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Kyler Murray

Kyler Murray is a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. Depth chart: QB1.

Scouting report

Kyler Murray: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Kyler Murray at a glance

Kyler Murray is a 29-year-old quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, listed at 5'10" and 207 pounds. The Arizona Cardinals drafted Murray 1st overall in the first round in 2019, out of Oklahoma; this is year eight in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Murray at 236.4 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB24 at the position and works out to 14.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 4 games of 2026, Murray has scored 39.8 PPR points, or 9.9 per game. That is 16.8% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Murray would finish with about 169 points, behind the 236.4 projected. The best week so far is 18.3 points in Week 5 against NO, the QB15 finish that week. Murray has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 1 of 4 games, a 25% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 34 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Murray ranks in the 72nd percentile in CPOE, the 63rd percentile in rush yards and the 51st percentile in interception rate. The softest mark is the 4th percentile in pass TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Murray has finished as QB3 in 2020, QB10 in 2021, QB18 in 2022, QB26 in 2023, QB10 in 2024 and QB38 in 2025. Four of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 378.7 PPR points in 2020. Across 91 regular-season games on record, the totals read 21,122 passing yards, 123 passing touchdowns, 3,286 rushing yards and 32 rushing touchdowns.

Kyler Murray by the numbers

Murray has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 5 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 23 times and finished in the top twelve 46 times. The career high is 37.9 PPR points, set in Week 9 of 2020 against MIA, the top QB score of that week. The game log also shows 7 games of 30 or more PPR points, 15 300-yard passing games and 24 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Murray has reached 20 points in 41 games, 45% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Murray threw 5.3 deep passes per game (15 or more air yards) and completed 48% of them, against 19.8 short attempts per game at 75%. About 7.5 passes per game fell incomplete. Average time to throw was 2.68 seconds.

Contract

Murray is playing on a one-year, $1.3 million contract signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2026, an average of $1.3 million per year. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Murray carries a GV stock price of 4,146, which ranks 54th overall and QB16 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Murray 59th overall. Value has moved down 9.5 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Sam Darnold, Mac Jones and Jameis Winston. See where Murray sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
236.4
PPR / game
14.6

Kyler Murray fantasy outlook

Kyler Murray enters the 2026 season with MIN and ranks QB24 and #43 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 236.4 PPR points across 16.2 games, or 14.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Kyler Murray as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Kyler Murray produced 77.8 PPR points in 5 games (15.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 52%, with a 50% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Out.

Week 1 projection

Kyler Murray is projected for 15.4 PPR points at home against GB in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 34.4.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 9.5 since the previous model run (falling).

Redraft
48.0
Dynasty
40.2
Superflex redraft
87.4
Superflex dynasty
81.6
TE premium dynasty
24.2

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCmpAttPass ydsPass TDIntRush ydsRush TDPPR
2026MIN4691016622293039.8
2025ARI511016196263173177.8
2024ARI173725413,85121115725297.2
2023ARI81762681,7991052443146.4
2022ARI112593902,3681474183200.5
2021ARI143334813,78724104235300.5
2020ARI163755583,971261281911378.7
2019ARI163495423,72220125444285.3

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