Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Christian Watson vs DeVonta Smith

DeVonta Smith gets more of his team's passes (33% vs 21%) and more of the deep throws (48% of its air yards vs 25%). In total, though, Christian Watson has more targets (32 vs 27). Christian Watson has played 4 games and DeVonta Smith 3 games. Near the end zone, Christian Watson has had more chances (7 vs 2 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (16% vs 8%). Christian Watson is scoring more fantasy points a game (19.3 vs 16.2, PPR), but the chances DeVonta Smith gets usually score more: 15.8 vs 15.2 expected points a game Est..

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

WRGB

Christian Watson

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 19.3
Expected points per gameEst.: 15.2

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

WRPHI

DeVonta Smith

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 16.2
Expected points per gameEst.: 15.8

3 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 4 injury report: Out (Hamstring)

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.

Christian Watson and DeVonta Smith, season usage side by side
Stat	Christian Watson	DeVonta Smith
Games	4	3
Passes thrown to him
Targets	32	27
Target share	21%	33%
Air-yards share	25%	48%
Catches	20	19
Receiving yards	331	235
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	7	2
Red-zone share	16%	8%
End-zone targets	4	3
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	4	1
Expected touchdownsEst.	2.5	1.3
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	19.3	16.2
Fantasy points (PPR)	77.1	48.5
Expected points per gameEst.	15.2	15.8
Points vs expectedEst.	+4.1	+0.3

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.

Christian Watson
DeVonta Smith

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
Week	Christian Watson	DeVonta Smith
1	20%against MIN	27%against WAS
2	38%against NYJ	38%against TEN
3	20%against ATL	32%against CHI
4	10%against TB	— no game with a target, carry or dropback

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

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 Christian Watson and DeVonta Smith
Leaderboard	Christian Watson	DeVonta Smith
Target share leaders	#30of 96 wide receivers	#2of 96 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders	#44of 96 wide receivers	#5of 96 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders	#9of 47 wide receivers	Below the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#4of 174 wide receivers	#52of 174 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders	#4of 174 wide receivers	#15of 174 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#13of 174 wide receivers	#12of 174 wide receivers

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.