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Tyquan Thornton
Tyquan Thornton is a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. Depth chart: WR3.
Scouting report
Tyquan Thornton: the full picture
Tyquan Thornton at a glance
Tyquan Thornton is a 26-year-old wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, listed at 6'2" and 185 pounds. The New England Patriots drafted Thornton 50th overall in the second round in 2022, out of Baylor; this is year five in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Thornton at 95.0 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR90 at the position and works out to 7.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Thornton has scored 12.6 PPR points, or 6.3 per game. That is 13.3% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Thornton would finish with about 107 points, ahead of the 95.0 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 12.6 points in Week 2 against IND, the WR23 finish that week. Thornton 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, Thornton ranks in the 98th percentile in yards per target, the 59th percentile in receiving yards and the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 2nd percentile in target share.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Thornton has finished as WR98 in 2022, WR146 in 2023, WR172 in 2024 and WR81 in 2025. The high-water mark is 80.8 PPR points in 2025. Across 39 regular-season games on record, the totals read 62 receptions, 909 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns.
Tyquan Thornton by the numbers
Thornton has finished in the top twelve 1 time. The career high is 21.3 PPR points, set in Week 6 of 2022 against CLE. In all, Thornton has reached 20 points in 1 game, 3% of career appearances.
Contract
Thornton is playing on a two-year, $11 million contract signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2026, an average of $5.5 million per year with $7.4 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Thornton carries a GV stock price of 1,864, which ranks 356th overall and WR122 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Thornton 348th overall. Value has moved up 6.2 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Tre Harris, Alec Pierce and Devontez Walker. See where Thornton sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 95.0
- PPR / game
- 7.2
Week 3 projection
Tyquan Thornton is projected for 4.3 PPR points on the road at MIA in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 16.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 6.2 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 13.7
- Dynasty
- 18.1
- Superflex redraft
- 21.3
- Superflex dynasty
- 21.1
- TE premium dynasty
- 10.9
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 2 | 5 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 |
| 2025 | KC | 12 | 37 | 19 | 438 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80.8 |
| 2024 | NE | 4 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 |
| 2023 | NE | 9 | 23 | 13 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 27.2 |
| 2022 | NE | 12 | 45 | 22 | 247 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 66.3 |
Wide receivers ranked near Tyquan Thornton
- Tyreek Hill WR87 · 97.8 PPR
- Adonai Mitchell WR88 · 96.8 PPR
- Isaac TeSlaa WR89 · 95.1 PPR
- Keon Coleman WR91 · 92.4 PPR
- Kendrick Bourne WR92 · 90.8 PPR
- Antonio Williams WR93 · 84.5 PPR
Kansas City Chiefs fantasy players
- Patrick Mahomes QB · 304.1 PPR
- Rashee Rice WR · 222.8 PPR
- Kenneth Walker III RB · 201.7 PPR
- Travis Kelce TE · 151.8 PPR
- Xavier Worthy WR · 145.7 PPR
- Emmett Johnson RB · 90.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.