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Jordan Love — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 15.68 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 143.9, usage worth 16.6.

27 years old · 6 seasons of experience · 2020 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 143.9
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 14.4, 34.8 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on espn, priciest on underdog.
SLEEPER145.2
ESPN159.4
YAHOO124.6
UNDERDOG115.7
CBS146.3
FFA133

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 12, pick 12 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankQB19
Bye week11
ADP standard deviation14.4 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 298.2 points, 17.8 per game — 4,206 passing yards, 28 passing TDs, 184 rushing yards. That is QB4, 132 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 14.3 points per game to a ceiling of 24.3, with the median at 17.8. Boom rate 36%, bust rate 20%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 143.9 on consensus and our board has him 132. We rank him 11.9 picks better than the room drafts him, so the market is underpricing him — that is the disagreement worth acting on.

Our written view

despite being a genuinely athletic QB, has a career rushing average of only about 10 yards/game and a single rushing TD total over the past two seasons combined — a real, sustained pattern of NOT using his legs even when the offense's context would seem to call for it, which specifically undercuts the "he'll just start running more" breakout argument.

hold · medium conviction · 2026-08

The offense he plays in, 2026

Green Bay Packers returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1. Jordan Love at quarterback, Matt LaFleur as head coach, Adam Stenavich calling it. The offense projects to 30.2 pass attempts a game at high confidence and 28.2 rushes.

In: Skyy Moore (wr6), Will Sheppard (wr7), MarShawn Lloyd (rb3), Pierre Strong Jr. (rb4). Out: Romeo Doubs (wr1), Emmanuel Wilson (rb2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Christian Watson17.4%
Jayden Reed17%
Matthew Golden13.9%
Tucker Kraft13.1%
Josh Jacobs9.7%
Luke Musgrave8.3%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Drafted Jager Burton C in the 5th round, extended Jayden Reed on 3 year deal.

Key departures: Rasheed Walker starting O lineman left to Panthers. RB Emmanuel Wilson left, opening up backup and 3rd down back role for another RB to fill the gap. Romeo Doubs to New England Patriots, Wicks to Eagles. Massive opportunity for Watson, Golden, and Reed. We will have to see who plays the most on 2 WR sets.

Notes: Key departures: Romeo Doubs to New England Patriots, Wicks to Eagles. Massive opportunity for Watson, Golden, and Reed. We will have to see who plays the most on 2 WR sets. Reed landed 3 year 50m extension with packers. Golden could be primed for a breakout. Kraft should be recovered from torn ACL early in the season & Musgrave will fill in if he misses time but no true upside to him. Savion Williams will compete for WR4 but it is unlikely he holds any true value. Jordan Love needs to stay healthy but could be primed for a great 2026 season. Josh Jacobs is showing signs for concern with efficiency & managers need to think about him, however, packers have not brought in any competition so in the meantime he should be ok. The departure of Emmanuel Wilson to Seattle should not be underlooked. He was a highly productive back up RB & could open the door for a healthy Josh Jacobs to return to his peak form briefly. AND another RB will assume a very potentially productive handcuff opportunity.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Jordan Love returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (28.8 att/g); Regressed 30% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.2 att/g.

How the quarterback projection was built

Base case 260.3 PPR points, with a bear case of 166.9 and a bull case of 345.3, and a comp mean of 251.8. The model puts 40% probability on him beating this and 60% on falling short. Drawn from 20 comparable quarterback seasons.

Comparable seasonWhat he actually scoredDistance
Justin Herbert 2024296.90.3
Kirk Cousins 2019306.20.3
Jordan Love 2024265.20.4
Jared Goff 20173430.4
Mitchell Trubisky 2018202.80.4

Cross-check against the dynasty market: his production ranks in the 52th percentile and his value in the 55th, which the engine reads as in line. Players with a similar production-against-value gap saw dynasty value move -13.4% over the following year, across 81 cases — a dynasty signal, not a 2026 scoring one.

Offensive environment: GB rates 24.6 against a league average of 23, 1.6 points above it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

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

Full season-1.7 · harder
Weeks 1–6+5 · easier
Weeks 12–17-4.9 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+1.1 · 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 -8% 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 2.8 elite seasons and 3.1 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
Sam Darnold202418.170%+33.2%
Tua Tagovailoa202416.568%-27.8%
Trevor Lawrence202414.567%+31.6%
Tua Tagovailoa202315.966%-5%
Sam Darnold202214.466%-17.9%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 2 gained value, 3 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

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Monthly superflex value, 2020-06 to 2026-07. Up 68% across the series, peaking at 7,692.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2020, round 1, pick 26 by GNB
CollegeUtah St.
Age at draft21
Height6′4″
Weight224 lb
40-yard dash4.74s
Vertical35.5″
Broad jump118″
3-cone7.21s
Shuttle4.52s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game14.8
Week-to-week variation0.5
Boom rate11.9%
Bust rate23.8%
Games missed per season0.2
Injury historyShoulder
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.15

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 · GB · 15 games

His best game was Week 8 against PIT — 28.3 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 35-25. His worst was Week 16 against CHI at 3.78, on 0 targets, final score 16-22. Across 15 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 14.8; in the 5 decided by more, 17.4. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 16.6 points per game. He scored 15.68, 0.1% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1DET27-1315.9203420%100%
2WAS27-1820.88031220%100%
3CLE10-1311.12041810%100%
4DAL40-4026.28032830%100%
6CIN27-1814.96072610%100%
7ARI27-2313.36042210%100%
8PIT35-2528.301-130%100%
9CAR13-169.0201100%100%
10PHI7-107.84052800%100%
11NYG27-2017.6602720%87%
12MIN23-67.06031500%91%
13DET31-2425.7605440%100%
14CHI28-2119.2601-130%100%
15DEN26-3413.94032910%100%
16CHI16-223.7802700%36%

