Calculate a football player’s percentage of total team targets, or find the minimum whole player-target count needed for a chosen share of planned team volume.

Required: player targets and total team targets from the same games and data source.

Use the team's total credited receiver targets, not automatically the pass-attempt total.
The result rounds up to a whole player target and verifies the achieved share.

Target Share Formula

In football receiving analysis, target share is the percentage of a team’s total credited targets directed to one player:

Target Share = (Player Targets) / (Team Targets) × 100

NFL Fantasy has described target share as the percentage of the team’s targets that a player received. Both counts must cover the same games and come from a consistent data source.

Team Targets Are the Denominator

Do not automatically replace team targets with pass attempts. A target is attributed to an intended receiver, while official attempts can include plays whose target treatment differs by provider, including some throwaways, spikes, or unusual plays. Use a published team-target total or sum the same provider’s player targets for the selected scope.

Targets Assigned to Other Players

The calculator subtracts player targets from the team total to show how much receiving opportunity went elsewhere. This is volume context; it says nothing by itself about depth, quality, or catchability.

Finding Player Targets for a Planned Share

Target mode multiplies a chosen share by planned team volume:

Player Targets = Target Share × Planned Team Targets

Because targets are whole credited events, the result rounds upward and the achieved share is recalculated.

Example

A player with 30 of a team’s 120 targets has a 25 percent share, leaving 90 targets for all other players. A 22.5 percent goal across 160 team targets requires exactly 36 player targets.

Target Share vs. Catch Rate

Target share measures opportunity within a team. Catch rate measures receptions per player target. A player can have a large share and a modest catch rate, or a small share and a high catch rate. Use both to separate volume from outcomes.

Assumptions and Limitations

  • Player and team target totals must use the same provider, games, and postseason treatment.
  • The metric does not include routes run, snaps, air yards, target depth, red-zone usage, or completion probability.
  • Role changes and missed games can distort full-season comparisons.
  • Target mode allocates a fixed planned total; it does not forecast actual volume.

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Sources

National Football League Fantasy. Fantasy Targets and Touches for Week 4, 2018.

National Football League. Wide Receiver Target Distribution for All 32 Teams, 2016.

National Football League Next Gen Stats. Receiving Statistics, current edition.