Usage comparison · Tight ends

AJ Barner vs Darren Waller

Darren Waller gets more of the deep throws (10% of his team's air yards vs 4%), and they get the same share of their teams' passes (13%). Near the end zone, AJ Barner has had more chances (6 vs 4 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (13% vs 10%). Darren Waller is scoring more fantasy points a game (10.0 vs 6.3, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 7.9 vs 7.6 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

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AJ Barner

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 6.3
Expected points per gameEst.: 7.6

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

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Darren Waller

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 10.0
Expected points per gameEst.: 7.9

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

AJ Barner and Darren Waller, season usage side by side
Stat	AJ Barner	Darren Waller
Games	4	4
Passes thrown to him
Targets	15	19
Target share	13%	13%
Air-yards share	4%	10%
Catches	9	13
Receiving yards	102	148
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	6	4
Red-zone share	13%	10%
End-zone targets	2	3
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	1	2
Expected touchdownsEst.	1.8	1.0
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	6.3	10.0
Fantasy points (PPR)	25.3	39.8
Expected points per gameEst.	7.6	7.9
Points vs expectedEst.	−1.3	+2.0

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

AJ Barner
Darren Waller

Target share by week
Week	AJ Barner	Darren Waller
1	8%against NE	6%against CHI
2	4%against ARI	9%against ATL
3	20%against WAS	19%against CLE
4	15%against LAC	15%against DET

Next to each number: that week's opponent.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for AJ Barner and Darren Waller
Leaderboard	AJ Barner	Darren Waller
Target share leaders	#23of 34 tight ends	#25of 34 tight ends
Air-yards share leaders	#34of 34 tight ends	#22of 34 tight ends
Red-zone share leaders	#7of 21 tight ends	#14of 21 tight ends
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#3of 96 tight ends	#11of 96 tight ends
End-zone target leaders	#8of 96 tight ends	#5of 96 tight ends
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#23of 96 tight ends	#22of 96 tight ends

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