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Jameis Winston
Jameis Winston is a quarterback for the New York Giants. Depth chart: QB1.
Scouting report
Jameis Winston: the full picture
Jameis Winston at a glance
Jameis Winston is a 32-year-old quarterback for the New York Giants, listed at 6'4" and 231 pounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Winston 1st overall in the first round in 2015, out of Florida State; this is year 12 in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Winston at 180.8 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB28 at the position and works out to 11.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 1 game of 2026, Winston has scored 2.5 PPR points, or 2.5 per game. That is 1.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Winston would finish with about 43 points, behind the 180.8 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 2.5 points in Week 2 against LA, the QB32 finish that week. Winston has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 0 of 1 game, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Winston ranks in the 83rd percentile in intended air yards, the 14th percentile in interception rate and the 11th percentile in rush yards. One of the 8 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 2nd percentile in td rate.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Winston has finished as QB67 in 2020, QB32 in 2021, QB42 in 2022, QB61 in 2023, QB29 in 2024 and QB46 in 2025. One of those 11 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 305.4 PPR points in 2019. Across 106 regular-season games on record, the totals read 24,903 passing yards, 156 passing touchdowns, 1,321 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns.
Jameis Winston by the numbers
Winston has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 4 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 16 times and finished in the top twelve 38 times. The career high is 34.7 PPR points, set in Week 14 of 2019 against IND. The game log also shows 6 games of 30 or more PPR points, 32 300-yard passing games and 20 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Winston has reached 20 points in 28 games, 26% of career appearances.
Contract
Winston is playing on a two-year, $8 million contract signed with the New York Giants in 2025, an average of $4 million per year with $5.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Winston carries a GV stock price of 1,607, which ranks 334th overall and QB49 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Winston 383rd overall. Value has moved down 4.9 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Mac Jones, Nick Mullens and Jack Strand. See where Winston sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Winston is from September 7, 2026. Read the latest Jameis Winston news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 180.8
- PPR / game
- 11.2
Jameis Winston fantasy outlook
Jameis Winston enters the 2026 season with NYG and ranks QB28 and #83 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 180.8 PPR points across 16.1 games, or 11.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jameis Winston as QB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jameis Winston produced 43.3 PPR points in 3 games (14.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 48%, with a 14% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Jameis Winston is projected for 1.1 PPR points at home against DAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 6.8.
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
- 10.0
- Dynasty
- 15.6
- Superflex redraft
- 31.8
- Superflex dynasty
- 43.2
- TE premium dynasty
- 9.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NYG | 1 | 11 | 27 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | NYG | 3 | 37 | 66 | 567 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 43.3 |
| 2024 | CLE | 11 | 181 | 296 | 2,121 | 13 | 12 | 83 | 1 | 131.1 |
| 2023 | NO | 6 | 25 | 47 | 264 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 12.0 |
| 2022 | NO | 3 | 73 | 115 | 858 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2021 | NO | 7 | 95 | 161 | 1,170 | 14 | 3 | 166 | 1 | 117.4 |
| 2020 | NO | 3 | 7 | 11 | 75 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | TB | 16 | 380 | 626 | 5,109 | 33 | 30 | 250 | 1 | 305.4 |
| 2018 | TB | 11 | 244 | 378 | 2,992 | 19 | 14 | 281 | 1 | 195.8 |
| 2017 | TB | 13 | 282 | 442 | 3,504 | 19 | 11 | 135 | 1 | 201.7 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Jameis Winston
- Joe Burrow QB25 · 212.5 PPR
- Cam Ward QB26 · 199.9 PPR
- Michael Penix Jr. QB27 · 199.9 PPR
- Geno Smith QB29 · 180.3 PPR
- Kirk Cousins QB30 · 177.4 PPR
- Deshaun Watson QB31 · 177.0 PPR
New York Giants fantasy players
- Cam Skattebo RB · 206.3 PPR
- Malik Nabers WR · 191.3 PPR
- Malachi Fields WR · 155.7 PPR
- Isaiah Likely TE · 118.5 PPR
- Darnell Mooney WR · 110.3 PPR
- Devin Singletary RB · 102.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.