DAL · RB
Javonte Williams
Javonte Williams is a running back for the Dallas Cowboys. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Javonte Williams: the full picture
Javonte Williams at a glance
Javonte Williams is a 26-year-old running back for the Dallas Cowboys, listed at 5'10" and 220 pounds. The Denver Broncos drafted Williams 35th overall in the second round in 2021, out of North Carolina; this is year six in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Williams at 193.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB24 at the position and works out to 13.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 6 games of 2026, Williams has scored 109.0 PPR points, or 18.2 per game. That is 56.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Williams would finish with about 309 points, ahead of the 193.9 projected. The best week so far is 31.3 points in Week 4 against HOU, the RB2 finish that week. Williams has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 5 of 6 games, a 83% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 54 qualified running backs of 2026, Williams ranks in the 95th percentile in rush TDs, the 86th percentile in receptions and the 79th percentile in receiving yards. Three of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 40th percentile in yards per carry.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Williams has finished as RB17 in 2021, RB81 in 2022, RB29 in 2023, RB30 in 2024 and RB12 in 2025. One of those 5 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 242.8 PPR points in 2025. Across 76 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,912 rushing yards, 29 rushing touchdowns, 212 receptions and 1,206 receiving yards.
Javonte Williams by the numbers
Williams has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 6 times and finished in the top twelve 20 times. The career high is 31.3 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2026 against HOU. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points, 4 100-yard rushing games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Williams has reached 20 points in 11 games, 14% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Williams handled 14.8 carries per game, including 21 red-zone carries and 13 carries from inside the five. 5 runs gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Williams drew 4.0 targets per game.
Contract
Williams is playing on a three-year, $24 million contract signed with the Dallas Cowboys in 2026, an average of $8 million per year with $16 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Williams carries a GV stock price of 5,458, which ranks 111th overall and RB19 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Williams 74th overall. Value has moved down 3.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Breece Hall, David Montgomery and D'Andre Swift. See where Williams sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Williams is from August 27, 2026. Read the latest Javonte Williams news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 193.9
- PPR / game
- 13.2
Javonte Williams fantasy outlook
Javonte Williams enters the 2026 season with DAL and ranks RB24 and #74 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 193.9 PPR points across 14.6 games, or 13.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Javonte Williams as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Javonte Williams produced 242.8 PPR points in 16 games (15.2 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 61%, with a 50% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Javonte Williams is projected for 14.9 PPR points on the road at NYG in week 1, with a likely range of 2.8 to 30.1.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 3.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 61.0
- Dynasty
- 52.9
- Superflex redraft
- 67.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 64.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 31.9
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DAL | 6 | 85 | 317 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 103 | 1 | 109.0 |
| 2025 | DAL | 16 | 252 | 1,201 | 11 | 51 | 35 | 137 | 2 | 242.8 |
| 2024 | DEN | 17 | 139 | 513 | 4 | 70 | 52 | 346 | 0 | 157.9 |
| 2023 | DEN | 16 | 217 | 774 | 3 | 58 | 47 | 228 | 2 | 179.2 |
| 2022 | DEN | 4 | 47 | 204 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 76 | 0 | 42.0 |
| 2021 | DEN | 17 | 203 | 903 | 4 | 53 | 43 | 316 | 3 | 204.9 |
Running backs ranked near Javonte Williams
- Quinshon Judkins RB21 · 198.4 PPR
- Saquon Barkley RB22 · 196.8 PPR
- Rhamondre Stevenson RB23 · 196.2 PPR
- Aaron Jones RB25 · 175.5 PPR
- David Montgomery RB26 · 175.5 PPR
- Tony Pollard RB27 · 175.5 PPR
Dallas Cowboys fantasy players
- CeeDee Lamb WR · 300.8 PPR
- Dak Prescott QB · 271.4 PPR
- George Pickens WR · 221.0 PPR
- Jake Ferguson TE · 129.6 PPR
- Ryan Flournoy WR · 110.3 PPR
- Joe Milton III QB · 15.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.