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Justin Jefferson
Justin Jefferson is a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings. Depth chart: WR1.
Scouting report
Justin Jefferson: the full picture
Justin Jefferson at a glance
Justin Jefferson is a 27-year-old wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, listed at 6'1" and 195 pounds. The Minnesota Vikings drafted Jefferson 22nd overall in the first round in 2020, out of LSU; this is year seven in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Jefferson at 281.5 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR6 at the position and works out to 18.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 4 games of 2026, Jefferson has scored 63.7 PPR points, or 15.9 per game. That is 22.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Jefferson would finish with about 271 points, in line with the 281.5 projected. The best week so far is 31.2 points in Week 1 against GB, the WR3 finish that week. Jefferson has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 4 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Jefferson ranks in the 86th percentile in yards per target, the 85th percentile in target share and the 84th percentile in receiving TDs. Three of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 49th percentile in receptions.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Jefferson has finished as WR6 in 2020, WR4 in 2021, WR1 in 2022, WR33 in 2023, WR2 in 2024 and WR21 in 2025. That is three top-five positional finishes in 6 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 368.7 PPR points in 2022. Across 98 regular-season games on record, the totals read 598 receptions, 8,738 receiving yards and 45 receiving touchdowns.
Justin Jefferson by the numbers
Jefferson has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 9 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 21 times and finished in the top twelve 37 times. The career high is 39.6 PPR points, set in Week 6 of 2020 against ATL, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 15 games of 30 or more PPR points and 37 100-yard receiving games. In all, Jefferson has reached 20 points in 38 games, 39% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Jefferson drew 6.3 targets per game at an average depth of 11.0 air yards. 32% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 5 targets came in the red zone.
Contract
Jefferson is playing on a four-year, $140 million contract signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024, an average of $35 million per year with $88.7 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Jefferson carries a GV stock price of 6,397, which ranks 50th overall and WR22 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Jefferson 32nd overall. Value has moved down 0.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are DeVonta Smith, Garrett Wilson and Davante Adams. See where Jefferson sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 281.5
- PPR / game
- 18.5
Week 3 projection
Justin Jefferson is projected for 15.4 PPR points on the road at TB in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 36.0.
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
- 71.3
- Dynasty
- 62.0
- Superflex redraft
- 73.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 70.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 37.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIN | 4 | 24 | 19 | 258 | 3 | 1 | -11 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | MIN | 17 | 141 | 84 | 1,048 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 201.5 |
| 2024 | MIN | 17 | 154 | 103 | 1,533 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 317.5 |
| 2023 | MIN | 10 | 100 | 68 | 1,074 | 5 | 1 | -12 | 202.2 |
| 2022 | MIN | 17 | 184 | 128 | 1,809 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 368.7 |
| 2021 | MIN | 17 | 167 | 108 | 1,616 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 330.4 |
| 2020 | MIN | 16 | 125 | 88 | 1,400 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 274.2 |
Wide receivers ranked near Justin Jefferson
- Amon-Ra St. Brown WR3 · 322.7 PPR
- CeeDee Lamb WR4 · 300.8 PPR
- Drake London WR5 · 288.1 PPR
- Puka Nacua WR7 · 256.9 PPR
- Nico Collins WR8 · 232.4 PPR
- DeVonta Smith WR9 · 229.2 PPR
Minnesota Vikings fantasy players
- Kyler Murray QB · 236.4 PPR
- Aaron Jones RB · 175.5 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.