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Lamar Jackson
Lamar Jackson is a quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens. Injury status: Out. Depth chart: QB2.
Scouting report
Lamar Jackson: the full picture
Lamar Jackson at a glance
Lamar Jackson is a 29-year-old quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens, listed at 6'2" and 205 pounds. The Baltimore Ravens drafted Jackson 32nd overall in the first round in 2018, out of Louisville, and 2026 is Jackson's 9th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Jackson for 387.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks QB1 at the position and works out to 22.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 4 games of 2026, Jackson has scored 79.1 PPR points, or 19.8 per game. That is 20.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Jackson would finish with about 336 points, behind the 387.3 projected. The best week so far is 25.0 points in Week 1 against IND, the QB6 finish that week. Jackson has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 3 of 4 games, a 75% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 34 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Jackson ranks in the 99th percentile in yards per attempt, the 99th percentile in CPOE and the 96th percentile in intended air yards. Six of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 31st percentile in pass yards.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Jackson has finished as QB10 in 2020, QB16 in 2021, QB14 in 2022, QB4 in 2023, QB1 in 2024 and QB20 in 2025. That is three top-five positional finishes in 8 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 430.4 PPR points in 2024. Across 120 regular-season games on record, the totals read 23,575 passing yards, 193 passing touchdowns, 6,666 rushing yards and 36 rushing touchdowns.
Lamar Jackson by the numbers
Jackson has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 11 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 36 times and finished in the top twelve 70 times. The career high is 42.6 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2022 against MIA, the top QB score of that week. The game log also shows 20 games of 30 or more PPR points, 10 300-yard passing games and 39 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Jackson has reached 20 points in 63 games, 53% of career appearances.
Contract
Jackson is playing on a five-year, $260 million contract signed with the Baltimore Ravens in 2023, an average of $52 million per year with $135 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Jackson carries a GV stock price of 4,807, which ranks 25th overall and QB8 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Jackson 40th overall. Value has moved up 0.8 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Jalen Hurts, Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes. See where Jackson sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
11 news items linked to Jackson in the past two weeks, the most recent on October 19, 2026. Read the latest Lamar Jackson news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 387.3
- PPR / game
- 22.8
Lamar Jackson fantasy outlook
Lamar Jackson enters the 2026 season with BAL and ranks QB1 and #1 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 387.3 PPR points across 17.0 games, or 22.8 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Lamar Jackson as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Lamar Jackson produced 214.9 PPR points in 13 games (16.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 60%, with a 94% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 2 projection
Lamar Jackson is projected for 18.7 PPR points at home against NO in week 2, with a likely range of 1.3 to 45.6.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.8 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 51.8
- Dynasty
- 46.6
- Superflex redraft
- 90.5
- Superflex dynasty
- 87.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 28.1
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BAL | 4 | 68 | 96 | 967 | 6 | 1 | 144 | 1 | 79.1 |
| 2025 | BAL | 13 | 192 | 302 | 2,549 | 21 | 7 | 349 | 2 | 214.9 |
| 2024 | BAL | 17 | 316 | 474 | 4,172 | 41 | 4 | 915 | 4 | 430.4 |
| 2023 | BAL | 16 | 307 | 457 | 3,678 | 24 | 7 | 821 | 5 | 331.2 |
| 2022 | BAL | 12 | 203 | 326 | 2,242 | 17 | 7 | 764 | 3 | 236.1 |
| 2021 | BAL | 12 | 246 | 382 | 2,882 | 16 | 13 | 767 | 2 | 240.0 |
| 2020 | BAL | 15 | 242 | 376 | 2,757 | 26 | 9 | 1,005 | 7 | 332.8 |
| 2019 | BAL | 15 | 265 | 401 | 3,127 | 36 | 6 | 1,206 | 7 | 415.7 |
| 2018 | BAL | 16 | 99 | 170 | 1,201 | 6 | 3 | 695 | 5 | 157.5 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Lamar Jackson
- Drake Maye QB2 · 367.3 PPR
- Jayden Daniels QB3 · 348.5 PPR
- Josh Allen QB4 · 339.2 PPR
Baltimore Ravens fantasy players
- Derrick Henry RB · 257.6 PPR
- Zay Flowers WR · 220.4 PPR
- Mark Andrews TE · 154.3 PPR
- Rashod Bateman WR · 110.3 PPR
- Devontez Walker WR · 80.5 PPR
- Elijah Sarratt WR · 45.9 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.