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Mike Evans — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 10.6 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 71.6, usage worth 13.2.

32 years old · 12 seasons of experience · 2014 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 71.6
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 17.5, 38.3 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on espn, priciest on underdog.
SLEEPER59.2
ESPN97.5
YAHOO65.6
UNDERDOG49.4
CBS64.3
FFA54

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 6, pick 12 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankWR28
Bye week8
ADP standard deviation17.5 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 206.1 points, 12.6 per game — 63.7 catches, 884 yards, 9 TDs. That is WR4, 54 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 9.2 points per game to a ceiling of 18.5, with the median at 12.6. Boom rate 47%, bust rate 27%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 71.6 on consensus and our board has him 54. We rank him 17.6 picks better than the room drafts him, so the market is underpricing him — that is the disagreement worth acting on.

Our written view

Red-zone monster in a high-scoring SF offense; could lead the NFL in TDs. Value at the 5/6 turn. Age 33 + last year's collarbone are the worries, but that injury isn't repeatable and Jennings (3rd in inside-5 targets) is gone. Ideal as a high-ceiling WR3/flex.

buy · high conviction · 2026-06-05

The offense he plays in, 2026

San Francisco 49ers returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1. Brock Purdy at quarterback, Kyle Shanahan as head coach, Klay Kubiak calling it. The offense projects to 33.7 pass attempts a game at high confidence and 27.7 rushes.

In: Mike Evans (wr1), De'Zhaun Stribling (wr2), Christian Kirk (wr4), Jacob Cowing (wr7), Kaelon Black (rb2). Out: Jauan Jennings (wr1), Kendrick Bourne (wr3), Brian Robinson Jr. (rb2).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 11.8%, with a bear case of 8.3% and a bull case of 16% and a full range of 6.2% to 17.6%. That comes from 25 historical comparables, not from a depth chart.

The projected target split across the offense:

De'Zhaun Stribling16.1%
Mike Evans 11.8%
George Kittle11.5%
Ricky Pearsall10.4%
Christian Kirk9.2%
Christian McCaffrey8.9%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Signed WR Mike Evans from Bucs in free agency. Signed WR Christian Kirk in free agency. Drafted WR De'Zhaun Stribling in the 2nd round from Ole Miss. Drafted RB Kaelon Black in the 3rd round.

Key departures: WR Brandon Aiyuk (who did not play all of 2025 due to injury) is gone. WR Jauan Jennings is also gone. He has functioned as 49ers WR 1/2 for the past two seasons. RB Brian Robinson Jr left to ATL in free agency.

Notes: Stribling round 2 has opportunity to break out early. Mike Evans signing in free agency. Should be alpha WR1 but aging & injury risk. Potential sell high but should produce in 2026. Drafted RB Kaelon Black round 3 from Indiana. Black was not even invited to the NFL combine, but 49ers LOVE him. Could assume RB2 role immediately if he beats out Jordan James. Ricky Pearsall has an opportunity to break out as a WR2 but needs to stay healthy enough to do so. Signed Christian Kirk in offseason, veteran with no fantasy value but will take away targets. Kittle recovering from torn achilles. Drafted Wills the TE. Tonges should function as primary TE2, Wills will be TE3. CMC is a potential sell high candidate but know if healthy he is the number 1 overall RB in 2026.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Brock Purdy returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (33.7 att/g); Regressed 30% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33.6 att/g.

How that share projection was built

25 historical comps for WRs age ~55, prior share 25.8%, team change, OC continuity. Distribution: median 14.2%, p25-p75 [5.9%, 22.3%], tails [1.3%, 25.7%]. Closest comps: Mike Evans 2024→2025 (TB: 24.8%→24.3%); Mike Evans 2023→2024 (TB: 22.3%→26.1%); Julian Edelman 2020→2021 (NE: 27.3%→0.0%). Adjustment: -6% from role_decline (real opportunity collapse)

arrival self-anchored 32% to own 25.8% role (2yr)

The named comps are the closest historical matches and the arrow is what their share actually did the following season. That is the working, not a summary of it — if you disagree with the projection, this is the part to argue with.

Offensive environment: SF rates 25.4 against a league average of 23, 2.4 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-2.6 · harder
Weeks 1–6+1.9 · easier
Weeks 12–17-8.4 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-15.3 · harder

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.

What happened when he missed time

From the absence record rather than a depth chart — who actually gained when he was out.

