WR · Cincinnati Bengals · #1

Ja'Marr Chase

WR1Questionable · Concussionwk 5 report
College
LSU
Height
6'0"
Weight
205 lb
Experience
6th season
EPA / target
+0.53▲ 0.31 vs '25
8th of 44 WRs
Catch rate
71.1%▲ 3.5 vs '25
7th of 44 WRs
Yards / target
7.8▲ 0.2 vs '25
25th of 44 WRs
Target share
22.7%▼ 9.4 vs '25
24th of 44 WRs
Receiving
351 yds+0.53 EPA/TGT
32 rec · 45 tgt · 5 td

Ranks compare against the 44 qualifying wide receivers on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

2025: +0.22−0.63Week 1+0.43Week 2+0.78Week 3+1.69Week 4+0.23Week 5+0.83Week 7

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+23.9
Rushing0.0
Net+23.9
Best game · Wk 3 @ PIT
9/12
Rec/Tgt
98
Rec yds
1
TD
+9.3
Rec EPA
+0.78
EPA/target
10.9
Yds/rec

2026 game log

ReceivingRushing
Game
Wk 1 vs TBW42126.0050.08.5−2.5−0.63000
Wk 2 @ HOUW977510.7277.89.0+3.9+0.43000
Wk 3 @ PITL1299810.9175.08.3+9.3+0.78000
Wk 4 vs JAXL33279.00100.04.0+5.1+1.69000
Wk 5 @ MIAW1067712.8160.012.4+2.3+0.23000
Wk 7 @ BALW756212.4171.49.6+5.8+0.83000
Season453235111.0571.19.3+23.9+0.53000

How he compares

2026 wide receivers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

4.27.510.914.217.5−0.36+0.01+0.38+0.75+1.12AllenAdamsEvansDiggsBourneMetcalfLambHigginsCollinsWaddleSmithSt. BrownLondonOlaveWilliamsPickensWilsonRobinsonWatsonSmith-NjigbaWilsonTuckerWashingtonHutchinsonDownsFlowersNacuaNabersFlournoyVeleCokerWashingtonWorthyOdunzeMcMillanEgbukaGoldenBurden IIILemonBostonTateBernardConcepcionJa'Marr Chase↑ EPA per targetaDOT →

Contract

signed 2025 with Bengals

$161Mover 4 years
Avg. per year
$40.3M
Guaranteed
$73.9M 46%
2026 cap hit
$26.2M 8.2% of the cap
Signed
2025
Runs through
2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallReceivingRushing
Season
20266+23.94532351571.111.07.822.7+0.53000
202516+41.51851251,412867.611.37.632.1+0.223140
202417+79.01751271,7081772.613.49.827.2+0.443320
202316+55.71451001,216769.012.28.426.0+0.423−60
202212+22.7134871,046964.912.07.829.5+0.23580
202117+63.1128811,4551363.318.011.423.2+0.517210
Career84+285.98125527,1885968.013.08.927.1+0.3721690