Malik Benson 2026 stats

Updated

Not on the Week 8 official injury report.

#19 · WR · Las Vegas Raiders · 2026 regular season

Is Malik Benson playing in Week 8?

Kickoff Sun Nov 1, 12:00 PM CT · Fox

Not on this week's official injury report

Fantasy: Last 3: 1 touch · 6 targets · 1.6 PPR (0.5 a game) · season 0.5 PPR a game

6'1" · 195 lbs · 24 years old · Oregon; Florida State; Alabama; Hutchinson CC · rookie season

At a glance: 2026: 12 receiving yards, 9 targets and 0 TDs in 5 games.

Malik Benson has 12 receiving yards in 5 games, under the mark to be ranked among wide receivers (1.875 catches per team game).

Official sources, timestamped

Rushing: 1 carry for −8 yards.

Usage

Malik Benson's usage, the season and the last three games he played
Malik BensonSeasonWeeks 1–7Last 3Weeks 5–7
Targets95
Target share3%4%
Air yards (average depth of target)141 (15.7)43 (8.6)
Carries10
Share of team carries1%0%
Red-zone touches (share of team red-zone plays)4 (5%)4 (12%)
Goal-to-go touches00
Carries on 1st and 2nd down100%—
Targets on 3rd down44%40%

Counted from nflverse's play-by-play, in the games he played: target share is his targets over his team's pass attempts; the red zone is inside the opponent's 20; goal-to-go is nflverse's flag; the down rows are shares of his own carries and targets. Source: nflverse play-by-play.

Data through Week 7's games, from nflverse player stats; nflverse last published it .

  • 12Yards receiving
  • 2Catches
  • 9Targets
  • 0TD
  • 3.5%Share of team targets

Receiving yards by week

0 4 7 Week 1: 6 Week 2: 0 Week 3: 0 Week 4: 0 Week 5: 6 Week 6: 0 Week 7: 0 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 0 4 7 Week 1: 6 Week 2: 0 Week 3: 0 Week 4: 0 Week 5: 6 Week 6: 0 Week 7: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Stats

  • Games with a stat5
  • Yardsreceiving12
  • Catches2
  • Targets9
  • Share ofteam targets3.5%
  • Air yards141
  • Share ofteam air yards6.7%
  • Yardsper catch6.0
  • TD0
  • EPAper target−0.81

Games with a stat: the games where nflverse's official box score credits him with a stat; a game he played without one is not counted. Tackles are NFL.com's combined tackles: this season every tackle credited, special teams included; past seasons NFL.com's final counts (solo tackles plus assists, special-teams assists not counted).

Fantasy points

Standard and PPR scoring · computed from official stats · Weeks 1–7 (5 games with a stat)

  • Per gamePPR / standard0.5 / 0.1
  • Best / median / worstPPR1.6 / 0.0 / 0.0
  • Season pointsPPR / standard2.4 / 0.4171st among WRs in PPR points
Malik Benson's fantasy points in each game
WeekPPRPPR points as a barStandard
Week 10.8-0.2
Week 20.00.0
Week 30.00.0
Week 51.60.6
Week 70.00.0

Points are stat math, not advice. Points are counted by us from nflverse's player stats in standard scoring (0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, 6 per rushing or receiving touchdown, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, -2 per interception or fumble lost, 2 per two-point conversion); PPR adds 1 per catch. Source: nflverse player stats.

Game log

Malik Benson, every 2026 regular-season game
GameResultCatchesTargetsYardsreceivingTDAir yardsPPRpointsOpp. rankallowed to WRs
Week 1 vs DolphinsW 27–131260310.824th
Week 2 at ChargersW 26–140100270.07th
Week 3 at SaintsW 35–270100400.021st
Week 4 vs ChiefsL 27–30000000.032nd
Week 5 at PatriotsL 17–451460251.616th
Week 6 vs BillsL 30–33000000.01st
Week 7 vs RamsL 21–350100180.028th

PPR points: the game's fantasy points, one point a catch. Opp. rank: where that week's opponent stood among the 32 defenses in average PPR points allowed to WRs, over its games through that week (1st = the most allowed).

Career stats · receiving

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

Malik Benson's career receiving, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statTargetsRecYdsTD
2026LV592120
Career592120

Career stats · rushing

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

Malik Benson's career rushing, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statAttYdsY/ATD
2026LV11-8-8.00
Career11-8-8.00

Injury status

Week 4 report: No game status · Full practice (not on the Week 8 report)

The latest entry for Malik Benson on the official NFL injury report, as nflverse publishes it (updated Thu, Oct 29 · 9:07 AM CT).

This season's injury and status history

Missed 0 of 7 games this season (officially Out, Inactive or on a reserve list)

Official sources only, newest week first: the team's game-day inactives list, else the week's official injury report, else an official reserve-list move. Played or not is from the box score; a week with no box-score line and no official status says only that.

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