DK Metcalf stats & 2026 fantasy outlook
Through Week 4 of 2026, DK Metcalf has 43.3 PPR points in 4 games: 10.8 per game, WR36 of 145 in PPR points per game.
DK Metcalf
WR · Pittsburgh Steelers
Season so far · through Week 4
- Half-PPR/g
- 8.8 half-PPR points a game over 4 games, 35.3 in all.
- PPR rank
- WR36 of 145 WRs with 2 or more games, by PPR points per game.
- Games
- 4 games with a stat line through Week 4.
- tgt share
- 22.5% of his team's targets this season, per team game.
PPR 43.3 (10.8/g) · Std 27.3 (6.8/g)
This week · Week 5
Projected 9.4 half-PPR points in Week 5, with a likely range of 3.0 to 18.2.
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
Forecast 9.4 Half-PPR points: the Vegas line adds 0.5, the matchup nothing. Show how it is built.
| Step | Points | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline: His role and efficiency over 4 games, with his preseason WR28 ADP at 33% weight, at his usual line | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Vegas: PIT implied 23.3 vs 20.3 in his games | +0.5 | 9.4 |
| Matchup: IND 9th softest vs WR: already in the Vegas line | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| Availability: No designation, no teammate ruled out | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| Projection | 9.4 | 9.4 |
Each step is the change from switching that factor on, in this order, so the steps add up to the projection. The matchup adds nothing with a line: the model's backtest found the line already prices the defense.
- Helps: PIT is implied for 23.3 points, tied for 9th-highest of 28 teams with a line this week.
- Helps: IND ranks 9th of 32 defenses in fantasy points allowed to WRs, where 1st allows the most (context, not in the projection).
- Hurts: kickoff-hour forecast of gusts to 26 mph, past the wind line where deep passing falls off (context, not in the projection).
Game log · half-PPR
Half-PPR points by week, oldest first: Week 1 ATL 6.0, Week 2 NE 4.7, Week 3 CIN 10.6, Week 4 CLE 14.0. Bye in Week 9.
2026 season · the games so far
DK Metcalf 2026 stats so far
Through Week 4 · nflverse stats as of
- PPR pts / game
- 10.8
- WR rank
- WR36
- of 145 with 2+ games
- Games
- 4
- PIT
| Scoring | Total | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 27.3 | 6.8 |
| Half-PPR | 35.3 | 8.8 |
| PPR | 43.3 | 10.8 |
WR rank is by PPR points per game among WRs with 2 or more games.
Game log
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| Wk | Opp | PPR pts | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share | Snap % | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | CLE | 16.5 | 9 | 5 | 115 | 0 | 23% | 97% | Score this game |
| 3 | CIN | 12.1 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 16% | 95% | Score this game |
| 2 | NE | 6.7 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 24% | 97% | Score this game |
| 1 | ATL | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 27% | 96% | Score this game |
PPR pts is nflverse's full-PPR total for the game. "Score this game" opens the fantasy point calculator with that exact line loaded, to re-score it in Standard, Half-PPR or your league's settings. A dash means nflverse has no figure for that game yet.
Usage trend
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| Per game | Last 3 (Wks 2–4) | Season | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snap share | 96% | 96% | 0 |
| Targets per game | 7.7 | 8.3 | −0.6 |
| Target share | 21% | 23% | −2 |
| Air-yards share | 28% | 34% | −5 |
| PPR points per game | 11.8 | 10.8 | +0.9 |
Shares are team-relative and averaged per game.
This week · PIT vs IND
Week 5 projection
- Half‑PPR
- 9.4
- PPR
- 11.4
- Standard
- 7.4
Range 3.0–18.2
Floor to ceiling in half-PPR points: the 10th to 90th percentile of how far past weeks landed from a projection like this one. About 4 in 5 landed inside it.
