Gibbs or Bijan: Who's the Better Dynasty Asset Today?

Gibbs on contract, Bijan by a hair on the board. He already sat at the top of the running back board with Bijan. Now he's also the highest-paid running back in NFL history, topping both Bijan Robinson and Jonathan Taylor's deals from earlier this same week.

The quick answer

Gibbs scores a 9,767 Dynasty Value Score, second among running backs behind Bijan at 9,780, and projects for 322.8 half-PPR points in 2026, 19.0 per game. On Thursday, he signed a three-year extension with Detroit worth $67.5 million — up to $75.75 million with incentives, $51.5 million guaranteed. At $22.5 million a year, it edges out Robinson's $22.25 million and Taylor's $22 million to make Gibbs the highest-paid back in the league. Three record-setting running back contracts in one week, and Gibbs came out on top of all of them.

What just happened

This was the fastest of the three deals to come together. Robinson signed with Atlanta on Tuesday. Taylor agreed to terms with Indianapolis on Wednesday. By Thursday evening, Gibbs and the Lions had a deal too, ending the hold-in that kept him off the practice field for the first part of training camp. Each contract raised the bar for the next, and Gibbs's camp used that leverage to land the biggest deal of the three by average annual value.

Detroit's front office has a track record of paying its homegrown talent before it reaches free agency, and general manager Brad Holmes had signaled all offseason that a deal was a matter of when, not if. Head coach Dan Campbell said as much once Robinson's extension landed earlier in the week — he called himself "anxious" to get Gibbs back on the field, and less than 48 hours later, that's exactly what happened.

The role behind the money

Detroit traded David Montgomery to the Houston Texans this offseason, ending the committee backfield that split touches between the two backs for three seasons. The Lions brought in Isiah Pacheco as depth, but he isn't expected to see anything close to the workload Montgomery carried — this is Gibbs's backfield now, without a real complementary back stealing goal-line or early-down work.

That shift matters. Gibbs set career highs across the board in 2025 even while sharing touches — 77 catches, 616 receiving yards, and five receiving touchdowns, all personal bests. A full workhorse role in new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing's system, without Montgomery siphoning carries, points toward an even higher target and touch share in 2026 than his three-year averages already suggest.

What he's done to earn it

Gibbs has racked up 5,029 yards from scrimmage and 49 total touchdowns since entering the league in 2023, and he's missed just two games in three seasons — a strong durability track record at a position where availability is its own kind of skill. His 2025 season was a step down from his monster 2024 by fantasy finish, RB2 to RB4, but the underlying volume barely moved, and his per-touch efficiency stayed elite across the board.

He's also younger than most of the field he's now the highest-paid member of. At 24, with three full seasons of proven production and a contract that runs through the prime of his career, Gibbs checks every box a dynasty running back can check at once: talent, volume, offensive environment, and now, long-term security.

Where he stacks up against the field

Robinson remains Gibbs's closest competitor at 9,780, with Ashton Jeanty next at 9,674 and De'Von Achane at 9,645. Omarion Hampton (8,286) and Jeremiyah Love (7,617) sit in the next group. What still separates Gibbs isn't just talent — it is the richest contract at the position plus a score that only Bijan matches. Robinson's deal was the story earlier that week. By Thursday night, Gibbs had written the ending.

The bottom line

If you're holding Gibbs, this is about as good as a running back asset gets in dynasty. He's 24, he's the clear workhorse in a strong offense, and he just signed a contract that guarantees his role through the rest of his prime. If you're targeting him in a trade, know that his owner has even less reason to move him now than they did a week ago — the price only went up alongside the contract.

Model a trade for Gibbs on the Dynasty Trade Calculator — his score already reflects a true top-of-position asset, and the new deal only strengthens the case.