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Bijan Robinson — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 21.81 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 2.3, usage worth 20.3.

24 years old · 3 seasons of experience · 2023 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.
ADP 2.3
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 0.5, 1.1 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on sleeper, priciest on yahoo.
SLEEPER2.9
ESPN2.6
YAHOO1.8
UNDERDOG2
CBS1.9
FFA2

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 1, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB2
Bye week11
ADP standard deviation0.5 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 379 points, 23.7 per game — 1,504 rushing yards, 10.4 rushing TDs, 73.7 catches. That is RB1, 2 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 16.9 points per game to a ceiling of 33, with the median at 23.7. Boom rate 39%, bust rate 29%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 2.3 on consensus and our board has him 2. Those agree, so there is no market disagreement to exploit. The question is whether you want the profile, not whether it is mispriced.

Our written view

never missed a game outside one meaningless snap; Allgeier's departure (he was out-touching Bijan inside the 10 last year) could hand Bijan the full goal-line role on top of already being featured everywhere else.

buy · high conviction · 2026-08

The offense he plays in, 2026

Atlanta Falcons returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing hc, oc. Michael Penix Jr at quarterback, Kevin Stefanski as head coach, Tommy Rees calling it. The offense projects to 32.8 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 27.2 rushes.

In: Tua Tagovailoa (qb2), Olamide Zaccheaus (wr2), Zachariah Branch (wr3), Jahan Dotson (wr4), Brian Robinson Jr (rb2), Tyler Goodson (rb3), Carter Nathan (rb4), Austin Hooper (te2). Out: Kirk Cousins (qb2), Darnell Mooney (wr2), David Sills V (wr4), Ray-Ray McCloud III (wr5), Dylan Drummond (wr6), Khadarel Hodge (wr7), Tyler Allgeier (rb2), Nathan Carter (rb3), Charlie Woerner (te2).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Bijan Robinson 65.8%
Brian Robinson Jr24%
Tyler Goodson6.9%
Carter Nathan3.3%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: Bijan Robinson has been able to produce redardless of poor QB play in ATL. Drake London has had flashes & the talent is clearly there, but needs better QB play. Perhaps Penix Jr fully recovers from 2nd ACL tear & proves he is the franchise QB. OR there is a SMALL chance Tua turns his career around and can elevate this offense. Unlikely. Despite what most fans think, the falcons have not committed to a starting QB, there is a decent chance their franchise QB is neither Penix or Tua.

Key additions: Tua Tagovailoa signed on 1 year veteran minumum deal. WR Jahan Dotson 2 year $15M deal. TE Austin Hooper 1 year deal to back up Pitts. WR Olamide Zaccheaus returns to ATL. OL Jawaan Taylor signed 1 year deal. Zachariah Branch WR Georgia 3rd Round draft pick.

Key departures: Drew Dalman (starting Center) left to Chicago Bears & RT Kaleb McGary retired aftr missing entire 2025 season. Elijah Wilkinson Starting RT left in free agency. Kirk Cousins left to Las Vegas. Tyler Allgeier left to Arizona. WR Darnell Mooney released after regression & heads to NY Giants.

Notes: Falcons signed Tua Tagovailoa after release from Dolphins. Penix may be ready week 1 but possible he is no longer the starter. This will be determined in camp. New HC: Kevin Stefanski from Browns. Tommy Rees is new OC. Followed Stefanski from Cleveland. Bijan & London are core offensive players. Pitts wants long term exension, but was franchise tagged (could be traded). Branch round 3 Georgia WR adds speed & could produce early. Brian Robinson Jr is a valuable handcuff for Bijan Robinson but shouldn't have stand alone value. London clear WR1, Zaccheaus returns in free agency. Jahan Dotson (former 1st round pick) added in free agency. Zachariah Branch could see large volume as a rookie if develops quickly. QB play may still hold team back. Olamide Zaccheaus is a player that should be rostered in all leagues as a real sleeper. Highly productive player in Chicago that COULD pop early if Branch is a slow bloomer & Dotson is a nothing burger.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Michael Penix Jr returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (32.1 att/g); Regressed 53% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 32.8 att/g; New OC Tommy Rees — pass rate and tempo may shift; New HC Kevin Stefanski.

