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Kirk Cousins
Kirk Cousins is a quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders. Depth chart: QB1.
Scouting report
Kirk Cousins: the full picture
Kirk Cousins at a glance
Kirk Cousins is a 38-year-old quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders, listed at 6'3" and 209 pounds. The Washington Commanders drafted Cousins 102nd overall in the fourth round in 2012, out of Michigan State, and 2026 is Cousins's 15th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Cousins for 177.4 PPR points in 2026, which ranks QB30 at the position and works out to 11.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Cousins has scored 34.0 PPR points, or 17.0 per game. That is 19.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Cousins would finish with about 289 points, ahead of the 177.4 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 20.2 points in Week 2 against LAC, the QB10 finish that week. Cousins has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Cousins ranks in the 98th percentile in td rate, the 94th percentile in pass TDs and the 56th percentile in intended air yards. Two of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 2nd percentile in rush yards.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Cousins has finished as QB11 in 2020, QB11 in 2021, QB8 in 2022, QB24 in 2023, QB23 in 2024 and QB35 in 2025. Seven of those 14 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 306.2 PPR points in 2020. Across 176 regular-season games on record, the totals read 45,113 passing yards, 304 passing touchdowns, 960 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns.
Kirk Cousins by the numbers
Cousins has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 5 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 32 times and finished in the top twelve 81 times. The career high is 35.9 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2015 against BUF. The game log also shows 9 games of 30 or more PPR points, 54 300-yard passing games and 52 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Cousins has reached 20 points in 62 games, 35% of career appearances.
Contract
Cousins is playing on a one-year, $11.3 million contract signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2026, an average of $11.3 million per year with $11.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Cousins carries a GV stock price of 1,991, which ranks 258th overall and QB42 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Cousins 88th overall. Value has moved up 5.1 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Matthew Stafford, Geno Smith and Jacoby Brissett. See where Cousins sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Cousins is from September 4, 2026. Read the latest Kirk Cousins news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 177.4
- PPR / game
- 11.0
Kirk Cousins fantasy outlook
Kirk Cousins enters the 2026 season with LV and ranks QB30 and #86 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 177.4 PPR points across 16.1 games, or 11.0 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Kirk Cousins as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Kirk Cousins produced 103.5 PPR points in 10 games (10.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 51%, with a 11% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Kirk Cousins is projected for 14.5 PPR points at home against MIA in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 32.7.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 5.1 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 38.8
- Dynasty
- 19.3
- Superflex redraft
- 79.0
- Superflex dynasty
- 54.5
- TE premium dynasty
- 11.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LV | 2 | 40 | 59 | 413 | 6 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 34.0 |
| 2025 | ATL | 10 | 166 | 269 | 1,721 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 103.5 |
| 2024 | ATL | 14 | 303 | 453 | 3,508 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 176.3 |
| 2023 | MIN | 8 | 216 | 311 | 2,331 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 149.7 |
| 2022 | MIN | 17 | 424 | 643 | 4,547 | 29 | 14 | 97 | 2 | 291.6 |
| 2021 | MIN | 16 | 372 | 561 | 4,221 | 33 | 7 | 115 | 1 | 300.3 |
| 2020 | MIN | 16 | 349 | 516 | 4,265 | 35 | 13 | 156 | 1 | 306.2 |
| 2019 | MIN | 15 | 307 | 444 | 3,603 | 26 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 244.4 |
| 2018 | MIN | 16 | 425 | 606 | 4,298 | 30 | 10 | 123 | 1 | 283.1 |
| 2017 | WAS | 16 | 347 | 540 | 4,093 | 27 | 13 | 179 | 4 | 277.6 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Kirk Cousins
- Michael Penix Jr. QB27 · 199.9 PPR
- Jameis Winston QB28 · 180.8 PPR
- Geno Smith QB29 · 180.3 PPR
- Deshaun Watson QB31 · 177.0 PPR
- Matthew Stafford QB32 · 176.1 PPR
- Jaxson Dart QB33 · 68.3 PPR
Las Vegas Raiders fantasy players
- Ashton Jeanty RB · 217.3 PPR
- Brock Bowers TE · 215.9 PPR
- Tre Tucker WR · 144.4 PPR
- Jalen Nailor WR · 110.3 PPR
- Mike Washington RB · 90.3 PPR
- Jack Bech WR · 82.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.