With the 2026 regular season just a few weeks away, let’s take a look at some statistical milestones certain Saints players have a chance at reaching this year.
Cameron Jordan
Jordan returns to the Saints for his 15th season following his first double digit sack season since 2021. He has 132 sacks in his career which ranks 17th all-time on the official list and 22nd on the unofficial list. He has a real chance to move up significantly on this list in 2026 however. If Jordan gets 6.5 sacks this year he will move into
the top 10 all-time on the official list, and if he gets 10 sacks he will finish the season 6th on the official list and in the top 10 on the unofficial list. If he can replicate his production from 2025 he will finish with more career sacks than recent Hall of Famers Jared Allen, Jason Taylor, and DeMarcus Ware. Everyone who has finished their career with at least 136 sacks is a Hall of Famer or a future Hall of Famer in the case of Terrell Suggs and Von Miller. If Miller remains unsigned, Jordan will start the year as the active leader in career sacks.
Jordan is also two tackles for loss away from moving into third all-time in the stat, which has been recorded since 1999. He would surpass Lavonte David and Von Miller (who both played last year but who are both currently free agents) and trail only JJ Watt, Calais Campbell, and Terrell Suggs. If Jordan finishes the year with 6.5 sacks and 2 TFLs, it will be very hard to justify keeping him out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame after he retires.
Alvin Kamara
The Saints running back is just 52 receiving yards away from 5,000 in his career. If he reaches this milestone, it will make him just the 6th player in NFL history to have 5,000 rushing and 5,000 receiving yards for his career. Four of these players are already in the Hall of Fame, and the other two (Tiki Barber and Christian McCaffrey) might also get there some day. Kamara has more receiving yards than Hall of Famer Roger Craig, and among running backs is just 235 receiving yards from passing Barber for 7th all time, and 463 away from passing Marcus Allen for 6th all-time (McCaffrey is currently 6th all-time but is just 21 yards behind Allen meaning he will likely finish the year in the top 5). Kamara is just one of six running backs in NFL history with 600+ career receptions and is 5 receptions away from moving into the top 5 all-time, and 19 away from moving into 4th all-time. You can narrow his accomplishments even further if you include touchdowns, as he would become just the 3rd player all-time with at least 7,000 rushing yards, 5,000 receiving yards, 60 rushing TDs, and 25 receiving TDs, with only Marshall Faulk and McCaffrey joining him in this club.
Kamara would have reached these milestones last year or even the year before that if he hadn’t suffered from injuries, but this year he should finally reach these milestones. If Kamara can put together another season or two with his production, his career stats will also make it very hard for the voters to keep him out of Canton.
Tyler Shough
The Saints second year quarterback is coming off a great rookie season in 2025 and will be looking to already move into the top 10 in team history in passing yards in his sophomore year. 1,287 yards will move Shough past Ken Stabler into 10th, and 1,496 yards will move him into 9th. Derek Carr is 8th all-time in team history with 6,023 yards, 3,640 more than Shough. Shough averaged 216.7 yards per game last year, and if he maintains this average in 2026 and plays every game he would finish with 3,684 yards, just eclipsing Carr in only his second year with the team. He is also 11 passing touchdowns away from moving into the top 10 all-time in Saints history. The ultimate hope is that he will finish second all-time in Saints history in all relevant passing stats (I won’t ask him to pass Brees), and if he keeps up the production from his rookie year, he will be well on his way.
Chris Olave
Chris Olave bounced back from an injury plagued 2024 to show that he is still a top tier WR1 in the NFL, and his career year in 2025 earned him a well-deserved $132 million extension. He is currently 12th all-time in team history in receiving yards but will likely pass many former Saints this year and move way up on the list. He is just 122 yards away from the top 10, 1,064 away from passing Jimmy Graham for 7th all-time and 1,148 from passing Danny Abramowicz for 6th. In all likelihood he will finish in the top 5 in team history, as he is already over halfway to Michael Thomas’s career numbers, and is currently third all-time in team history in receiving yards per game behind Thomas and Joe Horn.
Jordyn Tyson
Setting any of the Saints rookie receiving records is a tough ask, even for a first round pick like Tyson. The Saints have a rich history of rookie receivers, as they are the only team in the Super Bowl era with three different rookie receivers to go for 1,030+ receiving yards. The team’s rookie records for a receiver are 1,138 yards, 93 receptions, and 10 TDs, all of which are a very tough ask. However, if Tyson can manage 1,000 receiving yards he would join Marques Colston, Michael Thomas, and Olave as the only rookies in team history to do so, which is a very good group to be in.
Travis Etienne Jr.
The Saints top signing in the offseason arrives from Jacksonville needing just 202 rushing yards to reach 4,000 for his career and is 1,202 away from reaching 5,000.
Juwan Johnson
Johnson is 714 yards and 1 TD away from moving into the top 3 in team history among Tight Ends in both categories.
Which Saints do you think will reach these milestones in 2026 and why?