How the carry projection was built

Projected carry share65.8%
Projected carries per game14.7
Projected carries, full season250
Last season, carries per game16.9

That is a reduction of 2.2 carries a game against last season, inside a team projection of 27.2 rushing attempts a game.

Basis: prior usage blend. Carry share is the strongest forward predictor we have measured at the position, so this number carries more weight than any efficiency figure on this page.

Offensive environment: ATL rates 21.5 against a league average of 23, 1.5 below it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted run defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season+0.2 · neutral
Weeks 1–6-1.3 · neutral
Weeks 12–17-2.1 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+3.6 · easier

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

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Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +16.1% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as stable.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 1.7 elite seasons and 2.4 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Alvin Kamara202118.153%-14.7%
Austin Ekeler202221.953%-16.1%
Christian McCaffrey20222147%+40.4%
De'Von Achane202417.646%+24.9%
Austin Ekeler202121.545%0%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 2 gained value, 2 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2023-03 to 2026-07. Up 45% across the series, peaking at 9,999.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2023, round 1, pick 8 by ATL
CollegeTexas
Age at draft21
Height5′11″
Weight215 lb
40-yard dash4.46s
Vertical37″
Broad jump124″

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game19.1
Week-to-week variation0.5
Boom rate23.8%
Bust rate16.7%
Games missed per season0
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.21

The record, season by season

2025 · ATL · 17 games

His best game was Week 17 against LA — 39.9 PPR on 30 touches and a 40% target share, in a game that finished 27-24. His worst was Week 8 against MIA at 5.8, on 12 touches, final score 10-34. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 9 times and came in under 8 points 2 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 24.8; in the 7 decided by more, 17.5. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 20.3 points per game. He scored 21.81, 7.7% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1TB20-2324.4671001224116.7%83%
2MIN22-619.8352522143023.8%65%
3CAR0-3016.156391372014.6%80%
4WAS34-2728.1451061775119.2%69%
6BUF24-1435.8686819170125.8%74%
7SF10-2021.268521440122.2%88%
8MIA10-345.83323925010%60%
9NE23-2417.6810501246029.4%96%
10IND25-3110.8224178408%86%
11CAR27-3030.3453923104217.2%85%
12NO24-1014.722371470010%66%
13NYJ24-2730.3575123142122.6%87%
14SEA9-379.4228208607.1%67%
15TB29-2829.5811821993126.8%90%
16ARI26-1929.8711921676132.4%70%
17LA27-2439.9583422195240%79%
18NO19-177.333101533010%84%

Production

Receptions79
Targets103
Receiving yards820
Carries287
Rushing yards1,478
Touchdowns11
Points per game21.81
Yards per target7.96
Catch rate76.7%
Yards per carry5.15

Role

Snap share78.18%
Target share19.75%
Air-yards share2.1%
WOPR0.312
RACR5.968

Efficiency

Average depth of target0.9
Yards after catch per reception10.8
Yards before catch per reception-0.5
Total YAC857
Broken tackles10
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted108.1
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game1.56
Rushing EPA per game-0.72

Scoring position

Red-zone targets13
Red-zone target share21.3%
End-zone target share4.3%
Red-zone carry share49.3%
Goal-line carry share43.5%
Expected receiving TDs2.72
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck0.28
Expected rushing TDs5.7

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game2 of 49
Yards per target2 of 49
Target share2 of 49
Air-yards share3 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 545 times. He took 19.88% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Kyle Pitts22.78%
Drake London21.62%
Bijan Robinson 19.88%
Darnell Mooney13.9%
David Sills6.95%
Tyler Allgeier3.09%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Michael Penix95622.688.6319.66%
Kirk Cousins84720.847.1719.86%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 17 games were blowouts, 8.4% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 10.43 in those and 24.8 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · ATL · 17 games

