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Noah Fant — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 5.75 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 170, usage worth 5.7.

28 years old · 7 seasons of experience · 2019 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 170
Consensus across 1 books, 0 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on underdog, priciest on espn.
ESPN170
UNDERDOG216
FFA371

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 15, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankTE45
Bye week8

The offense he plays in, 2026

Cincinnati Bengals returns 6 of 6 continuity slots — the whole offense is intact. Joe Burrow at quarterback, Zac Taylor as head coach, Dan Pitcher calling it. The offense projects to 36.4 pass attempts a game at high confidence and 23.6 rushes.

In: Colbie Young (wr4), Mitch Tinsley (wr5), Kendric Pryor (wr7). Out: Mitchell Tinsley (wr4), Noah Fant (te2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Ja'Marr Chase26.9%
Tee Higgins19.4%
Chase Brown11.8%
Mike Gesicki9.6%
Andrei Iosivas9.1%
Colbie Young6%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Retain G Dalton Risner & OT Orlando Brown Jr. Added C Connor Lew in the 4th round from Auburn & WR Colbie Young from Georgia in the 4th round.

Key departures: No key departures

Notes: Burrow and the Bengals look to get back on track & healthy for the 2026 season. Chase & Higgins are set to have fantastic years if the team is healthy. Chase Brown should see his fantasy value stay high in 2026 with Burrow back but it remains to be seen if he is the long term RB solution for Cincinatti. TE play does not typically produce consistent fantasy relevance. Bengals have added heavily on defense this offseason & should be more competitive. Worth note, if the Bengals do not play well this season HC Zac Taylor is going to be fired.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Joe Burrow returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (37.7 att/g); Regressed 30% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 36.4 att/g.

Offensive environment: CIN rates 25.8 against a league average of 23, 2.9 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+3.3 · easier
Weeks 1–6+4.3 · easier
Weeks 12–17-3.9 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+3.5 · 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.

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
20242A.J. Barner+-0.2

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 +14.5% 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 1.3 elite seasons and 2.3 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
Mike Gesicki20248.868%-15.8%
Austin Hooper2023355%+46.1%
Hayden Hurst20242.254%-39.9%
Gerald Everett20241.254%-21.9%
Mike Gesicki20234.452%+118.3%

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

02,0004,0006,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-04 to 2026-07. Down 63% across the series, peaking at 5,201.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2019, round 1, pick 20 by DEN
CollegeIowa
Age at draft21
Height6′4″
Weight249 lb
40-yard dash4.5s
Vertical39.5″
Broad jump127″
3-cone6.81s
Shuttle4.22s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game7.4
Week-to-week variation0.7
Boom rate18.3%
Bust rate22.5%
Games missed per season0.7
Injury historyGroin, Concussion, Ankle
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.44

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 · CIN · 13 games

His best game was Week 7 against PIT — 14.4 PPR on 4 targets and a 8.9% target share, in a game that finished 33-31. His worst was Week 18 against CLE at -0.5, on 1 targets, final score 18-20. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 10 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 6.8; in the 5 decided by more, 4. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 5.7 points per game. He scored 5.75, 0.5% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1CLE17-1612.64526121.7%50%
2JAX31-275.8342809.3%25%
3MIN10-485.65526019.2%32%
6GB18-276.74427010%49%
7PIT33-3114.4444418.9%68%
8NYJ38-397.1334109.1%47%
9CHI42-4710.8232816.7%46%
11PIT12-346.65636015.4%48%
12NE20-261.911902.9%28%
13BAL32-141.312304.5%42%
14BUF34-392.5121505.6%42%
17ARI37-14001003%22%
18CLE18-20-0.511502.6%22%

Production

Receptions34
Targets41
Receiving yards288
Touchdowns3
Points per game5.75
Yards per target7.02
Catch rate82.93%

Role

Snap share40.08%
Target share9.15%
Air-yards share3.68%
WOPR0.164
RACR3.115

Efficiency

Average depth of target3.5
Yards after catch per reception5.1
Yards before catch per reception3.4
Total YAC174
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted120.3
Receiving EPA per game-0.91

Scoring position

Red-zone targets4
Red-zone target share5.1%
End-zone target share5.7%
Expected receiving TDs1.66
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck0.34

Who else ate

The offense threw it 640 times. He took 6.75% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Ja'Marr Chase30.48%
Tee Higgins16.14%
Chase Brown14.5%
Andrei Iosivas9.56%
Mike Gesicki6.92%
Noah Fant 6.75%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Joe Flacco6217.928.818.83%
Joe Burrow5113.184.457.48%
Jake Browning295.7614.25%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 13 games were blowouts, 18.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 3.38 in those and 6.83 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · SEA · 14 games

