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Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson is a wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Michael Wilson: the full picture

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

Michael Wilson at a glance

Michael Wilson is a 26-year-old wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, listed at 6'2" and 213 pounds. The Arizona Cardinals drafted Wilson 94th overall in the third round in 2023, out of Stanford; this is year four in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Wilson at 163.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR36 at the position and works out to 10.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Wilson has scored 71.3 PPR points, or 11.9 per game. That is 43.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Wilson would finish with about 202 points, ahead of the 163.9 projected. The best week so far is 25.9 points in Week 3 against SF, the WR4 finish that week. Wilson has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 6 games, a 33% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Wilson ranks in the 91st percentile in receptions, the 82nd percentile in target share and the 74th percentile in receiving yards. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 9th percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Wilson has finished as WR60 in 2023, WR61 in 2024 and WR10 in 2025. One of those 3 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 220.6 PPR points in 2025. Across 52 regular-season games on record, the totals read 196 receptions, 2,439 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns.

Michael Wilson by the numbers

Wilson has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 7 times. The career high is 37.2 PPR points, set in Week 14 of 2025 against LA, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Wilson has reached 20 points in 6 games, 12% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Wilson drew 10.2 targets per game at an average depth of 10.2 air yards. 31% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 9 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Wilson is playing on a four-year, $5.3 million contract signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2023, an average of $1.3 million per year with $883,244 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
163.9
PPR / game
10.7

Week 1 projection

Michael Wilson is projected for 12.9 PPR points on the road at LAC in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 30.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.9 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
52.3
Dynasty
53.8
Superflex redraft
62.5
Superflex dynasty
64.9
TE premium dynasty
32.4

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026ARI6583332010071.3
2025ARI17126781,006700220.6
2024ARI167147548417124.5
2023ARI135838565300114.5

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