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Baker Mayfield
Baker Mayfield is a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Depth chart: QB1.
Scouting report
Baker Mayfield: the full picture
Baker Mayfield at a glance
Baker Mayfield is a 31-year-old quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, listed at 6'1" and 215 pounds. The Cleveland Browns drafted Mayfield 1st overall in the first round in 2018, out of Oklahoma, and 2026 is Mayfield's 9th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Mayfield for 259.5 PPR points in 2026, which ranks QB17 at the position and works out to 15.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Mayfield has scored 23.8 PPR points, or 11.9 per game. That is 9.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Mayfield would finish with about 202 points, behind the 259.5 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 12.2 points in Week 2 against CLE, the QB22 finish that week. Mayfield has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Mayfield ranks in the 89th percentile in CPOE, the 76th percentile in rush yards and the 65th percentile in intended air yards. Two of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 11th percentile in td rate.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Mayfield has finished as QB17 in 2020, QB26 in 2021, QB29 in 2022, QB10 in 2023, QB4 in 2024 and QB12 in 2025. Three of those 8 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 365.8 PPR points in 2024. Across 125 regular-season games on record, the totals read 28,923 passing yards, 198 passing touchdowns, 1,642 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.
Baker Mayfield by the numbers
Mayfield has finished in the weekly top five at the position 13 times and finished in the top twelve 46 times. The career high is 34.6 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2024 against CAR. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points, 21 300-yard passing games and 24 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Mayfield has reached 20 points in 30 games, 24% of career appearances.
Contract
Mayfield is playing on a three-year, $100 million contract signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2024, an average of $33.3 million per year with $40 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Mayfield carries a GV stock price of 4,092, which ranks 88th overall and QB22 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Mayfield 73rd overall. Value has moved down 0.3 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Joe Burrow, Daniel Jones and Justin Herbert. See where Mayfield sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
3 news items linked to Mayfield in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 23, 2026. Read the latest Baker Mayfield news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 259.5
- PPR / game
- 15.9
Baker Mayfield fantasy outlook
Baker Mayfield enters the 2026 season with TB and ranks QB17 and #32 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 259.5 PPR points across 16.3 games, or 15.9 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Baker Mayfield as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Baker Mayfield produced 271.9 PPR points in 17 games (16.0 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 61%, with a 64% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Baker Mayfield is projected for 15.9 PPR points on the road at CIN in week 1, with a likely range of 2.4 to 41.2.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.3 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 48.3
- Dynasty
- 39.7
- Superflex redraft
- 87.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 81.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 23.9
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TB | 2 | 44 | 62 | 398 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 23.8 |
| 2025 | TB | 17 | 343 | 543 | 3,693 | 26 | 11 | 382 | 1 | 271.9 |
| 2024 | TB | 17 | 407 | 570 | 4,500 | 41 | 16 | 378 | 3 | 365.8 |
| 2023 | TB | 17 | 364 | 566 | 4,044 | 28 | 10 | 163 | 1 | 274.1 |
| 2022 | LA | 12 | 201 | 335 | 2,163 | 10 | 8 | 89 | 1 | 121.4 |
| 2021 | CLE | 14 | 253 | 418 | 3,010 | 17 | 13 | 134 | 1 | 180.9 |
| 2020 | CLE | 16 | 305 | 486 | 3,563 | 26 | 8 | 165 | 1 | 248.6 |
| 2019 | CLE | 16 | 317 | 534 | 3,827 | 22 | 21 | 141 | 3 | 229.2 |
| 2018 | CLE | 14 | 310 | 486 | 3,725 | 27 | 14 | 131 | 0 | 240.1 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Baker Mayfield
- Brock Purdy QB14 · 270.5 PPR
- Sam Darnold QB15 · 266.5 PPR
- C.J. Stroud QB16 · 263.3 PPR
- Jordan Love QB18 · 258.4 PPR
- Jacoby Brissett QB19 · 252.7 PPR
- Aaron Rodgers QB20 · 246.7 PPR
Tampa Bay Buccaneers fantasy players
- Bucky Irving RB · 230.2 PPR
- Emeka Egbuka WR · 227.9 PPR
- Chris Godwin Jr. WR · 149.6 PPR
- Kenny Gainwell RB · 131.8 PPR
- Cade Otton TE · 120.6 PPR
- Jalen McMillan WR · 103.8 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.