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Michael Pittman

Michael Pittman is a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: WR2.

Scouting report

Michael Pittman: the full picture

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

Michael Pittman at a glance

Michael Pittman is a 28-year-old wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, listed at 6'4" and 223 pounds. The Indianapolis Colts drafted Pittman 34th overall in the second round in 2020, out of USC; this is year seven in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Pittman at 167.7 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR33 at the position and works out to 10.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 1 game of 2026, Pittman has scored 8.8 PPR points, or 8.8 per game. That is 5.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Pittman would finish with about 150 points, behind the 167.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.8 points in Week 1 against ATL, the WR43 finish that week. Pittman has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 1 game, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 89 qualified wide receivers of 2025, Pittman ranks in the 87th percentile in receptions, the 85th percentile in receiving TDs and the 69th percentile in average separation. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 26th percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Pittman has finished as WR79 in 2020, WR17 in 2021, WR20 in 2022, WR13 in 2023, WR41 in 2024 and WR18 in 2025. The high-water mark is 252.2 PPR points in 2023. Across 96 regular-season games on record, the totals read 488 receptions, 5,312 receiving yards and 25 receiving touchdowns.

Michael Pittman by the numbers

Pittman has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 14 times. The career high is 30.6 PPR points, set in Week 8 of 2021 against TEN. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 11 100-yard receiving games. In all, Pittman has reached 20 points in 15 games, 16% of career appearances.

Contract

Pittman is playing on a two-year, $35 million contract signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2026, an average of $17.5 million per year with $24 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
167.7
PPR / game
10.9

Week 2 projection

Michael Pittman is projected for 14.6 PPR points on the road at NE in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 38.7.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.8 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
54.7
Dynasty
35.8
Superflex redraft
64.3
Superflex dynasty
49.9
TE premium dynasty
21.5

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026PIT133580008.8
2025IND1711180784700202.4
2024IND1611169808300165.8
2023IND161561091,152400252.2
2022IND16141999254330216.5
2021IND17129881,0826544238.6
2020IND136140503132698.9

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