Usage comparison · Wide receivers

DeVonta Smith vs Tee Higgins

DeVonta Smith gets more of his team's passes (33% vs 25%) and more of the deep throws (48% of its air yards vs 46%). In total, though, Tee Higgins has more targets (39 vs 27). DeVonta Smith has played 3 games and Tee Higgins 4 games. Near the end zone, they have had the same number of chances (2 plays within 20 yards), but DeVonta Smith gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (8% vs 6%). Tee Higgins is scoring more fantasy points a game (17.8 vs 16.2, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 16.3 vs 15.8 expected points a game Est..

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

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)

WRCIN

Tee Higgins

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 17.8
Expected points per gameEst.: 16.3

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.

DeVonta Smith and Tee Higgins, season usage side by side
Stat	DeVonta Smith	Tee Higgins
Games	3	4
Passes thrown to him
Targets	27	39
Target share	33%	25%
Air-yards share	48%	46%
Catches	19	25
Receiving yards	235	401
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	2	2
Red-zone share	8%	6%
End-zone targets	3	1
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	1	1
Expected touchdownsEst.	1.3	0.7
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	16.2	17.8
Fantasy points (PPR)	48.5	71.1
Expected points per gameEst.	15.8	16.3
Points vs expectedEst.	+0.3	+1.4

Week by week

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Target share by week

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

DeVonta Smith
Tee Higgins

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

Target share by week
Week	DeVonta Smith	Tee Higgins
1	27%against WAS	18%against TB
2	38%against TEN	32%against HOU
3	32%against CHI	19%against PIT
4	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	30%against JAX

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 Tee Higgins
Leaderboard	DeVonta Smith	Tee Higgins
Target share leaders	#2of 96 wide receivers	#18of 96 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders	#5of 96 wide receivers	#7of 96 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders	Below the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)	Below the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#52of 174 wide receivers	#71of 174 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders	#15of 174 wide receivers	#81of 174 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#12of 174 wide receivers	#11of 174 wide receivers

Talking points

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

DeVonta Smith

Injury opening

DeVonta Smith is listed out (hamstring) on the week 4 report. He has 33% of PHI's targets. Other WRs by share: Dontayvion Wicks (19%), Darius Cooper (17%).

Week 4 official injury report: Out (hamstring)
Target share: 33%
Next by share: Dontayvion Wicks 19%, Darius Cooper 17%

Weeks 1–3 · 3 games

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