DET · RB
Jahmyr Gibbs
Jahmyr Gibbs is a running back for the Detroit Lions. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Jahmyr Gibbs: the full picture
Jahmyr Gibbs at a glance
Jahmyr Gibbs is a 24-year-old running back for the Detroit Lions, listed at 5'9" and 202 pounds. The Detroit Lions drafted Gibbs 12th overall in the first round in 2023, out of Alabama, and 2026 is Gibbs's 4th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Gibbs for 349.0 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB2 at the position and works out to 23.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Gibbs has scored 56.9 PPR points, or 28.4 per game. That is 16.3% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Gibbs would finish with about 484 points, ahead of the 349.0 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 33.6 points in Week 1 against NO, the RB3 finish that week. Gibbs 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, Gibbs ranks in the 97th percentile in receptions, the 97th percentile in receiving yards and the 96th percentile in rush yards. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Gibbs has finished as RB10 in 2023, RB1 in 2024 and RB3 in 2025. That is two top-five positional finishes in 3 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 366.9 PPR points in 2025. Across 51 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,788 rushing yards, 41 rushing touchdowns, 192 receptions and 1,540 receiving yards.
Jahmyr Gibbs by the numbers
Gibbs has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 5 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 19 times and finished in the top twelve 28 times. The career high is 55.4 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2025 against NYG, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 7 games of 30 or more PPR points, 11 100-yard rushing games, 1 100-yard receiving game and 4 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Gibbs has reached 20 points in 22 games, 43% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Gibbs handled 22.5 carries per game, including 11 red-zone carries and 5 carries from inside the five. 9 runs gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Gibbs drew 6.5 targets per game.
Contract
Gibbs is playing on a three-year, $67.5 million contract signed with the Detroit Lions in 2026, an average of $22.5 million per year with $37.7 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Gibbs carries a GV stock price of 9,109, which ranks 7th overall and RB1 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Gibbs 6th overall. Value has moved down 1.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Jonathan Taylor, D'Andre Swift and Ashton Jeanty. See where Gibbs sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 349.0
- PPR / game
- 23.7
Jahmyr Gibbs fantasy outlook
Jahmyr Gibbs enters the 2026 season with DET and ranks RB2 and #4 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 349.0 PPR points across 14.8 games, or 23.7 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jahmyr Gibbs as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jahmyr Gibbs produced 366.9 PPR points in 17 games (21.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 64%, with a 97% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Jahmyr Gibbs is projected for 23.4 PPR points at home against NO in week 1, with a likely range of 5.7 to 41.6.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 85.7
- Dynasty
- 88.3
- Superflex redraft
- 80.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 82.5
- TE premium dynasty
- 53.2
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DET | 2 | 45 | 208 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 91 | 1 | 56.9 |
| 2025 | DET | 17 | 243 | 1,223 | 13 | 94 | 77 | 616 | 5 | 366.9 |
| 2024 | DET | 17 | 250 | 1,412 | 16 | 63 | 52 | 517 | 4 | 362.9 |
| 2023 | DET | 15 | 182 | 945 | 10 | 71 | 52 | 316 | 1 | 242.1 |
Running backs ranked near Jahmyr Gibbs
- Bijan Robinson RB1 · 353.7 PPR
- Christian McCaffrey RB3 · 332.3 PPR
- De'Von Achane RB4 · 318.6 PPR
- Jonathan Taylor RB5 · 307.0 PPR
Detroit Lions fantasy players
- Amon-Ra St. Brown WR · 322.7 PPR
- Jared Goff QB · 304.9 PPR
- Jameson Williams WR · 169.2 PPR
- Sam LaPorta TE · 154.9 PPR
- Isaac TeSlaa WR · 95.1 PPR
- Isiah Pacheco RB · 43.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.