His best game was Week 18 against CAR — 31.3 PPR on 33 touches and a 13.5% target share, in a game that finished 38-44. His worst was Week 11 against DEN at 10.3, on 16 touches, final score 6-38. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 10 times and came in under 8 points 0 times. In the 12 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 19.9; in the 5 decided by more, 20.7. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 18.1 points per game. He scored 20.1, 11.1% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1PIT10-1816.155431868021.7%89%
2PHI22-2116.245251497017.2%75%
3KC17-2213.22221163117.4%82%
4NO26-2411.44446728011.8%64%
5TB36-3010.73316126105.6%67%
6CAR38-2025.534101595213.8%56%
7SEA14-3423.3354021103113.9%68%
8TB31-2623.677431363125%68%
9DAL27-2121.577591986029.2%74%
10NO17-2029.4342820116210.8%78%
11DEN6-3810.344281235013.8%71%
13LAC13-1725.5663326102115.8%75%
14MIN21-4220.1229229215.4%85%
15LV15-914.5121022125012.5%76%
16NYG34-724.3229229427.7%75%
17WAS24-3024.83581790214.3%91%
18CAR38-4431.325328170213.5%87%

Production

Receptions61
Targets72
Receiving yards431
Carries304
Rushing yards1,456
Touchdowns15
Points per game20.1
Yards per target5.99
Catch rate84.72%
Yards per carry4.79

Role

Snap share75.35%
Target share14.08%
Air-yards share-1.44%
WOPR0.201
RACR-2.161

Efficiency

Average depth of target-0.5
Yards after catch per reception8.7
Yards before catch per reception-1.6
Total YAC531
Broken tackles5
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted96.2
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.45
Rushing EPA per game1.05

Scoring position

Red-zone targets7
Red-zone target share11.5%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share67.8%
Goal-line carry share66.7%
Expected receiving TDs1.16
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-0.16
Expected rushing TDs10.13

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game3 of 46
Yards per target23 of 46
Target share4 of 46
Air-yards share32 of 46

Who else ate

The offense threw it 559 times. He took 13.36% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Drake London29.31%
Darnell Mooney19.67%
Ray-Ray McCloud16.14%
Kyle Pitts13.73%
Bijan Robinson 13.36%
Tyler Allgeier2.41%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Kirk Cousins146018.666.8514.56%
Michael Penix31226.81.6711.83%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 17 games were blowouts, 30.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 20.7 in those and 19.85 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · ATL · 17 games

His best game was Week 12 against NO — 27.3 PPR on 22 touches and a 30% target share, in a game that finished 24-15. His worst was Week 7 against TB at 0.3, on 1 touches, final score 16-13. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 4 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 11.3; in the 7 decided by more, 19. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 15.1 points per game. He scored 14.49, 4% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 2 against 3.24 expected, a gap of -1.2.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1CAR24-1020.366271056133.3%63%
2GB25-2421.2454819124016.7%72%
3DET6-201046271033015.8%81%
4JAX7-2318.7553214105016.7%76%
5HOU21-1911.82212144615.3%61%
6WAS16-241358431337018.2%77%
7TB16-130.30001300%17%
8TEN23-2812.20501162115.2%74%
9MIN28-315.92481151011.8%61%
10ARI23-2517.612112295110.5%75%
12NO24-1527.336321691230%63%
13NYJ13-810.935261853020%75%
14TB25-2919.857541034117.9%78%
15CAR7-90.4133711015.8%58%
16IND29-1019.2710501272031.3%75%
17CHI17-3711.634111575012.5%76%
18NO17-4826.1781031128123.5%74%

Production

Receptions58
Targets86
Receiving yards487
Carries214
Rushing yards976
Touchdowns8
Points per game14.49
Yards per target5.66
Catch rate67.44%
Yards per carry4.56

Role

Snap share68%
Target share17.32%
Air-yards share-0.91%
WOPR0.254
RACR0.886

Efficiency

Average depth of target0.3
Yards after catch per reception8.9
Yards before catch per reception-0.6
Total YAC519
Broken tackles10
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted82.8
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.76
Rushing EPA per game-1.57

Scoring position

Red-zone targets12
Red-zone target share21.1%
End-zone target share10.5%
Red-zone carry share28.8%
Goal-line carry share23.1%
Expected receiving TDs3.24
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck-1.24
Expected rushing TDs2.88

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game17 of 49
Yards per target17 of 49
Target share3 of 49
Air-yards share30 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 530 times. He took 17.06% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Drake London21.83%
Kyle Pitts17.86%
Bijan Robinson 17.06%
Jonnu Smith13.89%
Mack Hollins5.95%
Van Jefferson5.56%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Desmond Ridder126114.986.6717.77%
Taylor Heinicke52513.33.216.26%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 17 games were blowouts, 23.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 18.97 in those and 11.31 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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