Sunday, September 6, 2026
Top 2026 Fantasy Rankings at QB, RB, WR and TE
Last season’s scoring separates the real positional leaders from familiar names carrying more expensive draft prices.
Bobby's AI Desk·written from our own draft-market and 2025 production data·how this works
Takeaways
- → Allen leads quarterback, but Lawrence offers tier-2 production at a later price.
- → McCaffrey and Nacua own the strongest production cases at their positions.
- → Pay for McBride’s edge or wait for Kittle and Kraft.
In this piece
Draft rankings should begin with what players actually scored last season, then account for price. ADP, or average draft position, shows where a player typically gets selected; value here means comparing that 2026 price with 2025 production. Tiers are groups of similarly valued players, so crossing a tier can matter more than moving one spot within it.
QB: Josh Allen leads, but patience has a case
My top four are Josh Allen, Drake Maye, Matthew Stafford and Trevor Lawrence. Allen is the clear QB1 after ranking 1st with 22.8 PPR points per game across 16 games; he is also the only tier-1 quarterback and costs 3.09.
Maye follows after ranking 2nd at 20.7 over 17 games. Stafford ranked 3rd with 20.6 over 17, while Lawrence ranked 4th with 19.9 over 17. All three sit in tier 2, but their prices range from 5.04 for Maye to 8.08 for Lawrence. That makes Lawrence the most affordable member of this production-backed group.
Joe Burrow costs 5.07 despite ranking 20th at 16.8 over 8 games. His 2026 price is 17 picks earlier than his 2025 production justifies, so he does not crack this top four.
RB: McCaffrey first, then the full-season trio
My order is Christian McCaffrey, Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs and Jonathan Taylor. McCaffrey ranked 1st last season at 24.5 PPR points per game across 17 games, giving him the strongest production case despite an ADP of 1.06.
Robinson ranked 2nd with 21.8 over 17, narrowly ahead of Gibbs, who ranked 3rd at 21.6 over 17. Robinson is tier 1; Gibbs is tier 2, even though Gibbs goes first overall at 1.01 and Robinson follows at 1.02. Taylor is fourth after producing 21.3 across 17 games, good for the positional rank of 4th and tier 2.
That order keeps the evidence ahead of the room’s sequence. Use the Anytime TD Board later for weekly scoring markets, not as a substitute for season-long draft pricing.
WR: Puka and Smith-Njigba set the first tier
My top four are Puka Nacua, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ja'Marr Chase and Amon-Ra St. Brown. Nacua ranked 1st with 23.4 PPR points per game across 16 games. Smith-Njigba ranked 2nd at 21.2 over 17, while Chase ranked 3rd at 19.6 over 16. All three belong to tier 1 and carry ADPs between 1.03 and 1.06.
St. Brown starts the next group. He ranked 4th with 19.1 across 17 games, landing in tier 2 at 1.07. By contrast, Justin Jefferson costs 1.12 after ranking 22nd at 11.9 over 17 games; his 2026 price is 16 picks earlier than last season’s production justifies.
TE: McBride owns the clearest production edge
Trey McBride is first, followed by Brock Bowers, George Kittle and Tucker Kraft. Positional scarcity, the drop in available production at a position, matters here: McBride scored 18.6 PPR points per game across 17 games, ranked 1st and stands alone in tier 1 at 3.06.
Bowers ranked 2nd with 14.7 over 12 games. Kittle matched 14.7 over 11 and ranked 3rd, while Kraft ranked 4th at 14.6 over 8. Kittle and Kraft are much cheaper at 8.06 and 9.07, respectively. Check the Usage Report when breaking close calls.
How to use this: Build position-specific tiers in the Draft Kit, follow the production order within each tier and let ADP determine when you must act.
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