SeasonGames missedMain beneficiaryTheir PPR gain
20254Tez Johnson+4.5
20243Rakim Jarrett+3
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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 -12.8% 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 2.1 elite seasons and 2.6 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
DK Metcalf202412.773%-4.3%
Adam Thielen20241470%-65%
Diontae Johnson20248.168%-53.6%
Terry McLaurin20231266%+39.7%
Brandon Aiyuk20248.965%-27.7%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 1 gained value, 4 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0006,0008,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-04 to 2026-07. Down 56% across the series, peaking at 7,671.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Height6′5″
Weight231 lb
40-yard dash4.53s
Vertical37″
3-cone7.08s
Shuttle4.26s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game15.6
Week-to-week variation0.6
Boom rate26.5%
Bust rate22.1%
Games missed per season1.3
Injury historyHamstring, Collarbone
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 · TB · 8 games

His best game was Week 15 against ATL — 19.2 PPR on 12 targets and a 37.5% target share, in a game that finished 28-29. His worst was Week 7 against DET at 0, on 4 targets, final score 9-24. Across 8 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 2 times.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 13.2 points per game. He scored 10.6, 19.9% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1ATL23-2010.15851026.7%83%
2HOU20-1910.651156030.6%79%
3NYJ29-2713.34933131%72%
7DET9-24004008%20%
15ATL28-2919.2612132037.5%55%
16CAR20-2314.15931136%66%
17MIA17-2012.13731115.9%75%
18CAR16-145.4223409.1%75%

Production

Receptions30
Targets62
Receiving yards368
Touchdowns3
Points per game10.6
Yards per target5.94
Catch rate48.39%

Role

Snap share65.63%
Target share24.35%
Air-yards share34.77%
WOPR0.609
RACR0.501

Efficiency

Average depth of target13.3
Yards after catch per reception1.2
Yards before catch per reception11
Total YAC37
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted69.8
Receiving EPA per game0.66

Scoring position

Red-zone targets9
Red-zone target share12.5%
End-zone target share18.8%
Expected receiving TDs3.12
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck-0.12

Who else ate

The offense threw it 558 times. He took 11.48% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Emeka Egbuka23.52%
Cade Otton15%
Mike Evans 11.48%
Sterling Shepard9.81%
Chris Godwin9.44%
Rachaad White8.33%

2024 · TB · 14 games

His best game was Week 15 against LAC — 36.9 PPR on 11 targets and a 42.3% target share, in a game that finished 40-17. His worst was Week 3 against DEN at 3.7, on 3 targets, final score 7-26. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 6 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 17.2; in the 9 decided by more, 17.2. Game state made no difference to his scoring.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 13.8 points per game. He scored 17.17, 26.7% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 8 against 5.52 expected, a gap of 2.5.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1WAS37-2023.15661220%70%
2DET20-167.23642031.6%79%
3DEN7-263.7231709.4%82%
4PHI33-1623.481494129.8%77%
5ATL30-3623.25762229.2%87%
6NO51-275.42634016.7%57%
7BAL31-419.5132516.7%28%
12NYG30-711.85668020%60%
13CAR26-2325.8812118135.3%84%
14LV28-1310.94569017.9%82%
15LAC40-1736.9911159242.3%65%
16DAL24-2611.95869018.6%81%
17CAR48-1429.78997228.1%62%
18NO27-1917.991489045.2%88%

Production

Receptions74
Targets110
Receiving yards1,004
Touchdowns11
Points per game17.17
Yards per target9.13
Catch rate67.27%

Role

Snap share71.57%
Target share25.06%
Air-yards share39.57%
WOPR0.653
RACR0.8

Efficiency

Average depth of target11.6
Yards after catch per reception3.1
Yards before catch per reception10.5
Total YAC226
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted110.6
Receiving EPA per game2.75

Scoring position

Red-zone targets16
Red-zone target share18.8%
End-zone target share36.6%
Expected receiving TDs5.52
Actual receiving TDs8
Receiving TD luck2.48

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game10 of 51
Yards per target14 of 51
Target share24 of 51
Air-yards share8 of 51

Who else ate

The offense threw it 571 times. He took 19.54% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Mike Evans 19.54%
Cade Otton15.45%
Chris Godwin11.01%
Jalen McMillan10.3%
Rachaad White10.12%
Bucky Irving9.24%

