Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Justin Jefferson vs Xavier Hutchinson

Justin Jefferson gets more of his team's passes (25% vs 18%) and more of the deep throws (35% of its air yards vs 22%). In total, though, Xavier Hutchinson has more targets (31 vs 24). Justin Jefferson has played 4 games and Xavier Hutchinson 5 games. Near the end zone, Justin Jefferson has had more chances (4 vs 1 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (15% vs 3%). Justin Jefferson is scoring more fantasy points a game (15.9 vs 7.9, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 10.9 vs 10.8 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–5 · Updated Oct 12, 2026

WRMIN

Justin Jefferson
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
15.9
Expected points per gameEst.
10.9

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 5 injury report: Questionable (Ankle)

WRHOU

Xavier Hutchinson
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
7.9
Expected points per gameEst.
10.8

5 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 4. 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.
Justin Jefferson and Xavier Hutchinson, season usage side by side
StatJustin JeffersonXavier Hutchinson
Games45
Passes thrown to him
Targets2431
Target share25%18%
Air-yards share35%22%
Catches1916
Receiving yards258231
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances41
Red-zone share15%3%
End-zone targets32
Touchdowns
Touchdowns30
Expected touchdownsEst.1.31.1
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)15.97.9
Fantasy points (PPR)63.739.5
Expected points per gameEst.10.910.8
Points vs expectedEst.+4.5−2.9

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.

  • Justin Jefferson
  • Xavier Hutchinson

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

Target share by week
WeekJustin JeffersonXavier Hutchinson
139%against GB16%against BUF
232%against CHI18%against CIN
38%against TB24%against IND
4— no game with a target, carry or dropback19%against DAL
524%against NO15%against TEN

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 Justin Jefferson and Xavier Hutchinson
LeaderboardJustin JeffersonXavier Hutchinson
Target share leaders#18of 103 wide receivers#45of 103 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders#20of 103 wide receivers#53of 103 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders#6of 59 wide receiversBelow the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)
Red-zone opportunity leaders#36of 180 wide receivers#122of 180 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders#29of 180 wide receivers#59of 180 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#36of 180 wide receivers#37of 180 wide receivers

Talking points

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

Justin Jefferson

Touchdowns above usage

Justin Jefferson has scored 3 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 1.3, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
3
Expected touchdownsEst.
1.3
Expected PPR per gameEst.
10.9
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
+4.5

Weeks 1–3 and 5 · 4 games

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

Xavier Hutchinson

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

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