His best game was Week 18 against LA — 17.3 PPR on 6 targets and a 22.2% target share, in a game that finished 30-25. His worst was Week 2 against NE at 2.4, on 3 targets, final score 23-20. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 8 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.5; in the 8 decided by more, 7.4. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.1 points per game. He scored 7.43, 8.2% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DEN26-203.12411016%75%
2NE23-202.4131407%81%
3MIA24-3126660018.2%44%
4DET29-424.6222603.8%57%
5NYG20-295.4332407.7%69%
6SF24-3612.36663012.5%69%
7ATL34-1410.54465014.3%53%
8BUF10-315.23422014.8%61%
13NYJ26-215.63426013.8%67%
14ARI30-184.83418013.8%59%
15GB13-304.53715022.6%59%
16MIN24-2783650014.3%72%
17CHI6-38.34543022.7%56%
18LA30-2517.35663122.2%64%

Production

Receptions48
Targets64
Receiving yards500
Touchdowns1
Points per game7.43
Yards per target7.81
Catch rate75%

Role

Snap share63.29%
Target share14.55%
Air-yards share10.18%
WOPR0.288
RACR1.136

Efficiency

Average depth of target5.4
Yards after catch per reception5.8
Yards before catch per reception4.6
Total YAC277
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted82.8
Receiving EPA per game0.46

Scoring position

Red-zone targets5
Red-zone target share8.3%
End-zone target share10%
Expected receiving TDs1.04
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-0.04

Who else ate

The offense threw it 593 times. He took 11.25% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba24.08%
DK Metcalf18.98%
Tyler Lockett13.01%
Noah Fant 11.25%
Kenneth Walker9.31%
Zach Charbonnet9.14%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 14 games were blowouts, 31% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 8.05 in those and 7.45 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · SEA · 15 games

His best game was Week 17 against PIT — 10.9 PPR on 6 targets and a 18.2% target share, in a game that finished 23-30. His worst was Week 16 against TEN at 0, on 0 targets, final score 20-17. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 11 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 4.8; in the 6 decided by more, 5. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 5.3 points per game. He scored 4.89, 1.3% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
2DET37-319.64456010.8%47%
3CAR37-278.14541014.3%63%
4NYG24-38.3226307.7%45%
6CIN13-171.911902.7%42%
7ARI20-103.5112504.2%60%
8CLE24-205.2233208.3%59%
9BAL3-37001004%53%
10WAS29-262.623607.1%59%
11LA16-171.412405.3%62%
12SF13-314.5222507.4%59%
13DAL35-417.33443010.5%64%
14SF16-285.52435012.9%61%
15PHI20-174.63516015.6%62%
16TEN20-17000000%76%
17PIT23-3010.95659018.2%45%

Production

Receptions32
Targets43
Receiving yards414
Touchdowns0
Points per game4.89
Yards per target9.63
Catch rate74.42%

Role

Snap share57.13%
Target share8.6%
Air-yards share8.05%
WOPR0.185
RACR1.466

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.9
Yards after catch per reception5.5
Yards before catch per reception7.4
Total YAC177
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted94.5
Receiving EPA per game0.78

Scoring position

Red-zone targets2
Red-zone target share3%
End-zone target share2.8%
Expected receiving TDs0.27
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.27

Who else ate

The offense threw it 575 times. He took 7.88% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Tyler Lockett22.34%
DK Metcalf21.79%
Jaxon Smith-Njigba17.03%
Noah Fant 7.88%
Zach Charbonnet7.33%
Kenneth Walker6.78%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Geno Smith13344.8710.687.73%
Drew Lock295.055.6714.25%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 15 games were blowouts, 17.4% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.27 in those and 4.83 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2022 · SEA · 17 games

His best game was Week 9 against ARI — 14.6 PPR on 6 targets and a 18.8% target share, in a game that finished 31-21. His worst was Week 14 against CAR at 0, on 1 targets, final score 24-30. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.4; in the 7 decided by more, 7. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.3 points per game. He scored 7.21, 9.6% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 4 against 2.95 expected, a gap of 1.1.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DEN17-164.63416014.8%56%
2SF7-273.1221106.7%53%
3ATL23-276.7442709.1%55%
4DET48-457.211213.4%58%
5NO32-397.93549020.8%60%
6ARI19-910.56745023.3%63%
7LAC37-231.7137011.5%73%
8NYG27-133.9221906.1%72%
9ARI31-2114.65696018.8%60%
10TB16-216.43434012.1%52%
12LV34-406.4333408.1%62%
13LA27-2314.24542113.5%67%
14CAR24-30001002.8%56%
15SF13-2114.25632114.6%52%
16KC10-249.2231217.9%55%
17NYJ23-662340010.7%63%
18LA19-1664420014.3%64%

Production

Receptions50
Targets63
Receiving yards486
Touchdowns4
Points per game7.21
Yards per target7.71
Catch rate79.37%

