DK Metcalf and James Conner have been on opposite sides of 21 real dynasty trades.
Not simulations and not a calculator lining up two numbers. Every one of them is a completed trade from a public Sleeper league, graded at the player values that were current on the day it happened.
Most of those were larger deals with other pieces attached. 1 of them were straight up: DK Metcalf for James Conner, nothing else changing hands.
In 1 of these deals exactly one side had to attach something extra, split 0 to 1 between the DK Metcalf side and the James Conner side. That is too close, and too small a sample, to call either player the more valuable.
Everything above is priced on the day each deal happened, which is the only honest way to grade a completed trade. It is not what they cost now. Today DK Metcalf prices at 2,285 and James Conner at 21, so the market currently rates DK Metcalf about 108.8x the other. A pair can lean one way across its history and price the opposite way now; that gap is the whole reason to check the deal in front of you rather than the deal someone made in 2023.
Values as of 2026-07-24.
| Date | Margin | Went with DK Metcalf | Went with James Conner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | -88% | Devontez Walker, Geno Smith, Davante Adams, 14 more | Tucker Kraft, Andrei Iosivas, Jaxson Dart, 15 more, 1 later pick |
| 2026-06-13 | -17% | Joe Milton, Rachaad White, Kirk Cousins, 15 more, 1 1st, 1 3rd | Matthew Stafford, Justice Hill, Michael Wilson, 19 more, 1 1st, 1 3rd, 1 later pick |
| 2025-10-19 | +0% | Sam LaPorta, Michael Penix, Spencer Rattler, 6 more | Ray Davis, LeQuint Allen, Tyreek Hill, 1 more, 7 1sts, 3 2nds, 1 3rd |
| 2025-08-22 | -12% | Stefon Diggs, Deebo Samuel | Josh Jacobs, Tony Pollard |
| 2025-07-04 | -34% | Baker Mayfield, Sean Tucker, Tyjae Spears | Kyler Murray, A.J. Brown |
| 2025-05-12 | +76% | 1 3rd | 1 2nd |
| 2025-04-28 | +77% | T.J. Watt, 1 2nd, 1 3rd | Keon Coleman, Myles Garrett, 1 3rd, 2 later picks |
| 2024-11-15 | -29% | 1 2nd | Jaylen Waddle |
| 2024-11-07 | +71% | Ja'Tavion Sanders | Bucky Irving, Quentin Johnston |
| 2024-08-21 | +14% | Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, Stefon Diggs, 1 more | Jaylen Wright, Keenan Allen, Matthew Stafford, 1 more |
Read each row as: DK Metcalf, plus anything in the third column, was traded for James Conner plus anything in the fourth. An em dash means that side sent nobody else. Margin is the value gap at that day’s prices from the side that received DK Metcalf; positive means that side came out ahead.
Across all 21, the whole-deal value gap runs +9.5% from the side that received DK Metcalf, so the side ending up with DK Metcalf has generally come out ahead on face value. That measures the entire trade, every piece included, not these two players against each other.
A calculator answers “is DK Metcalf for James Conner fair” by subtracting one number from another, and it gives every manager in your league the same answer. That tells you nothing about whether the trade closes. What closes it is whether one side has to attach a piece, and which side that usually is. The 21 deals above are the record of what leagues actually agreed to when these two were on the table together.
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