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Ja'Marr Chase

Ja'Marr Chase is a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Ja'Marr Chase: the full picture

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

Ja'Marr Chase at a glance

Ja'Marr Chase is a 26-year-old wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, listed at 6'0" and 205 pounds. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Chase 5th overall in the first round in 2021, out of LSU; this is year six in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Chase at 331.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR2 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, Chase has scored 29.7 PPR points, or 14.8 per game. That is 9.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Chase would finish with about 252 points, behind the 331.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 26.5 points in Week 2 against HOU, the WR6 finish that week. Chase 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, Chase ranks in the 91st percentile in receiving TDs, the 78th percentile in receptions and the 62nd percentile in target share. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 24th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Chase has finished as WR5 in 2021, WR11 in 2022, WR11 in 2023, WR1 in 2024 and WR4 in 2025. That is three top-five positional finishes in 5 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 403.0 PPR points in 2024. Across 80 regular-season games on record, the totals read 529 receptions, 6,924 receiving yards and 56 receiving touchdowns.

Ja'Marr Chase by the numbers

Chase has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 8 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 23 times and finished in the top twelve 35 times. The career high is 55.6 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2021 against KC, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 11 games of 30 or more PPR points, 26 100-yard receiving games and 3 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Chase has reached 20 points in 34 games, 43% of career appearances.

Contract

Chase is playing on a four-year, $161 million contract signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2025, an average of $40.3 million per year with $73.9 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
331.3
PPR / game
21.6

Week 1 projection

Ja'Marr Chase is projected for 18.6 PPR points at home against TB in week 1, with a likely range of 3.5 to 38.7.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 5.7 since the previous model run (rising).

Redraft
93.7
Dynasty
87.9
Superflex redraft
84.1
Superflex dynasty
82.3
TE premium dynasty
52.9

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026CIN21398720029.7
2025CIN161851251,4128314313.6
2024CIN171751271,70817332403.0
2023CIN161451001,21673-6262.7
2022CIN12134871,046958242.4
2021CIN17128811,45513721304.6

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