WAS · WR

Terry McLaurin

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver for the Washington Commanders. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Terry McLaurin: the full picture

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

Terry McLaurin at a glance

Terry McLaurin is a 31-year-old wide receiver for the Washington Commanders, listed at 6'0" and 210 pounds. The Washington Commanders drafted McLaurin 76th overall in the third round in 2019, out of Ohio State; this is year eight in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has McLaurin at 213.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR18 at the position and works out to 14.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, McLaurin has scored 10.4 PPR points, or 5.2 per game. That is 4.9% of the full-season projection; at the current rate McLaurin would finish with about 88 points, behind the 213.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 7.0 points in Week 2 against DAL, the WR51 finish that week. McLaurin has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, McLaurin ranks in the 71st percentile in average separation, the 60th percentile in target share and the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs. The softest mark is the 21st percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, McLaurin has finished as WR20 in 2020, WR25 in 2021, WR14 in 2022, WR31 in 2023, WR7 in 2024 and WR56 in 2025. One of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 267.8 PPR points in 2024. Across 109 regular-season games on record, the totals read 502 receptions, 7,025 receiving yards and 41 receiving touchdowns.

Terry McLaurin by the numbers

McLaurin has finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 20 times. The career high is 30.3 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2021 against ATL. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 20 100-yard receiving games. In all, McLaurin has reached 20 points in 21 games, 19% of career appearances.

Contract

McLaurin is playing on a three-year, $87 million contract signed with the Washington Commanders in 2025, an average of $29 million per year with $44.6 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
213.3
PPR / game
14.6

Week 2 projection

Terry McLaurin is projected for 13.5 PPR points on the road at DAL in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 33.2.

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
51.9
Dynasty
38.9
Superflex redraft
62.1
Superflex dynasty
52.7
TE premium dynasty
23.4

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026WAS21346400010.4
2025WAS106038582300114.2
2024WAS17117821,0961322267.8
2023WAS17132791,002400203.2
2022WAS17120771,1915729229.0
2021WAS17130771,0535112213.5
2020WAS15134871,1184230223.8
2019WAS149358919700191.9

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