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Jahmyr Gibbs — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 21.58 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 1.6, usage worth 17.8.

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 1.6
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 0.2, 0.4 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on sleeper, priciest on underdog.
SLEEPER1.8
ESPN1.6
YAHOO1.6
UNDERDOG1.1
CBS1.4
FFA1

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 1, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB1
Bye week6
ADP standard deviation0.2 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 384.6 points, 24 per game — 1,387 rushing yards, 14.1 rushing TDs, 72.4 catches. That is RB1, 1 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 22.1 points per game to a ceiling of 33.5, with the median at 24. Boom rate 40%, bust rate 8%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 1.6 on consensus and our board has him 1. 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

Top RB target — 1st/2nd overall. Lions have the easiest schedule and a pile of dome games; Montgomery's exit opens more goal-line work.

elite · high conviction · 2026-06-05

The offense he plays in, 2026

Detroit Lions returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing oc. Jared Goff at quarterback, Dan Campbell as head coach, Drew Petzing calling it. The offense projects to 33.9 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 26.2 rushes.

In: Kendrick Law (wr4), Greg Dortch (wr5), Jackson Meeks (wr7), Isiah Pacheco (rb2). Out: Khalif Raymond (wr3), David Montgomery (rb2), Craig Reynolds (rb3).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Jahmyr Gibbs 60.2%
Isiah Pacheco33.2%
Sione Vaki4.8%
Jacob Saylors1.8%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Lions have a new OC in Drew Petzing (coming over from Arizona after the entire coaching staff was let go). Petzing is an interesting hire & did not have success in Arizona. But no doubt this offense can succeed at a high rate under him. Drafted WR Kendrick Law in the 5th round. Signed RB Isiah Pacheco from Chiefs in free agency. Signed C Cade Mays from panthers to 3 year deal. Traded for additional O line man Juice Scruggs in David Montgomery trade. Added TE Tyler Conklin behind TE Sam LaPorta

Key departures: WR Kalif Raymond left to join Ben Johnson with the Bears. Lost T Taylor Decker & G Graham Glasgow. RB David Montgomery was also traded to the Texans.

Notes: Gibbs + Williams + ARSB all dynasty assets. David Montgomery was traded to the Houston Texans & opens the opportunity for Gibbs to be completely featured in this offense. If he can stay healthy, he may be the RB1 in fantasy for years to come. Lions brought in Isiah Pacheco as RB2 from the Chiefs on a 1 year deal. He is not expected to play very much, but could be relevant with Gibbs injury. Khalif Raymond heads to Chicago Bears & Kendrick Law COULD emerge as a solid WR4 or WR3 in the long run. Isaac TeSlaa holds significant value if St Brown or Williams were injured. Williams & St Brown are both excellent assets. Goff remains a interesting aging QB that is a low end QB1 in fantasy with a VERY high weekly ceiling but no mobility upside. A key potential bit to keep an eye on is the status of Sam LaPorta follwing his season ending back injury in 2025. He needs to get back to 100% and prove it before we completely trust him. Tough injury for a TE or any football player.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Jared Goff returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (34.1 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33.9 att/g; New OC Drew Petzing — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How the carry projection was built

Projected carry share60.2%
Projected carries per game12.9
Projected carries, full season220
Last season, carries per game14.3

That is a reduction of 1.4 carries a game against last season, inside a team projection of 26.2 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: DET rates 26.2 against a league average of 23, 3.2 points above 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+2.5 · easier
Weeks 1–6+12 · easier
Weeks 12–17-1 · neutral
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+0.8 · neutral

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 +19.9% 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
Austin Ekeler202121.564%0%
De'Von Achane202417.663%+24.9%
Breece Hall202317.155%+2.9%
Austin Ekeler202221.955%-16.1%
Kenneth Walker202416.555%+10.4%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 1 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 95% across the series, peaking at 9,850.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2023, round 1, pick 12 by DET
CollegeAlabama
Age at draft21
Height5′9″
Weight199 lb
40-yard dash4.36s
Vertical33.5″

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game20.7
Week-to-week variation0.5
Boom rate22.5%
Bust rate20%
Games missed per season0.3
Injury historyHamstring
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.08

That correlation is how closely the books’ posted line tracked what he actually scored, week to week. A higher number means the market has him figured out and there is less to exploit; a lower one means his weeks are harder to price.

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · DET · 17 games

His best game was Week 12 against NYG — 55.4 PPR on 27 touches and a 31.6% target share, in a game that finished 34-27. His worst was Week 9 against MIN at 5.8, on 12 touches, final score 24-27. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 7 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 21.5; in the 9 decided by more, 21.6. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 17.8 points per game. He scored 21.58, 21.4% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 5 against 3.23 expected, a gap of 1.8.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1GB13-2715101031919026.3%66%
2CHI52-2119.433101294110.7%56%
3BAL38-3026.956322267223.1%69%
4CLE34-1017.7226159118%62%
5CIN37-2416.72233125418.7%52%
6KC17-307.5120176507.4%69%
7TB24-936.8338217136210.7%56%
9MIN24-275.833392508.3%66%
10WAS44-2238.2343015142312.5%50%
11PHI9-1619.6581071239022.2%73%
12NYG34-2755.411124515219331.6%74%
13GB24-3111.634182068014.8%70%
14DAL44-303777771243322.6%69%
15LA34-419.847201338018.4%81%
16PIT24-2922.810136672125%86%
17MIN10-236.423231741010.3%69%
18CHI19-1620.335331980113.9%71%