Production

Carries47
Rushing yards199
Touchdowns23
Points per game15.68
Yards per carry4.23

Role

Snap share94.27%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game0.82

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share5.1%
Goal-line carry share3.6%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.67

Who else ate

The offense threw it 489 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Romeo Doubs18.48%
Christian Watson11.96%
Dontayvion Wicks10%
Josh Jacobs9.57%
Tucker Kraft9.57%
Matthew Golden9.57%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 15 games were blowouts, 3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 7.06 in those and 14.8 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · GB · 15 games

His best game was Week 4 against MIN — 28.16 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 29-31. His worst was Week 18 against CHI at 2.76, on 0 targets, final score 22-24. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 3 times and came in under 8 points 2 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 15; in the 6 decided by more, 16.5. 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 15.59, 4.9% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1PHI29-3416.400020%97%
4MIN29-3128.1601640%100%
5LA24-1915.96031020%100%
6ARI34-1325.62051340%100%
7HOU24-2216.800030%100%
8JAX30-275.7401-100%63%
9DET14-2410.9203000%100%
11CHI20-1920.24041820%100%
12SF38-1014.7201220%94%
13MIA30-1718.9600020%100%
14DET31-3414.54042310%100%
15SEA30-1317.5601420%100%
16NO34-011.4801210%87%
17MIN25-271401610%100%
18CHI22-242.7600000%35%

Production

Carries25
Rushing yards83
Touchdowns26
Points per game15.59
Yards per carry3.32

Role

Snap share91.73%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game0.41

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share7.1%
Goal-line carry share6.3%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs1.24

Who else ate

The offense threw it 479 times. 4 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Dontayvion Wicks16.41%
Jayden Reed16.2%
Romeo Doubs15.55%
Tucker Kraft15.12%
Christian Watson11.45%
Josh Jacobs9.29%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jordan Love14016.510%
Malik Willis102.760%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 15 games were blowouts, 29.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 17.35 in those and 14.96 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · GB · 17 games

His best game was Week 17 against MIN — 28.44 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 33-10. His worst was Week 5 against LV at 4.98, on 0 targets, final score 13-17. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 8 times and came in under 8 points 1 time. In the 11 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 18.6; in the 6 decided by more, 19.2. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 16.4 points per game. He scored 18.77, 14.2% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1CHI38-2023031230%92%
2ATL24-2520.34022330%100%
3NO18-1724.26093920%100%
4DET20-3417.6402-220%100%
5LV13-174.98023700%100%
7DEN17-1915.3032120%100%
8MIN10-2414.56043410%100%
9LA20-313.8204710%100%
10PIT19-2316.66021120%100%
11LAC23-2020.8803020%100%
12DET29-2226.62033930%100%
13KC27-1923.68021030%100%
14NYG22-248.9202210%100%
15TB20-3417.4602120%100%
16CAR33-3023.96021230%100%
17MIN33-1028.4402240%89%
18CHI17-918.5403-120%100%

Production

Carries50
Rushing yards247
Touchdowns36
Points per game18.77
Yards per carry4.94

Role

Snap share98.88%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game-0.43

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share7.5%
Goal-line carry share12%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs1.67

Who else ate

The offense threw it 581 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Romeo Doubs17.11%
Jayden Reed16.76%
Dontayvion Wicks10.34%
Christian Watson9.45%
Luke Musgrave8.2%
Aaron Jones7.66%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 17 games were blowouts, 20.5% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 21.75 in those and 18.56 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2022 · GB · 4 games

His best game was Week 12 against PHI — 8.52 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 33-40. His worst was Week 17 against MIN at 0.26, on 0 targets, final score 41-17. Across 4 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 3 times.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 2.5 points per game. He scored 2.92, 19.4% above it. The engine classified the season as low_volume.

WkOppScorePPRYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1MIN7-232.6000%8%
6NYJ10-270.32000%5%
12PHI33-408.52010%20%
17MIN41-170.26000%11%

Production

Carries1
Rushing yards-1
Touchdowns1
Points per game2.92
Yards per carry-1

Role

Snap share11%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game0

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0

Who else ate

The offense threw it 563 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Allen Lazard18.55%
Aaron Jones13.36%
Robert Tonyan12.43%
Romeo Doubs12.43%
Christian Watson12.24%
Randall Cobb9.28%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 4 games were blowouts, 5% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 0.29 in those and 8.52 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2021 · GB · 6 games

His best game was Week 9 against KC — 11.9 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 7-13. His worst was Week 2 against DET at -0.3, on 0 targets, final score 35-17. Across 6 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 5 times. In the 3 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 6.4; in the 3 decided by more, 0.7. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.1 points per game. He scored 3.52, 42.2% below it. The engine classified the season as very_unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1NO3-380.7200000%26%
2DET35-17-0.303-300%5%
9KC7-1311.9052310%100%
11MIN31-34-0.101-100%2%
17MIN37-101.6602900%16%
18DET30-377.2601-110%54%

Production

Carries12
Rushing yards27
Touchdowns2
Points per game3.52
Yards per carry2.25

Role

Snap share33.83%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game0.28

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0

Who else ate

The offense threw it 593 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Davante Adams29.7%
Aaron Jones11.42%
Allen Lazard10.54%
Marquez Valdes-Scantling9.67%
Randall Cobb6.85%
A.J. Dillon6.5%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Aaron Rodgers501.850%
Jordan Love1011.90%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 6 games were blowouts, 9.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 0.69 in those and 6.35 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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