MIA · WR
Malik Washington
Malik Washington is a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins. Depth chart: WR1.
Scouting report
Malik Washington: the full picture
Malik Washington at a glance
Malik Washington is a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, listed at 5'8" and 192 pounds. The Miami Dolphins drafted Washington 184th overall in the sixth round in 2024, out of Virginia; this is year three in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Washington at 154.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR42 at the position and works out to 10.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Washington has scored 15.0 PPR points, or 7.5 per game. That is 9.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Washington would finish with about 128 points, behind the 154.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.7 points in Week 2 against SF, the WR41 finish that week. Washington 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, Washington ranks in the 86th percentile in target share, the 76th percentile in average separation and the 68th percentile in receiving yards. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Washington has finished as WR107 in 2024 and WR53 in 2025. The high-water mark is 116.7 PPR points in 2025. Across 33 regular-season games on record, the totals read 79 receptions, 636 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.
Malik Washington by the numbers
The career high is 13.6 PPR points, set in Week 8 of 2025 against ATL.
Contract
Washington is playing on a four-year, $4.2 million contract signed with the Miami Dolphins in 2024, an average of $1.1 million per year with $199,560 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Washington carries a GV stock price of 2,897, which ranks 224th overall and WR81 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Washington 264th overall. Value has moved up 3.0 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Xavier Hutchinson, Khalil Shakir and Rashid Shaheed. See where Washington sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 154.9
- PPR / game
- 10.1
Week 1 projection
Malik Washington is projected for 12.0 PPR points on the road at LV in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 28.5.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 3.0 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 22.1
- Dynasty
- 28.1
- Superflex redraft
- 37.8
- Superflex dynasty
- 40.6
- TE premium dynasty
- 16.9
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIA | 2 | 13 | 7 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15.0 |
| 2025 | MIA | 17 | 65 | 46 | 317 | 3 | 17 | 110 | 116.7 |
| 2024 | MIA | 14 | 36 | 26 | 223 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 56.8 |
Wide receivers ranked near Malik Washington
- Mike Evans WR39 · 158.2 PPR
- Josh Downs WR40 · 155.9 PPR
- Malachi Fields WR41 · 155.7 PPR
- Jakobi Meyers WR43 · 153.9 PPR
- Matthew Golden WR44 · 153.8 PPR
- Deebo Samuel Sr. WR45 · 153.4 PPR
Miami Dolphins fantasy players
- De'Von Achane RB · 318.6 PPR
- Malik Willis QB · 304.6 PPR
- Caleb Douglas WR · 141.4 PPR
- Caleb Douglas WR · 141.4 PPR
- Jaylen Wright RB · 116.5 PPR
- Greg Dulcich TE · 107.7 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.