Projected line: 7.1 tgt · 3.97 rec · 55 yds · 0.31 TD
Show the math
- Volume
- 21% of PIT's targets × 31.4 a game
- 7.0 targets
- Efficiency
- 57% catch · 8.0 yds/target
- 3.9 rec · 55 yds
- Scoring chances
- 3.51 TD per 100 targets, from his red-zone usage
- 0.31 TD
- Vegas
- PIT implied 23.3 vs 20.3 in his games (×1.15)
- +7% volume, +31% TD rate
- Market prior
- Preseason WR28 in FFC ADP → 9.7 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games
- +0.1 half-PPR pts (9.3 → 9.4)
- Context (not in projection)
- IND allows 1.09× league WR points (rank 9 of 32)
| Opponent | vs INDPIT at home |
|---|---|
| Kickoff | Sun 1:00 PM ET |
| Implied total | 23.3PIT · consensus line |
| Wind | Gust flag: gusts to 26 mphKickoff-hour forecast, E 12 mph sustained · context — not in the projection |
| IND vs WR | Allows the 9th-most fantasy points to WRs1.09× the league average · context — not in the projection |
| Red zone | 6% of PIT's targets inside the 201 of 16, through Week 4 · 1 inside the 10 · 1 TD |
| Rest of season | WR32 of 100 · 9.1 PPGHalf-PPR points per game, market prior included · 12 games left through Week 17 · bye in Week 9 |
Trade value 0 of 100
Redraft chart, Weeks 5–17, 12-team Half-PPR: at or below a replacement player, so about 0 in a trade.
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Built from stats through Week 4, consensus line as of Thu, Oct 8, 8:25 PM ET, Week 5 injury report. Game-day inactives are not in the model. Market prior: preseason ADP from Fantasy Football Calculator.
Draft-day record · July 2026
The July 2026 draft-day read
This is the July 2026 pre-draft read, kept as published. Every ADP and market figure on this page comes from the Fantasy Football Calculator snapshot of Jul 15, 2026 and is not updated in-season — 2026 drafts are over and ADP has stopped moving. In-season tools
At 10.5 half-PPR points per game in 2025, DK Metcalf outproduced what a WR28 draft slot usually returns — that was the draft-day value case in July 2026. His target share trended up over his last three games of 2025.
This week's projection is in the Week 5 card above. The July 2026 draft-day read is opinion, framed from the cited 2025 data.
The numbers behind the read
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ADP (July 2026) | 56.8 | Fantasy Football Calculator |
| Overall ADP rank (July 2026) | 57 | Fantasy Football Calculator |
| Fantasy points / game | 10.5 | nflverse |
| Points over expected (FPOE) | +1.0 | nflverse |
| Target share | 22.4% | nflverse |
| Target share, last 3 games (2025) | 23.7% | nflverse |
| Sleeper search rank (July 2026) | 73 | Sleeper |
xFP (expected fantasy points) is what a typical player would score with the same targets, carries and field position. FPOE (points over expected) is actual points minus xFP, per game.
The consensus read
DK Metcalf was drafted as the WR28 — ADP 56.8 — in July 2026. His 10.5 half-PPR points per game in 2025 clears the WR starter line, with targets trending up late in that year.
- ADP 56.8
- Overall ADP rank 57
- Sleeper search rank 73
- Fantasy points / game 10.5
The edge case — what had to be true
Every belief was tied to a checkpoint: the exact data point that would confirm or deny it, with its value at the time of the July 2026 read. Check them against what has actually happened since.
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Checkpoint
Target share, last 3 games vs season (2025)
23.7% last 3 vs 22.4% season (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong pick if you believed
DK Metcalf's late-2025 target share is the new baseline, not a blip
Poor pick if instead
DK Metcalf's late-2025 target uptick is small-sample noise that reverts
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Checkpoint
Points over expected (FPOE) per game, season (2025)
+1.0 pts/gm vs expectation (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong pick if you believed
DK Metcalf's scoring over expected (xFP) is skill, not variance
Poor pick if instead
DK Metcalf's scoring over expected regresses to the xFP baseline
Sources: Fantasy Football Calculator · Sleeper · nflverse. Every figure on this page is a value the analysis engine cited from the underlying data — nothing is hand-entered. Stats are 2025 regular season via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0); ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator (Jul 15, 2026 snapshot, not updated in-season).
FantasyTools analysis is opinion for entertainment purposes only — not betting, financial, or professional advice.
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