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Jonathan Taylor
Jonathan Taylor is a running back for the Indianapolis Colts. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Jonathan Taylor: the full picture
Jonathan Taylor at a glance
Jonathan Taylor is a 27-year-old running back for the Indianapolis Colts, listed at 5'10" and 226 pounds. The Indianapolis Colts drafted Taylor 41st overall in the second round in 2020, out of Wisconsin; this is year seven in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Taylor at 307.0 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB5 at the position and works out to 21.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Taylor has scored 54.3 PPR points, or 27.1 per game. That is 17.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Taylor would finish with about 462 points, ahead of the 307.0 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 29.2 points in Week 2 against KC, the RB1 finish that week. Taylor has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 59 qualified running backs of 2026, Taylor ranks in the 98th percentile in rush TDs, the 92nd percentile in rush yards and the 88th percentile in receiving yards. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Taylor has finished as RB6 in 2020, RB1 in 2021, RB33 in 2022, RB33 in 2023, RB12 in 2024 and RB4 in 2025. That is two top-five positional finishes in 6 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 373.1 PPR points in 2021. Across 86 regular-season games on record, the totals read 7,788 rushing yards, 73 rushing touchdowns, 194 receptions and 1,532 receiving yards.
Jonathan Taylor by the numbers
Taylor has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 10 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 24 times and finished in the top twelve 41 times. The career high is 53.4 PPR points, set in Week 11 of 2021 against BUF, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 11 games of 30 or more PPR points, 29 100-yard rushing games, 1 100-yard receiving game and 7 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Taylor has reached 20 points in 30 games, 35% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Taylor handled 21.5 carries per game, including 10 red-zone carries and 5 carries from inside the five. 8 runs gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Taylor drew 4.0 targets per game.
Contract
Taylor is playing on a two-year, $44 million contract signed with the Indianapolis Colts in 2026, an average of $22 million per year with $23 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Taylor carries a GV stock price of 7,262, which ranks 49th overall and RB8 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Taylor 5th overall. Value has moved up 3.9 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Derrick Henry, D'Andre Swift and Jahmyr Gibbs. See where Taylor sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Taylor in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 18, 2026. Read the latest Jonathan Taylor news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 307.0
- PPR / game
- 21.6
Jonathan Taylor fantasy outlook
Jonathan Taylor enters the 2026 season with IND and ranks RB5 and #16 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 307.0 PPR points across 14.2 games, or 21.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jonathan Taylor as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jonathan Taylor produced 362.3 PPR points in 17 games (21.3 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 62%, with a 94% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Jonathan Taylor is projected for 15.5 PPR points at home against BAL in week 1, with a likely range of 3.8 to 29.4.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 3.9 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 89.0
- Dynasty
- 70.4
- Superflex redraft
- 82.4
- Superflex dynasty
- 75.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 42.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | IND | 2 | 43 | 190 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2025 | IND | 17 | 323 | 1,585 | 18 | 55 | 46 | 378 | 2 | 362.3 |
| 2024 | IND | 14 | 303 | 1,431 | 11 | 31 | 18 | 136 | 1 | 244.7 |
| 2023 | IND | 10 | 169 | 741 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 153 | 1 | 156.4 |
| 2022 | IND | 11 | 192 | 861 | 4 | 40 | 28 | 143 | 0 | 146.4 |
| 2021 | IND | 17 | 332 | 1,811 | 18 | 51 | 40 | 360 | 2 | 373.1 |
| 2020 | IND | 15 | 232 | 1,169 | 11 | 39 | 36 | 299 | 1 | 252.8 |
Running backs ranked near Jonathan Taylor
- Jahmyr Gibbs RB2 · 349.0 PPR
- Christian McCaffrey RB3 · 332.3 PPR
- De'Von Achane RB4 · 318.6 PPR
- James Cook RB6 · 294.6 PPR
- Kyren Williams RB7 · 277.6 PPR
- Chase Brown RB8 · 260.7 PPR
Indianapolis Colts fantasy players
- Daniel Jones QB · 239.4 PPR
- Tyler Warren TE · 192.7 PPR
- Alec Pierce WR · 172.4 PPR
- Josh Downs WR · 155.9 PPR
- Seth McGowan RB · 95.1 PPR
- Darius Slayton WR · 64.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.