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Malik Nabers

Malik Nabers is a wide receiver for the New York Giants. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Malik Nabers: the full picture

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

Malik Nabers at a glance

Malik Nabers is a 23-year-old wide receiver for the New York Giants, listed at 6'0" and 200 pounds. The New York Giants drafted Nabers 6th overall in the first round in 2024, out of LSU, and 2026 is Nabers's 3rd NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Nabers for 191.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR24 at the position and works out to 14.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Nabers has scored 102.4 PPR points, or 17.1 per game. That is 53.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Nabers would finish with about 290 points, ahead of the 191.3 projected. The best week so far is 29.1 points in Week 5 against WAS, the WR4 finish that week. Nabers 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, Nabers ranks in the 96th percentile in receptions, the 93rd percentile in receiving yards and the 91st percentile in target share. Three of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 52nd percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Nabers has finished as WR6 in 2024 and WR101 in 2025. One of those 2 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 273.6 PPR points in 2024. Across 25 regular-season games on record, the totals read 168 receptions, 1,969 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns.

Malik Nabers by the numbers

Nabers has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 6 times and finished in the top twelve 9 times. The career high is 37.7 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2025 against DAL. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 7 100-yard receiving games. In all, Nabers has reached 20 points in 9 games, 36% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Nabers drew 9.2 targets per game at an average depth of 11.8 air yards. 30% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 6 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Nabers is playing on a four-year, $29.2 million contract signed with the New York Giants in 2024, an average of $7.3 million per year with $29.2 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
191.3
PPR / game
14.8

Week 1 projection

Malik Nabers is projected for 13.4 PPR points at home against DAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.4 to 32.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 6.8 since the previous model run (falling).

Redraft
67.4
Dynasty
73.6
Superflex redraft
71.8
Superflex dynasty
76.7
TE premium dynasty
44.3

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026NYG66141494200102.4
2025NYG4351827120057.1
2024NYG151701091,204752273.6

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