DK Metcalf stats & 2026 fantasy outlook
Through Week 8 of 2026, DK Metcalf has 77.9 PPR points in 8 games: 9.7 per game, WR43 of 175 in PPR points per game.
Week 9 call · Half-PPR
Sit him. PIT is on bye in Week 9.
Start, flex or sitOur one-line weekly call, for a 12-team league: start a top-12 QB, top-24 RB or WR, or top-12 TE this week; flex the next ones who would still fill a flex spot; sit the rest.More in the glossary : a 12-team league's starters and flex spots, from this week's projections.
DK Metcalf
WR · Pittsburgh Steelers
Season so far · through Week 8
- PPG · points per gameFantasy points divided by games played, so a player is not marked down for the weeks he sat out.More in the glossary
- 7.7 half-PPR points a game over 8 games, 61.4 in all.
- PPR rank
- WR43 of 175 WRs with 2 or more games, by PPR points per game.
- Games
- 8 games with a stat line through Week 8.
- 23.1% of his team's targets this season, per team game.
PPR 77.9 (9.7/g) · Std 44.9 (5.6/g)
This week · Week 9
On bye in Week 9. Back in Week 10 at CIN, Sun 8:20 PM ET.
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, Week 5 IND 3.8, Week 6 TB 14.8, Week 7 NO 6.6, Week 8 CLE 0.9.
2026 season · the games so far
DK Metcalf 2026 stats so far
Through Week 8 · Week 8 in progress — 13 of 14 games final · nflverse stats as of
- PPR pts / game
- 9.7
- WR rank
- WR43
- of 175 with 2+ games
- Games
- 8
- PIT
| Scoring | Total | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 44.9 | 5.6 |
| Half-PPR | 61.4 | 7.7 |
| PPR | 77.9 | 9.7 |
WR rank is by PPR points per game among WRs with 2 or more games.
Game log
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| Wk | Opp | PPR ptsHalf · Std | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share | Snap % | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | CLE | 1.4 0.9 · 0.4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27% | 92% | Score this game |
| 7 | NO | 7.6 6.6 · 5.6 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 21% | 92% | Score this game |
| 6 | TB | 20.3 14.8 · 9.3 | 15 | 11 | 93 | 0 | 34% | 95% | Score this game |
| 5 | IND | 5.3 3.8 · 2.3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 13% | 92% | Score this game |
| 4 | CLE | 16.5 14.0 · 11.5 | 9 | 5 | 115 | 0 | 23% | 97% | Score this game |
| 3 | CIN | 12.1 10.6 · 9.1 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 16% | 95% | Score this game |
| 2 | NE | 6.7 4.7 · 2.7 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 24% | 97% | Score this game |
| 1 | ATL | 8.0 6.0 · 4.0 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 27% | 96% | Score this game |
PPR pts is nflverse's full-PPR total for the game; the smaller line under it is the same game in Half-PPR, then Standard (half a point, and a point, less per catch). "Score this game" opens the fantasy point calculator with that exact line loaded, to re-score it in 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 6–8) | Season | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snap share | 93% | 95% | −2 |
| Targets per game | 9.0 | 8.0 | +1.0 |
| Target share | 27% | 23% | +4 |
| Air-yards share | 55% | 39% | +16 |
| PPR points per game | 9.8 | 9.7 | +0.1 |
Shares are team-relative and averaged per game.
This week · PIT on bye
Week 9
On bye in Week 9. Back in Week 10 at CIN, Sun 8:20 PM ET.
| ROS · rest of seasonEverything left on the schedule from this week on. Rest-of-season value is what matters for trades and pickups, where one week is noise.More in the glossary | WR31 of 109 · 9.2 PPGHalf-PPR points per game, market prior included · 8 games left through Week 17 |
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Trade value 0 of 100
Redraft chart, Weeks 9–17, 12-team Half-PPR: at or below a replacement player, so about 0 in a trade.
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Market priorWhere drafters valued a player before the season (his preseason ADP), blended into our projections so a few early games cannot swing his number too far.More in the glossary : preseason ADP · average draft positionWhere a player went on average in fantasy drafts: an ADP of 4.2 means he was usually the fourth player taken. Ours is preseason ADP, frozen once drafts end.More in the glossary from Fantasy Football Calculator.
Preseason read (July 2026)The draft-day verdict, 2025 stats, Chalk & Sharp and July ADP, as published.
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.
Our read, framed from the cited 2025 data below — opinion, not a projection.
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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