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Aaron Jones
Aaron Jones is a running back for the Minnesota Vikings. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Aaron Jones: the full picture
Aaron Jones at a glance
Aaron Jones is a 31-year-old running back for the Minnesota Vikings, listed at 5'9" and 208 pounds. The Green Bay Packers drafted Jones 182nd overall in the fifth round in 2017, out of Texas-El Paso; this is year ten in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Jones at 175.5 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB25 at the position and works out to 12.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 5 games of 2026, Jones has scored 70.2 PPR points, or 14.0 per game. That is 40.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Jones would finish with about 239 points, ahead of the 175.5 projected. The best week so far is 18.7 points in Week 5 against NO, the RB7 finish that week. Jones has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 3 of 5 games, a 60% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 54 qualified running backs of 2026, Jones ranks in the 82nd percentile in rush yards, the 63rd percentile in receptions and the 62nd percentile in yards per carry. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 34th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Jones has finished as RB5 in 2020, RB11 in 2021, RB9 in 2022, RB37 in 2023, RB14 in 2024 and RB41 in 2025. That is two top-five positional finishes in 9 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 314.8 PPR points in 2019. Across 129 regular-season games on record, the totals read 8,036 rushing yards, 54 rushing touchdowns, 363 receptions and 2,755 receiving yards.
Aaron Jones by the numbers
Jones has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 4 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 17 times and finished in the top twelve 39 times. The career high is 49.2 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2019 against DAL, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 7 games of 30 or more PPR points, 24 100-yard rushing games, 1 100-yard receiving game and 4 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Jones has reached 20 points in 25 games, 19% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Jones handled 19.4 carries per game, including 11 red-zone carries and 1 carry from inside the five. 8 runs gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Jones drew 4.5 targets per game.
Contract
Jones is playing on a one-year, $5.6 million contract signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2026, an average of $5.6 million per year with $5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Jones carries a GV stock price of 2,667, which ranks 270th overall and RB46 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Jones 158th overall. Value has moved down 0.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Tony Pollard, Emanuel Wilson and Jordan Mason. See where Jones sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 175.5
- PPR / game
- 12.7
Aaron Jones fantasy outlook
Aaron Jones enters the 2026 season with MIN and ranks RB25 and #91 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 175.5 PPR points across 13.9 games, or 12.7 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Aaron Jones as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Aaron Jones produced 118.7 PPR points in 12 games (9.9 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 56%, with a 34% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Questionable.
Week 1 projection
Aaron Jones is projected for 12.6 PPR points at home against GB in week 1, with a likely range of 1.7 to 25.5.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 42.1
- Dynasty
- 25.9
- Superflex redraft
- 55.3
- Superflex dynasty
- 36.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 15.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIN | 5 | 97 | 410 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 72 | 0 | 70.2 |
| 2025 | MIN | 12 | 132 | 548 | 2 | 41 | 28 | 199 | 1 | 118.7 |
| 2024 | MIN | 17 | 255 | 1,138 | 5 | 62 | 51 | 408 | 2 | 241.6 |
| 2023 | GB | 11 | 142 | 656 | 2 | 43 | 30 | 233 | 1 | 134.9 |
| 2022 | GB | 17 | 213 | 1,121 | 2 | 72 | 59 | 395 | 5 | 248.6 |
| 2021 | GB | 15 | 171 | 799 | 4 | 65 | 52 | 391 | 6 | 229.0 |
| 2020 | GB | 14 | 201 | 1,104 | 9 | 63 | 47 | 355 | 2 | 258.9 |
| 2019 | GB | 16 | 236 | 1,084 | 16 | 68 | 49 | 474 | 3 | 314.8 |
| 2018 | GB | 12 | 133 | 728 | 8 | 35 | 26 | 206 | 1 | 171.4 |
| 2017 | GB | 10 | 81 | 448 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 80.0 |
Running backs ranked near Aaron Jones
- Saquon Barkley RB22 · 196.8 PPR
- Rhamondre Stevenson RB23 · 196.2 PPR
- Javonte Williams RB24 · 193.9 PPR
- David Montgomery RB26 · 175.5 PPR
- Tony Pollard RB27 · 175.5 PPR
- Jeremiyah Love RB28 · 167.2 PPR
Minnesota Vikings fantasy players
- Justin Jefferson WR · 281.5 PPR
- Kyler Murray QB · 236.4 PPR
- Jordan Addison WR · 148.9 PPR
- T.J. Hockenson TE · 118.9 PPR
- Jauan Jennings WR · 110.3 PPR
- Josh Oliver TE · 66.7 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.