Blowouts against close games

7 of his 14 games were blowouts, 55.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 19.14 in those and 17.2 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · TB · 17 games

His best game was Week 13 against CAR — 29.2 PPR on 12 targets and a 44.4% target share, in a game that finished 21-18. His worst was Week 14 against ATL at 1.8, on 6 targets, final score 29-25. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 6 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 17.2; in the 10 decided by more, 16.2. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 14 points per game. He scored 16.62, 19.7% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 6 against 4.59 expected, a gap of 1.4.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1MIN20-1718.661066131.3%84%
2CHI27-1729.168171125%61%
3PHI11-251751060140%81%
4NO26-973340010%37%
6DET6-208.941049027%80%
7ATL13-1620.26882119.5%78%
8BUF18-2412.93639115.4%85%
9HOU37-3912.74587016.7%83%
10TEN20-626.3610143134.5%72%
11SF14-2715.351243127.9%79%
12IND20-27256970230%92%
13CAR21-1829.2712162144.4%82%
14ATL29-251.8168020.7%93%
15GB34-2015.74657122.2%85%
16JAX30-1227.67986225.7%77%
17NO13-23103470012.1%82%
18CAR9-05.23822025.8%86%

Production

Receptions79
Targets136
Receiving yards1,255
Touchdowns13
Points per game16.62
Yards per target9.23
Catch rate58.09%

Role

Snap share78.65%
Target share25.19%
Air-yards share39.14%
WOPR0.652
RACR0.706

Efficiency

Average depth of target14
Yards after catch per reception4.1
Yards before catch per reception11.8
Total YAC322
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted111.6
Receiving EPA per game3.18

Scoring position

Red-zone targets17
Red-zone target share23.6%
End-zone target share41.2%
Expected receiving TDs4.59
Actual receiving TDs6
Receiving TD luck1.41

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game10 of 51
Yards per target16 of 51
Target share18 of 51
Air-yards share10 of 51

Who else ate

The offense threw it 568 times. He took 24.73% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Mike Evans 24.73%
Chris Godwin23.64%
Rachaad White12.73%
Trey Palmer12.36%
Cade Otton12.18%
Deven Thompkins4.55%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 17 games were blowouts, 12.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 17.3 in those and 17.2 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2022 · TB · 15 games

His best game was Week 17 against CAR — 48.7 PPR on 12 targets and a 28.6% target share, in a game that finished 30-24. His worst was Week 12 against CLE at 5.1, on 9 targets, final score 17-23. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 2 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 14.2; in the 6 decided by more, 16.3. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 14.7 points per game. He scored 15.03, 2.1% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DAL19-318.15771125.9%73%
2NO20-109.13461012.1%61%
4KC31-4130.3810103219.2%91%
5ATL21-1512.14881016%85%
6PIT18-208.24442010.8%96%
7CAR3-2118.691596031.3%88%
8BAL22-2718.3611123026.2%94%
9LA16-13951140020%88%
10SEA21-1610.45654020.7%73%
12CLE17-235.12931021.4%90%
13NO17-169.9445907.5%84%
14SF7-358.44944017.6%87%
15CIN23-3413.35983021.4%81%
16ARI19-165.93829016.7%93%
17CAR30-2448.71012207328.6%83%

Production

Receptions77
Targets127
Receiving yards1,124
Touchdowns6
Points per game15.03
Yards per target8.85
Catch rate60.63%

Role

Snap share84.47%
Target share19.69%
Air-yards share34.81%
WOPR0.54
RACR0.731

Efficiency

Average depth of target12.6
Yards after catch per reception2.8
Yards before catch per reception11.8
Total YAC216
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted85.5
Receiving EPA per game1.74

Scoring position

Red-zone targets14
Red-zone target share12.2%
End-zone target share23.7%
Expected receiving TDs3.6
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck-0.6

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game15 of 51
Yards per target15 of 51
Target share37 of 51
Air-yards share15 of 51

Who else ate

The offense threw it 751 times. He took 17.57% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Chris Godwin19.64%
Mike Evans 17.57%
Leonard Fournette11.48%
Russell Gage9.68%
Cade Otton8.99%
Rachaad White8.02%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 15 games were blowouts, 12% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 13.5 in those and 14.18 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2021 · TB · 16 games

