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Kyren Williams

Kyren Williams is a running back for the Los Angeles Rams. Depth chart: RB1.

Scouting report

Kyren Williams: the full picture

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

Kyren Williams at a glance

Kyren Williams is a 26-year-old running back for the Los Angeles Rams, listed at 5'9" and 207 pounds. The Los Angeles Rams drafted Williams 164th overall in the fifth round in 2022, out of Notre Dame; this is year five in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Williams at 277.6 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB7 at the position and works out to 19.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Williams has scored 31.2 PPR points, or 15.6 per game. That is 11.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Williams would finish with about 265 points, in line with the 277.6 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 15.7 points in Week 2 against NYG, the RB8 finish that week. Williams 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, Williams ranks in the 92nd percentile in yards per carry, the 88th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt and the 72nd percentile in rush yards. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Williams has finished as RB89 in 2022, RB7 in 2023, RB7 in 2024 and RB9 in 2025. Three of those 4 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 272.1 PPR points in 2024. Across 55 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,960 rushing yards, 37 rushing touchdowns, 116 receptions and 781 receiving yards.

Kyren Williams by the numbers

Williams has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 9 times and finished in the top twelve 23 times. The career high is 38.4 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2023 against ARI, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 4 games of 30 or more PPR points, 11 100-yard rushing games and 2 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Williams has reached 20 points in 14 games, 25% of career appearances.

Contract

Williams is playing on a three-year, $33 million contract signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2025, an average of $11 million per year with $15.1 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
277.6
PPR / game
19.1

Kyren Williams fantasy outlook

Kyren Williams enters the 2026 season with LAR and ranks RB7 and #25 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 277.6 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 19.1 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Kyren Williams as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Kyren Williams produced 263.3 PPR points in 17 games (15.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 63%, with a 90% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

Kyren Williams is projected for 16.1 PPR points at home against NYG in week 2, with a likely range of 4.7 to 31.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.3 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
72.2
Dynasty
60.6
Superflex redraft
74.3
Superflex dynasty
69.5
TE premium dynasty
36.5

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026LA22312615536131.2
2025LA172591,2521050362813263.3
2024LA163161,2991440341822272.1
2023LA122281,1441248322063255.0
2022LA835139012976030.5

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Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.