Production

Receptions77
Targets94
Receiving yards616
Carries243
Rushing yards1,223
Touchdowns18
Points per game21.58
Yards per target6.55
Catch rate81.91%
Yards per carry5.03

Role

Snap share67%
Target share16.15%
Air-yards share1.47%
WOPR0.252
RACR3.05

Efficiency

Average depth of target0.6
Yards after catch per reception8
Yards before catch per reception0
Total YAC615
Broken tackles7
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted111.7
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game1.05
Rushing EPA per game-0.16

Scoring position

Red-zone targets15
Red-zone target share16.7%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share58.4%
Goal-line carry share38.5%
Expected receiving TDs3.23
Actual receiving TDs5
Receiving TD luck1.77
Expected rushing TDs6.92

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game3 of 49
Yards per target14 of 49
Target share5 of 49
Air-yards share6 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 582 times. He took 17.09% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown31.27%
Jameson Williams18.55%
Jahmyr Gibbs 17.09%
Sam LaPorta8.91%
Kalif Raymond5.45%
David Montgomery5.27%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 17 games were blowouts, 20.5% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 25.1 in those and 21.53 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · DET · 17 games

His best game was Week 18 against MIN — 46 PPR on 28 touches and a 15.6% target share, in a game that finished 31-9. His worst was Week 13 against CHI at 10.4, on 13 touches, final score 23-20. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 7 times and came in under 8 points 0 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 20.1; in the 8 decided by more, 22.8. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 15.8 points per game. He scored 21.35, 36.9% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1LA26-2017.446341140121.4%51%
2TB16-2017.677221384013.2%62%
3ARI20-1316.30020168310%46%
4SEA42-2919.8000147820%57%
6DAL47-912.135281263018.5%54%
7MIN31-2932444415116216%58%
8TEN52-1420.31161112715.6%40%
9GB24-1414.612111165110%39%
10HOU26-2312.823371971012.5%60%
11JAX52-619.31154116913.2%42%
12IND24-624.9339219029.1%67%
13CHI23-2010.42417987012.9%46%
14GB34-3119.366301543115%56%
15BUF42-4828.45783831213%75%
16CHI34-1725.4454523109115.6%69%
17SF40-3426.3444618117112.1%52%
18MIN31-946553123139415.6%66%

Production

Receptions52
Targets63
Receiving yards517
Carries250
Rushing yards1,412
Touchdowns20
Points per game21.35
Yards per target8.21
Catch rate82.54%
Yards per carry5.65

Role

Snap share55.29%
Target share11.39%
Air-yards share0.41%
WOPR0.175
RACR5.042

Efficiency

Average depth of target-0.2
Yards after catch per reception11.4
Yards before catch per reception-1.5
Total YAC593
Broken tackles4
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted115.4
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.88
Rushing EPA per game2.06

Scoring position

Red-zone targets14
Red-zone target share13.7%
End-zone target share6.5%
Red-zone carry share48%
Goal-line carry share45%
Expected receiving TDs2.48
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck0.52
Expected rushing TDs10.34

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game2 of 46
Yards per target4 of 46
Target share14 of 46
Air-yards share10 of 46

Who else ate

The offense threw it 550 times. He took 12.14% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown27.17%
Jameson Williams17.53%
Sam LaPorta15.99%
Jahmyr Gibbs 12.14%
Tim Patrick8.48%
David Montgomery7.32%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 17 games were blowouts, 40.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 24.67 in those and 20.06 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · DET · 15 games

His best game was Week 8 against LV — 29.9 PPR on 31 touches and a 14.7% target share, in a game that finished 26-14. His worst was Week 17 against DAL at 5.3, on 18 touches, final score 19-20. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 6 times and came in under 8 points 2 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 14.4; in the 7 decided by more, 18.1. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 14.1 points per game. He scored 16.14, 15.7% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 1 against 2.4 expected, a gap of -1.4.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1KC21-208221874206.3%27%
2SEA31-3712.67939717026.5%48%
3ATL20-69.2122178006.5%60%
4GB34-209.14511840018.5%37%
7BAL6-3827.6910581168120.4%87%
8LV26-1429.9553726152114.7%70%
10LAC41-3826.235351477215.6%58%
11CHI31-2621.56659836118.8%56%
12GB22-2911.348191154019%71%
13NO33-286.412-686008%45%
14CHI13-2817.234161166111.8%63%
15DEN42-1724.82281110026.3%48%
16MIN30-242447201580217.9%58%
17DAL19-205.3130154309.4%62%
18MIN30-209010133013.2%51%

Production

Receptions52
Targets71
Receiving yards316
Carries182
Rushing yards945
Touchdowns11
Points per game16.14
Yards per target4.45
Catch rate73.24%
Yards per carry5.19

Role

Snap share56.07%
Target share13.53%
Air-yards share-0.57%
WOPR0.199
RACR2.059

Efficiency

Average depth of target0.1
Yards after catch per reception6
Yards before catch per reception0
Total YAC314
Broken tackles7
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted80.5
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.81
Rushing EPA per game-0.35

Scoring position

Red-zone targets10
Red-zone target share10.5%
End-zone target share3.3%
Red-zone carry share36.3%
Goal-line carry share24.4%
Expected receiving TDs2.4
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-1.4
Expected rushing TDs7.26

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game8 of 49
Yards per target40 of 49
Target share9 of 49
Air-yards share25 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 605 times. He took 12.43% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown28.72%
Sam LaPorta21.02%
Jahmyr Gibbs 12.43%
Josh Reynolds11.21%
Kalif Raymond7.71%
Jameson Williams7.36%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 15 games were blowouts, 21.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 26.2 in those and 14.41 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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