Which wide receivers produce the most yards against the blitz?
Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads all NFL wide receivers with 497 receiving yards against the blitz, on 24 receptions and 4 receiving touchdowns across 17 games.
NFL Wide Receiver Receiving Yards Against the Blitz
Ranked by YDS · 2025 regular season| # | Player | YDS | TGT | REC | TD | CTH% | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba Seattle Seahawks · #11 | 497 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 64.9% | 17 |
| 2 | Zay Flowers Baltimore Ravens · #4 | 447 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 75.0% | 17 |
| 3 | CeeDee Lamb Dallas Cowboys · #88 | 416 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 75.8% | 13 |
| 4 | Chris Olave New Orleans Saints · #12 | 331 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 69.0% | 16 |
| 5 | Amon-Ra St. Brown Detroit Lions · #14 | 315 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 75.9% | 16 |
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A blitz is a trade: the defense gains a rusher and gives up a defender in coverage somewhere else. The receivers who profit most are usually the ones whose route concepts are built to attack whatever space that trade leaves open, whether that means a vacated zone underneath or a cornerback stranded without help over the top.
Big plays carry disproportionate weight in this split because blitz snaps are a small share of any offense's total. A single explosive catch against man coverage with no safety help can dominate the total for an entire season, so a receiver near the top of this list is not necessarily more productive on a per-play basis than a receiver ranked further down.
This works best as a proxy for what happens when a game plan turns desperate rather than a full accounting of a receiver's role. A quarterback under siege usually has a short list of answers memorized for exactly this look, and this split tends to identify who those answers are.