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Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley is a running back for the Philadelphia Eagles. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: RB1.

Scouting report

Saquon Barkley: the full picture

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

Saquon Barkley at a glance

Saquon Barkley is a 29-year-old running back for the Philadelphia Eagles, listed at 6'0" and 232 pounds. The New York Giants drafted Barkley 2nd overall in the first round in 2018, out of Penn State, and 2026 is Barkley's 9th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Barkley for 196.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB22 at the position and works out to 13.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Barkley has scored 12.0 PPR points, or 6.0 per game. That is 6.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Barkley would finish with about 102 points, behind the 196.8 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 9.0 points in Week 1 against WAS, the RB29 finish that week. Barkley has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 59 qualified running backs of 2026, Barkley ranks in the 91st percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt, the 84th percentile in yards per carry and the 57th percentile in rush yards. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 27th percentile in rush TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Barkley has finished as RB115 in 2020, RB30 in 2021, RB5 in 2022, RB13 in 2023, RB2 in 2024 and RB14 in 2025. That is three top-five positional finishes in 8 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 385.8 PPR points in 2018. Across 108 regular-season games on record, the totals read 8,448 rushing yards, 55 rushing touchdowns, 360 receptions and 2,659 receiving yards.

Saquon Barkley by the numbers

Barkley has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 9 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 29 times and finished in the top twelve 50 times. The career high is 46.2 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2024 against LA, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 13 games of 30 or more PPR points, 31 100-yard rushing games and 2 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Barkley has reached 20 points in 37 games, 34% of career appearances.

Contract

Barkley is playing on a two-year, $41.2 million contract signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2025, an average of $20.6 million per year with $36 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Barkley carries a GV stock price of 4,086, which ranks 171st overall and RB25 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Barkley 70th overall. Value has moved down 5.0 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Tony Pollard, J.K. Dobbins and James Cook. See where Barkley sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
196.8
PPR / game
13.6

Saquon Barkley fantasy outlook

Saquon Barkley enters the 2026 season with PHI and ranks RB22 and #72 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 196.8 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 13.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Saquon Barkley as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Saquon Barkley produced 232.3 PPR points in 16 games (14.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 64%, with a 52% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Questionable.

Week 1 projection

Saquon Barkley is projected for 13.8 PPR points at home against WAS in week 1, with a likely range of 3.2 to 28.5.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 5.0 since the previous model run (falling).

Redraft
61.6
Dynasty
39.6
Superflex redraft
68.4
Superflex dynasty
53.6
TE premium dynasty
23.9

Compare Saquon Barkley on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026PHI219920428012.0
2025PHI162801,140750372732232.3
2024PHI163452,0051343332782355.3
2023NYG14247962660412804223.2
2022NYG162951,3121076573380284.0
2021NYG13162593257412632148.6
2020NYG2193409660015.4
2019NYG132171,003673524382244.1
2018NYG162611,30711121917214385.8

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