetairoa McMillan in Week 4.
23. Matthew Golden, Green Bay Packers
Golden didn’t have a good game in the Packers’ win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he has had a strong start to his second season in the NFL. He ranks 12th at the position with 274 receiving yards and could be even better if he cleans up the drops, having dropped a pass in each of the first four games of the season.
24. Jaylen Waddle, Denver Broncos
Four games into his Broncos career, we have seen one performance that showed his potential in this offense and three disappointing outings. He has dropped 15.8% of the catchable passes thrown his way and averaged fewer than 1.50 yards per route run in three of his four games in Denver. We know Waddle is talented, but it just hasn’t clicked in this offense yet.
25. Jameson Williams, Detroit Lions
Williams is coming off his best game of the season, racking up 102 yards on six catches in the loss to the Carolina Panthers, but it would have been an even bigger performance were it not for a pair of drops. Drops have been a persistent issue for him early in the 2026 season, with Williams dropping 20.0% of the catchable passes thrown his way.
26. Kalif Raymond, Chicago Bears
The Bears have split their targets pretty evenly among their top three players at the position, but Raymond has been their most productive on a per-snap basis, ranking 15th among wide receivers with 2.20 yards per route run.
27. Luther Burden III, Chicago Bears
Burden has been the Bears’ most-targeted wide receiver, with 29 targets through the first four weeks of the season. He ranks among the top 25 wide receivers in the NFL in receiving yards, yards per route run and PFF receiving grade.
28. Josh Downs, Indianapolis Colts
Downs has yet to drop a pass on 17 catchable targets in 2026, and that’s a big part of why he ranks 14th in PFF receiving grade through the first four weeks of the season. He is coming off his worst game of the season, though, catching just three passes for 16 yards in the win over the Washington Commanders in London.
29. D.K. Metcalf, Pittsburgh Steelers
Metcalf is coming off his best game of the season in the loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night, with his 115 receiving yards in that game 17 more than he managed over the first three games combined. It was also his second straight game without a drop after he dropped three passes over the first two weeks of the season.
30. Tre Tucker, Las Vegas Raiders
Tucker is tied for 17th among wide receivers with 233 receiving yards through the first four games of the season, 27 more than the rest of the Raiders’ wide receiving corps has combined for in 2026.
31. Carnell Tate, Tennessee Titans
Tate is coming off the best game of his four-game NFL career in Sunday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens. After totaling 123 receiving yards through his first three games, he caught nine passes for 145 yards on Sunday.
32. Devaughn Vele, New Orleans Saints
While most of the noise in New Orleans has been about how good Chris Olave has been to start the season — and for good reason — Vele’s performance through the first four weeks has meant that the team hasn’t really felt the loss of rookie Jordyn Tyson. Vele has turned 29 targets into 21 receptions for 226 yards and two touchdowns.
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