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Justin Jefferson

Justin Jefferson is a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Justin Jefferson: the full picture

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

Justin Jefferson at a glance

Justin Jefferson is a 27-year-old wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, listed at 6'1" and 195 pounds. The Minnesota Vikings drafted Jefferson 22nd overall in the first round in 2020, out of LSU; this is year seven in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Jefferson at 281.5 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR6 at the position and works out to 18.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Jefferson has scored 39.7 PPR points, or 19.9 per game. That is 14.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Jefferson would finish with about 337 points, ahead of the 281.5 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 31.2 points in Week 1 against GB, the WR3 finish that week. Jefferson has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Jefferson ranks in the 97th percentile in target share, the 91st percentile in receiving TDs and the 89th percentile in receptions. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Jefferson has finished as WR6 in 2020, WR4 in 2021, WR1 in 2022, WR33 in 2023, WR2 in 2024 and WR21 in 2025. That is three top-five positional finishes in 6 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 368.7 PPR points in 2022. Across 96 regular-season games on record, the totals read 590 receptions, 8,627 receiving yards and 44 receiving touchdowns.

Justin Jefferson by the numbers

Jefferson has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 9 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 21 times and finished in the top twelve 37 times. The career high is 39.6 PPR points, set in Week 6 of 2020 against ATL, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 15 games of 30 or more PPR points and 37 100-yard receiving games. In all, Jefferson has reached 20 points in 38 games, 40% of career appearances.

Contract

Jefferson is playing on a four-year, $140 million contract signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024, an average of $35 million per year with $88.7 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
281.5
PPR / game
18.5

Week 3 projection

Justin Jefferson is projected for 15.4 PPR points on the road at TB in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 36.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.7 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
71.3
Dynasty
62.0
Superflex redraft
73.9
Superflex dynasty
70.4
TE premium dynasty
37.4

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026MIN2151114720039.7
2025MIN17141841,048227201.5
2024MIN171541031,5331013317.5
2023MIN10100681,07451-12202.2
2022MIN171841281,8098424368.7
2021MIN171671081,61610614330.4
2020MIN16125881,400712274.2

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