His best game was Week 7 against CHI — 31.6 PPR on 10 targets and a 25.6% target share, in a game that finished 38-3. His worst was Week 15 against NO at 2.4, on 1 targets, final score 0-9. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 6 times and came in under 8 points 4 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 10.8; in the 10 decided by more, 19.8. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 13.5 points per game. He scored 16.41, 29.9% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 10 against 6.93 expected, a gap of 3.1.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DAL31-295.43624013.3%94%
2ATL48-2524.55975225.7%73%
3LA24-3418.6810106018.5%84%
4NE19-1714.571275027.9%88%
5MIA45-1729.368113219%78%
6PHI28-224.7242709.5%93%
7CHI38-331.661076325.6%77%
8NO27-3612.8244819.8%95%
10WAS19-2914.2236219.1%100%
11NYG30-1020.361173123.4%82%
12IND38-314.63616017.6%99%
13ATL30-1716.971099019.6%93%
14BUF33-2721.16691113%93%
15NO0-92.4111402.1%23%
17NYJ28-2414.74747114.3%76%
18CAR41-1726.96789218.4%72%

Production

Receptions74
Targets114
Receiving yards1,035
Carries1
Rushing yards10
Touchdowns14
Points per game16.41
Yards per target9.08
Catch rate64.91%
Yards per carry10

Role

Snap share82.5%
Target share16.68%
Air-yards share26.32%
WOPR0.434
RACR0.784

Efficiency

Average depth of target13
Yards after catch per reception3.5
Yards before catch per reception10.5
Total YAC259
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted122.6
Receiving EPA per game4.11
Rushing EPA per game0.04

Scoring position

Red-zone targets25
Red-zone target share18.1%
End-zone target share30.4%
Expected receiving TDs6.93
Actual receiving TDs10
Receiving TD luck3.07

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game10 of 48
Yards per target12 of 48
Target share44 of 48
Air-yards share29 of 48

Who else ate

The offense threw it 731 times. He took 15.92% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Chris Godwin17.74%
Mike Evans 15.92%
Rob Gronkowski12.43%
Leonard Fournette11.73%
Antonio Brown8.66%
Cameron Brate7.96%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 16 games were blowouts, 50.5% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 26.52 in those and 10.83 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2020 · TB · 16 games

His best game was Week 16 against DET — 40.1 PPR on 12 targets and a 29.3% target share, in a game that finished 47-7. His worst was Week 6 against GB at 2, on 2 targets, final score 38-10. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 4 times and came in under 8 points 4 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 18.3; in the 10 decided by more, 13.9. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 11.8 points per game. He scored 15.54, 23.6% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 11 against 7.58 expected, a gap of 3.4.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1NO23-347.2142111.8%93%
2CAR31-1723.4710104128.6%87%
3DEN28-1014.2242211.1%90%
4LAC38-3125.278122117.8%71%
5CHI19-2015.15941122%85%
6GB38-102121007.4%78%
7LV45-205.7223704.9%86%
8NYG25-2316.55755117.5%90%
9NO3-3810.44664016.2%86%
10CAR46-2319.761177128.9%80%
11LA24-2715.95949119.1%88%
12KC24-27203950222%90%
14MIN26-148.63556022.7%76%
15ATL31-271767110016.3%81%
16DET47-740.11012181229.3%81%
17ATL44-277.63446010.5%16%

Production

Receptions70
Targets109
Receiving yards1,006
Touchdowns13
Points per game15.54
Yards per target9.23
Catch rate64.22%

Role

Snap share79.88%
Target share17.88%
Air-yards share22.91%
WOPR0.429
RACR0.798

Efficiency

Average depth of target12.1
Yards after catch per reception3.8
Yards before catch per reception10.6
Total YAC265
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted126
Receiving EPA per game3.12

Scoring position

Red-zone targets22
Red-zone target share20.4%
End-zone target share30.8%
Expected receiving TDs7.58
Actual receiving TDs11
Receiving TD luck3.42

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game14 of 51
Yards per target12 of 51
Target share43 of 51
Air-yards share37 of 51

Who else ate

The offense threw it 626 times. He took 17.99% of the targets. 0 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Mike Evans 17.99%
Chris Godwin13.86%
Rob Gronkowski12.71%
Antonio Brown10.23%
Scott Miller8.75%
Leonard Fournette7.76%

Blowouts against close games

7 of his 16 games were blowouts, 40.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 14.24 in those and 18.28 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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