WAS · QB
Marcus Mariota
Marcus Mariota is a quarterback for the Washington Commanders. Depth chart: QB1.
Scouting report
Marcus Mariota: the full picture
Marcus Mariota at a glance
Marcus Mariota is a 32-year-old quarterback for the Washington Commanders, listed at 6'4" and 222 pounds. The Tennessee Titans drafted Mariota 2nd overall in the first round in 2015, out of Oregon, and 2026 is Mariota's 12th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Mariota for 20.9 PPR points in 2026, which ranks QB54 at the position and works out to 1.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 1 game of 2026, Mariota has scored 8.7 PPR points, or 8.7 per game. That is 41.9% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Mariota would finish with about 149 points, ahead of the 20.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.7 points in Week 2 against DAL, the QB24 finish that week. Mariota 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 36 qualified quarterbacks of 2025, Mariota ranks in the 99th percentile in intended air yards, the 76th percentile in CPOE and the 71st percentile in yards per attempt. Two of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 12th percentile in pass yards.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Mariota has finished as QB46 in 2020, QB54 in 2021, QB20 in 2022, QB62 in 2023, QB45 in 2024 and QB31 in 2025. The high-water mark is 259.9 PPR points in 2016. Across 100 regular-season games on record, the totals read 17,990 passing yards, 108 passing touchdowns, 2,456 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns.
Marcus Mariota by the numbers
Mariota has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 10 times and finished in the top twelve 34 times. The career high is 35.9 PPR points, set in Week 13 of 2015 against JAX. The game log also shows 4 games of 30 or more PPR points, 8 300-yard passing games and 15 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Mariota has reached 20 points in 23 games, 23% of career appearances.
Contract
Mariota is playing on a one-year, $7 million contract signed with the Washington Commanders in 2026, an average of $7 million per year with $6.4 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Mariota carries a GV stock price of 1,693, which ranks 342nd overall and QB52 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Mariota 404th overall. Value has moved down 1.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Mason Rudolph, Carson Wentz and Tyson Bagent. See where Mariota sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Mariota in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 20, 2026. Read the latest Marcus Mariota news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 20.9
- PPR / game
- 1.7
Marcus Mariota fantasy outlook
Marcus Mariota enters the 2026 season with WAS and ranks QB61 and #549 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 20.9 PPR points across 12.6 games, or 1.7 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Marcus Mariota as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Marcus Mariota produced 125.5 PPR points in 10 games (12.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 32%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 2 projection
Marcus Mariota is projected for 1.3 PPR points on the road at DAL in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 5.9.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 10.0
- Dynasty
- 16.4
- Superflex redraft
- 31.6
- Superflex dynasty
- 44.8
- TE premium dynasty
- 9.9
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | WAS | 1 | 11 | 16 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8.7 |
| 2025 | WAS | 10 | 139 | 227 | 1,695 | 10 | 7 | 297 | 1 | 125.5 |
| 2024 | WAS | 3 | 34 | 44 | 364 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 1 | 45.8 |
| 2023 | PHI | 2 | 15 | 23 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2022 | ATL | 13 | 184 | 300 | 2,219 | 15 | 9 | 438 | 4 | 196.6 |
| 2021 | LV | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 14.9 |
| 2020 | LV | 1 | 17 | 28 | 226 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 25.8 |
| 2019 | TEN | 7 | 95 | 160 | 1,203 | 7 | 2 | 129 | 0 | 85.0 |
| 2018 | TEN | 14 | 228 | 331 | 2,528 | 11 | 8 | 357 | 2 | 175.9 |
| 2017 | TEN | 15 | 281 | 453 | 3,232 | 13 | 15 | 312 | 5 | 210.5 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Marcus Mariota
- Joe Flacco QB51 · 24.6 PPR
- J.J. McCarthy QB52 · 22.9 PPR
- Trey Lance QB53 · 21.0 PPR
- Justin Fields QB55 · 20.2 PPR
- Quinn Ewers QB56 · 19.8 PPR
- Riley Leonard QB57 · 19.1 PPR
Washington Commanders fantasy players
- Jayden Daniels QB · 348.5 PPR
- Terry McLaurin WR · 213.3 PPR
- Stefon Diggs WR · 167.5 PPR
- Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB · 156.6 PPR
- Rachaad White RB · 120.8 PPR
- Chig Okonkwo TE · 107.7 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.