Role

Snap share60.06%
Target share11.68%
Air-yards share10.91%
WOPR0.251
RACR2.244

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.4
Yards after catch per reception4.4
Yards before catch per reception5.3
Total YAC221
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted120
Receiving EPA per game1.12

Scoring position

Red-zone targets10
Red-zone target share12.8%
End-zone target share14%
Expected receiving TDs2.95
Actual receiving TDs4
Receiving TD luck1.05

Who else ate

The offense threw it 573 times. He took 11.39% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

DK Metcalf25.5%
Tyler Lockett21.16%
Noah Fant 11.39%
Marquise Goodwin7.59%
Will Dissly6.87%
Kenneth Walker6.33%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 17 games were blowouts, 7.4% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.55 in those and 7.36 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2021 · DEN · 16 games

His best game was Week 6 against LV — 24.7 PPR on 11 targets and a 22.9% target share, in a game that finished 24-34. His worst was Week 18 against KC at 2.6, on 2 targets, final score 24-28. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 6; in the 10 decided by more, 12.3. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 9.8 points per game. He scored 9.94, 1.2% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1NYG27-1312.26862022.9%77%
2JAX23-1313.34633117.6%77%
3NYJ26-03.52315012.5%87%
4BAL7-2316.661046127%93%
5PIT19-2753420011.4%97%
6LV24-3424.791197122.9%89%
7CLE14-178.95739021.9%90%
8WAS17-102.8248016%77%
10PHI13-3010.95659017.6%76%
12LAC28-134.23412017.4%85%
13KC9-227.34433011.1%75%
14DET38-109.14451016%74%
15CIN10-1510.75657018.8%80%
16LV13-1763430018.2%90%
17LAC13-3421.26792125.9%88%
18KC24-282.6121608.3%96%

Production

Receptions68
Targets90
Receiving yards670
Touchdowns4
Points per game9.94
Yards per target7.44
Catch rate75.56%

Role

Snap share84.44%
Target share17.84%
Air-yards share12.95%
WOPR0.359
RACR1.339

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.1
Yards after catch per reception4.5
Yards before catch per reception5.3
Total YAC309
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted110.9
Receiving EPA per game0.95

Scoring position

Red-zone targets16
Red-zone target share22.9%
End-zone target share31.6%
Expected receiving TDs3.41
Actual receiving TDs4
Receiving TD luck0.59

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game10 of 15
Yards per target7 of 15
Target share9 of 15
Air-yards share13 of 15

Who else ate

The offense threw it 541 times. He took 17.44% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Courtland Sutton18.99%
Noah Fant 17.44%
Tim Patrick16.47%
Jerry Jeudy10.85%
Javonte Williams10.27%
Albert Okwuegbunam7.75%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Teddy Bridgewater12679.387.2517.18%
Drew Lock42311.6819.85%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 16 games were blowouts, 28.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 11.18 in those and 6 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2020 · DEN · 14 games

His best game was Week 15 against BUF — 20.8 PPR on 11 targets and a 34.4% target share, in a game that finished 19-48. His worst was Week 12 against NO at 2.3, on 2 targets, final score 3-31. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 4 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 12.1; in the 6 decided by more, 8.8. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 11.8 points per game. He scored 10.66, 9.2% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1TEN14-1619.15681118.8%73%
2PIT21-2617.74557113.2%79%
3TB10-289.651046026.3%84%
4NYJ37-288.55635021.4%50%
7KC16-436.83738018.4%70%
8LAC31-3011.77947023.7%78%
9ATL27-347.5334506.7%78%
10LV12-374.83718015.6%85%
11MIA20-139.54555016.7%75%
12NO3-312.31213025%70%
13KC16-229.74757025.9%82%
15BUF19-4820.881168134.4%69%
16LAC16-1912.56965020.9%83%
17LV31-328.84648015%90%

Production

Receptions62
Targets93
Receiving yards673
Touchdowns3
Points per game10.66
Yards per target7.24
Catch rate66.67%

Role

Snap share76.14%
Target share20.14%
Air-yards share16.48%
WOPR0.417
RACR1.731

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.7
Yards after catch per reception6.1
Yards before catch per reception4.8
Total YAC377
Broken tackles4
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted89.6
Receiving EPA per game0.83

Scoring position

Red-zone targets12
Red-zone target share18.8%
End-zone target share16%
Expected receiving TDs2.38
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck0.62

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game6 of 12
Yards per target5 of 12
Target share5 of 12
Air-yards share8 of 12

Who else ate

The offense threw it 556 times. He took 17.45% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jerry Jeudy21.2%
Noah Fant 17.45%
Tim Patrick14.82%
K.J. Hamler10.51%
Melvin Gordon8.26%
DaeSean Hamilton8.26%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 4 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Drew Lock107011.127.4619.61%
Jeff Driskel21513.656.8719.75%
Brett Rypien168.55.8321.4%
unknown122.36.525%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 14 games were blowouts, 29.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 8.86 in those and 12.06 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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