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Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson is a wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals. Depth chart: WR1.
Scouting report
Michael Wilson: the full picture
Michael Wilson at a glance
Michael Wilson is a 26-year-old wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, listed at 6'2" and 213 pounds. The Arizona Cardinals drafted Wilson 94th overall in the third round in 2023, out of Stanford; this is year four in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Wilson at 163.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR36 at the position and works out to 10.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Wilson has scored 14.4 PPR points, or 7.2 per game. That is 8.8% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Wilson would finish with about 122 points, behind the 163.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 10.6 points in Week 1 against LAC, the WR31 finish that week. Wilson has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Wilson ranks in the 84th percentile in average separation, the 75th percentile in target share and the 57th percentile in receptions. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 23rd percentile in yards per target.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Wilson has finished as WR60 in 2023, WR61 in 2024 and WR10 in 2025. One of those 3 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 220.6 PPR points in 2025. Across 48 regular-season games on record, the totals read 170 receptions, 2,193 receiving yards and 14 receiving touchdowns.
Michael Wilson by the numbers
Wilson has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 37.2 PPR points, set in Week 14 of 2025 against LA, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Wilson has reached 20 points in 5 games, 10% of career appearances.
Contract
Wilson is playing on a four-year, $5.3 million contract signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2023, an average of $1.3 million per year with $883,244 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Wilson carries a GV stock price of 5,548, which ranks 68th overall and WR29 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Wilson 97th overall. Value has moved down 4.9 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Khalil Shakir, Jameson Williams and George Pickens. See where Wilson sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Wilson is from September 4, 2026. Read the latest Michael Wilson news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 163.9
- PPR / game
- 10.7
Week 1 projection
Michael Wilson is projected for 12.9 PPR points on the road at LAC in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 30.3.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.9 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 52.3
- Dynasty
- 53.8
- Superflex redraft
- 62.5
- Superflex dynasty
- 64.9
- TE premium dynasty
- 32.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ARI | 2 | 14 | 7 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.4 |
| 2025 | ARI | 17 | 126 | 78 | 1,006 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 220.6 |
| 2024 | ARI | 16 | 71 | 47 | 548 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 124.5 |
| 2023 | ARI | 13 | 58 | 38 | 565 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114.5 |
Wide receivers ranked near Michael Wilson
- Michael Pittman WR33 · 167.7 PPR
- Stefon Diggs WR34 · 167.5 PPR
- Romeo Doubs WR35 · 167.3 PPR
- Courtland Sutton WR37 · 162.7 PPR
- Jayden Reed WR38 · 158.2 PPR
- Mike Evans WR39 · 158.2 PPR
Arizona Cardinals fantasy players
- Jacoby Brissett QB · 252.7 PPR
- Trey McBride TE · 244.2 PPR
- Jeremiyah Love RB · 167.2 PPR
- Marvin Harrison Jr. WR · 136.1 PPR
- Tyler Allgeier RB · 131.8 PPR
- Kendrick Bourne WR · 90.8 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.