Free agent · WR
Adam Thielen
Adam Thielen is a wide receiver. Injury status: NA.
Scouting report
Adam Thielen: the full picture
Adam Thielen at a glance
Adam Thielen is a 36-year-old wide receiver, listed at 6'2" and 200 pounds. Thielen entered the league undrafted in 2013 out of Minnesota State and is now in a 14th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Thielen for 49.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR118 at the position and works out to 3.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Thielen has finished as WR10 in 2020, WR28 in 2021, WR30 in 2022, WR17 in 2023, WR52 in 2024 and WR120 in 2025. Three of those 12 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 307.3 PPR points in 2018. Across 166 regular-season games on record, the totals read 704 receptions, 8,497 receiving yards and 64 receiving touchdowns.
Adam Thielen by the numbers
Thielen has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 19 times and finished in the top twelve 35 times. The career high is 44.6 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2016 against GB, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 8 games of 30 or more PPR points and 26 100-yard receiving games. In all, Thielen has reached 20 points in 35 games, 21% of career appearances.
Contract
Thielen is playing on a three-year, $44.7 million contract signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2022, an average of $14.9 million per year with $18.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2024 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Thielen carries a GV stock price of 1,300, which ranks 436th overall and WR155 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Thielen 157th overall. Value has moved up 4.0 since the previous model run. See where Thielen sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 49.8
- PPR / game
- 3.4
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 4.0 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 31.9
- Dynasty
- 12.6
- Superflex redraft
- 47.4
- Superflex dynasty
- 3.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 7.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | PIT | 14 | 35 | 19 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2024 | CAR | 10 | 62 | 48 | 615 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 139.5 |
| 2023 | CAR | 17 | 137 | 103 | 1,014 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 231.0 |
| 2022 | MIN | 17 | 107 | 70 | 716 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 180.0 |
| 2021 | MIN | 13 | 95 | 67 | 726 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 199.8 |
| 2020 | MIN | 15 | 108 | 74 | 925 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 254.0 |
| 2019 | MIN | 10 | 48 | 30 | 418 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 114.4 |
| 2018 | MIN | 16 | 153 | 113 | 1,373 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 307.3 |
| 2017 | MIN | 16 | 142 | 91 | 1,276 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 239.7 |
| 2016 | MIN | 16 | 92 | 69 | 967 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 197.2 |
Wide receivers ranked near Adam Thielen
- Pat Bryant WR115 · 55.0 PPR
- Kevin Coleman Jr. WR116 · 54.6 PPR
- Cyrus Allen WR117 · 54.5 PPR
- Jalen Tolbert WR119 · 49.0 PPR
- Skyler Bell WR120 · 48.9 PPR
- Deion Burks WR121 · 48.4 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.