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Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy is a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. Depth chart: WR1.
Scouting report
Xavier Worthy: the full picture
Xavier Worthy at a glance
Xavier Worthy is a 23-year-old wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, listed at 5'11" and 165 pounds. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Worthy 28th overall in the first round in 2024, out of Texas, and 2026 is Worthy's 3rd NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Worthy for 145.7 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR49 at the position and works out to 9.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 5 games of 2026, Worthy has scored 47.6 PPR points, or 9.5 per game. That is 32.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Worthy would finish with about 162 points, ahead of the 145.7 projected. The best week so far is 14.3 points in Week 6 against LAC, the WR22 finish that week. Worthy has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 5 games, a 40% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Worthy ranks in the 87th percentile in average separation, the 59th percentile in target share and the 54th percentile in receptions. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 30th percentile in yards per target.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Worthy has finished as WR33 in 2024 and WR59 in 2025. The high-water mark is 187.2 PPR points in 2024. Across 35 regular-season games on record, the totals read 122 receptions, 1,376 receiving yards and 8 receiving touchdowns.
Xavier Worthy by the numbers
Worthy has finished in the top twelve 2 times. The career high is 22.9 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2024 against PIT. In all, Worthy has reached 20 points in 3 games, 9% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Worthy drew 5.5 targets per game at an average depth of 9.5 air yards. 27% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 4 targets came in the red zone.
Contract
Worthy is playing on a four-year, $13.8 million contract signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2024, an average of $3.4 million per year with $13.8 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Worthy carries a GV stock price of 4,655, which ranks 120th overall and WR50 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Worthy 120th overall. Value has moved up 6.3 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Michael Wilson, Rashod Bateman and Jaylen Waddle. See where Worthy sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Worthy in the past two weeks, the most recent on October 18, 2026. Read the latest Xavier Worthy news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 145.7
- PPR / game
- 9.8
Week 1 projection
Xavier Worthy is projected for 8.8 PPR points at home against DEN in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 22.8.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 6.3 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 46.9
- Dynasty
- 45.1
- Superflex redraft
- 58.8
- Superflex dynasty
- 58.6
- TE premium dynasty
- 27.2
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 5 | 29 | 21 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.6 |
| 2025 | KC | 14 | 73 | 42 | 532 | 1 | 11 | 87 | 109.9 |
| 2024 | KC | 16 | 98 | 59 | 638 | 6 | 20 | 104 | 187.2 |
Wide receivers ranked near Xavier Worthy
- Chris Godwin Jr. WR46 · 149.6 PPR
- Jordan Addison WR47 · 148.9 PPR
- Rashid Shaheed WR48 · 147.2 PPR
- Tre Tucker WR50 · 144.4 PPR
- Davante Adams WR51 · 144.0 PPR
- Carnell Tate WR52 · 143.3 PPR
Kansas City Chiefs fantasy players
- Patrick Mahomes QB · 304.1 PPR
- Rashee Rice WR · 222.8 PPR
- Kenneth Walker III RB · 201.7 PPR
- Travis Kelce TE · 151.8 PPR
- Tyquan Thornton WR · 95.0 PPR
- Emmett Johnson RB · 90.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.