Usage comparison · Wide receivers

DeVonta Smith vs Malik Nabers

DeVonta Smith gets more of his team's passes (33% vs 30%) and more of the deep throws (49% of its air yards vs 35%). In total, though, Malik Nabers has more targets (61 vs 41). DeVonta Smith has played 4 games and Malik Nabers 6 games. Near the end zone, Malik Nabers has had more chances (8 vs 3 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (16% vs 11%). DeVonta Smith is scoring more fantasy points a game (17.3 vs 17.1, PPR), but the chances Malik Nabers gets usually score more: 18.6 vs 17.9 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–6 · Updated Oct 19, 2026

WRPHI

DeVonta Smith
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
17.3
Expected points per gameEst.
17.9

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

WRNYG

Malik Nabers
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
17.1
Expected points per gameEst.
18.6

6 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 5. 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.
DeVonta Smith and Malik Nabers, season usage side by side
StatDeVonta SmithMalik Nabers
Games46
Passes thrown to him
Targets4161
Target share33%30%
Air-yards share49%35%
Catches2641
Receiving yards310494
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances38
Red-zone share11%16%
End-zone targets47
Touchdowns
Touchdowns22
Expected touchdownsEst.1.84.0
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)17.317.1
Fantasy points (PPR)69.0102.4
Expected points per gameEst.17.918.6
Points vs expectedEst.−0.7−1.5

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.

  • DeVonta Smith
  • Malik Nabers

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

Target share by week
WeekDeVonta SmithMalik Nabers
127%against WAS31%against DAL
238%against TEN13%against LA
332%against CHI29%against TEN
4— no game with a target, carry or dropback24%against ARI
5— no game with a target, carry or dropback38%against WAS
632%against CAR35%against NO

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 DeVonta Smith and Malik Nabers
LeaderboardDeVonta SmithMalik Nabers
Target share leaders#2of 109 wide receivers#6of 109 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders#2of 109 wide receivers#22of 109 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders#32of 74 wide receivers#7of 74 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders#56of 187 wide receivers#7of 187 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders#17of 187 wide receivers#5of 187 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#8of 187 wide receivers#5of 187 wide receivers

Talking points

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

DeVonta Smith

No talking points for him in this week's report.

Malik Nabers

Touchdowns below usage

Malik Nabers has scored 2 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 4.0, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
2
Expected touchdownsEst.
4.0
Expected PPR per gameEst.
18.6
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
−1.5

Weeks 1–6 · 6 games

  • Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

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