New Orleans Saints Target Share 2026 — With 2025 Week by Week
2026 so far: Chris Olave leads the New Orleans Saints with 27% of the targets (71 of 263) through 7 games. Chris Olave led the New Orleans Saints with 27.6% of the team's targets in 2025 (156 of 565), ahead of Juwan Johnson 18.1%, Rashid Shaheed 11.7%. Below, every New Orleans Saints skill player's touches week by week for 2025 — with scoring-territory touches (inside the opponent's 50) beside each number. The season's biggest role shift: Devin Neal took over in week 9 and Alvin Kamara's workload never recovered.
2026 target share and carry share — so far
From the play-by-play, updated the morning after each game. 2025 below is the baseline.
2025 target share
Share of the team's total targets, regular season. Carries shown for context — target share counts passing-game usage only.
Touches by week (targets + carries · |inside-50 touches)
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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| Alvin Kamara RB | 13|9 | 27|14 | 20|8 | 20|12 | 14|9 | 15|11 | 14|4 | 8|1 | 9|1 | 25|9 | — | 5|1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Olave WR | 13|5 | 10|6 | 14|7 | 6|5 | 11|8 | 10|7 | 7|5 | 13|5 | 4|3 | 8|3 | — | 13|4 | 7|4 | 5|3 | 9|4 | 16|10 | 11|4 | — |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 11|5 | 9|4 | 8|4 | 3|1 | 4|4 | 2|1 | 7|3 | 8|4 | 4|2 | 4|2 | — | 7|1 | 9|1 | 4|1 | 4|3 | 9|4 | 4|1 | 5|2 |
| Devin Neal RB | 2|1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1|0 | 3|3 | 4|3 | 7|4 | — | 14|6 | 17|7 | 20|14 | 8|6 | — | — | — |
| Taysom Hill TE | — | — | — | — | 6|5 | 1|1 | 4|0 | 3|0 | 4|3 | 8|5 | — | 10|9 | 2|0 | 4|2 | 2|1 | 18|10 | 3|1 | 3|2 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 9|4 | 5|2 | 6|4 | 7|4 | 5|2 | 6|5 | 9|4 | 12|3 | 9|4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Audric Estimé RB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3|3 | 6|1 | 9|4 | 15|3 | 26|9 |
| Kendre Miller RB | 5|2 | 6|3 | 9|0 | 11|10 | 11|6 | 9|2 | 1|1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyler Shough QB | — | — | 0|0 | — | — | — | — | 3|1 | 1|1 | 4|0 | — | 7|5 | 6|3 | 7|4 | 8|5 | 2|1 | 4|2 | 3|1 |
Amber cells = 18+ touch weeks. — = did not play. Inside-50 =
touches in opponent territory, where game plans concentrate.
Detected role shifts
- Devin Neal rose from 2.0 to 11.7 touches/game starting week 9 — and Alvin Kamara fell from 16.4 to 13.0 over the same stretch.
A shift is flagged when one player gained 3+ touches/game and a teammate lost 3+ across the same split week — descriptive, not causal: injuries, trades and game script all move touches.
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