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James Conner

James Conner is a running back for the Arizona Cardinals. Injury status: IR. Depth chart: RB4.

Scouting report

James Conner: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

James Conner at a glance

James Conner is a 31-year-old running back for the Arizona Cardinals, listed at 6'1" and 233 pounds. The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Conner 105th overall in the third round in 2017, out of Pittsburgh, and 2026 is Conner's 10th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Conner for 64.2 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB58 at the position and works out to 5.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Conner has finished as RB27 in 2020, RB5 in 2021, RB19 in 2022, RB18 in 2023, RB11 in 2024 and RB78 in 2025. Three of those 9 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 280.0 PPR points in 2018. Across 108 regular-season games on record, the totals read 6,065 rushing yards, 60 rushing touchdowns, 289 receptions and 2,255 receiving yards.

James Conner by the numbers

Conner has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 6 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 18 times and finished in the top twelve 36 times. The career high is 40.3 PPR points, set in Week 9 of 2021 against SF, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 8 games of 30 or more PPR points, 20 100-yard rushing games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Conner has reached 20 points in 28 games, 26% of career appearances.

Contract

Conner is playing on a one-year, $3 million contract signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2026, an average of $3 million per year with $2.1 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Conner carries a GV stock price of 2,445, which ranks 253rd overall and RB40 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Conner 124th overall. Value has moved down 0.0 since the previous model run. See where Conner sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
64.2
PPR / game
5.1

James Conner fantasy outlook

James Conner enters the 2026 season with ARI and ranks RB68 and #255 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 64.2 PPR points across 12.6 games, or 5.1 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists James Conner as RB4, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, James Conner produced 33.3 PPR points in 3 games (11.1 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 primary risk is earning enough weekly opportunity from a lower depth-chart position.

Week 1 projection

James Conner is projected for 0.0 PPR points on the road at LAC in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 0.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.0 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
44.6
Dynasty
23.7
Superflex redraft
57.0
Superflex dynasty
33.7
TE premium dynasty
14.3

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2025ARI3329519838133.3
2024ARI162361,094855474141253.8
2023ARI132081,040733271652201.5
2022ARI13183782758463001200.2
2021ARI152027521539373753257.7
2020PIT13169721643352150164.6
2019PIT10116464438342513145.5
2018PIT132159731271554971280.0
2017PIT12321440100014.4

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