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Christian Watson
Christian Watson is a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers. Depth chart: WR1.
Scouting report
Christian Watson: the full picture
Christian Watson at a glance
Christian Watson is a 27-year-old wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers, listed at 6'4" and 215 pounds. The Green Bay Packers drafted Watson 34th overall in the second round in 2022, out of North Dakota State; this is year five in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Watson at 211.8 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR20 at the position and works out to 15.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 6 games of 2026, Watson has scored 118.8 PPR points, or 19.8 per game. That is 56.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Watson would finish with about 337 points, ahead of the 211.8 projected. The best week so far is 32.7 points in Week 1 against MIN, the WR2 finish that week. Watson has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 4 of 6 games, a 67% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Watson ranks in the 98th percentile in receiving TDs, the 95th percentile in receiving yards and the 94th percentile in yards per target. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 22nd percentile in average separation.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Watson has finished as WR41 in 2022, WR68 in 2023, WR76 in 2024 and WR46 in 2025. The high-water mark is 164.1 PPR points in 2022. Across 53 regular-season games on record, the totals read 162 receptions, 2,802 receiving yards and 26 receiving touchdowns.
Christian Watson by the numbers
Watson has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 12 times. The career high is 32.7 PPR points, set in Week 10 of 2022 against DAL. The game log also shows 3 games of 30 or more PPR points, 8 100-yard receiving games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Watson has reached 20 points in 12 games, 23% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Watson drew 8.0 targets per game at an average depth of 12.7 air yards. 28% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 7 targets came in the red zone.
Contract
Watson is playing on a four-year, $92 million contract signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2026, an average of $23 million per year with $31 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2029 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Watson carries a GV stock price of 5,389, which ranks 58th overall and WR26 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Watson 22nd overall. Value has moved up 1.5 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Justin Jefferson, Davante Adams and Ja'Marr Chase. See where Watson sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 211.8
- PPR / game
- 15.2
Week 2 projection
Christian Watson is projected for 12.9 PPR points on the road at NYJ in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 32.1.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.5 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 67.4
- Dynasty
- 52.3
- Superflex redraft
- 71.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 63.8
- TE premium dynasty
- 31.5
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | GB | 6 | 48 | 29 | 538 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| 2025 | GB | 10 | 55 | 35 | 611 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 132.4 |
| 2024 | GB | 14 | 53 | 29 | 620 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 105.3 |
| 2023 | GB | 9 | 53 | 28 | 422 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 101.3 |
| 2022 | GB | 14 | 66 | 41 | 611 | 7 | 7 | 80 | 164.1 |
Wide receivers ranked near Christian Watson
- Ladd McConkey WR17 · 215.6 PPR
- Terry McLaurin WR18 · 213.3 PPR
- Jaylen Waddle WR19 · 211.9 PPR
- Luther Burden III WR21 · 202.8 PPR
- Tee Higgins WR22 · 193.0 PPR
- Rome Odunze WR23 · 192.3 PPR
Green Bay Packers fantasy players
- Jordan Love QB · 258.4 PPR
- Tucker Kraft TE · 191.7 PPR
- Jayden Reed WR · 158.2 PPR
- Matthew Golden WR · 153.8 PPR
- Jonnu Smith TE · 78.1 PPR
- Josh Jacobs RB · 73.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.