WAS · WR

Terry McLaurin

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver for the Washington Commanders. Injury status: Out. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Terry McLaurin: the full picture

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

Terry McLaurin at a glance

Terry McLaurin is a 31-year-old wide receiver for the Washington Commanders, listed at 6'0" and 210 pounds. The Washington Commanders drafted McLaurin 76th overall in the third round in 2019, out of Ohio State; this is year eight in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has McLaurin at 213.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR18 at the position and works out to 14.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 5 games of 2026, McLaurin has scored 46.0 PPR points, or 9.2 per game. That is 21.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate McLaurin would finish with about 156 points, behind the 213.3 projected. The best week so far is 19.7 points in Week 3 against SEA, the WR14 finish that week. McLaurin has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 5 games, a 40% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, McLaurin ranks in the 59th percentile in yards per target, the 55th percentile in average separation and the 53rd percentile in target share. The softest mark is the 36th percentile in receptions.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, McLaurin has finished as WR20 in 2020, WR25 in 2021, WR14 in 2022, WR31 in 2023, WR7 in 2024 and WR56 in 2025. One of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 267.8 PPR points in 2024. Across 112 regular-season games on record, the totals read 513 receptions, 7,191 receiving yards and 42 receiving touchdowns.

Terry McLaurin by the numbers

McLaurin has finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 20 times. The career high is 30.3 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2021 against ATL. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 20 100-yard receiving games. In all, McLaurin has reached 20 points in 21 games, 19% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, McLaurin drew 6.8 targets per game at an average depth of 12.5 air yards. 37% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 4 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

McLaurin is playing on a three-year, $87 million contract signed with the Washington Commanders in 2025, an average of $29 million per year with $44.6 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
213.3
PPR / game
14.6

Week 2 projection

Terry McLaurin is projected for 13.5 PPR points on the road at DAL in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 33.2.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.7 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
51.9
Dynasty
38.9
Superflex redraft
62.1
Superflex dynasty
52.7
TE premium dynasty
23.4

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026WAS5271523010046.0
2025WAS106038582300114.2
2024WAS17117821,0961322267.8
2023WAS17132791,002400203.2
2022WAS17120771,1915729229.0
2021WAS17130771,0535112213.5
2020WAS15134871,1184230223.8
2019WAS149358919700191.9

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