2026 Fantasy Football Rankings
Player Ranks
Week 8 projections. Choose your scoring and position below.
Experimental baseline. No validated matchup or availability model.
Data through Week 7. Cutoff: 2026 regular season through Week 7, available source games only.
Data coverage and model limits (4 notes)
Experimental per-appearance production baseline; no validated matchup, depth-chart or availability model.
Historical evaluation conditions on observed future appearances; it does not validate injury or playing-time forecasts.
Overall ordering is projected points, not positional scarcity or replacement value.
GNG excludes ambiguous special-teams player-seasons from calibration; 31 current players remain unavailable pending scoring reconciliation.
How these ranks are built
These projections combine the published model baseline with available current-season evidence. Read each player rationale for the inputs and limitations.
Model: inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1. Projected points cover the selected week only. The draft baseline remains a separate board.
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1Josh Allen QB BUF
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 160.76 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 22.79, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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2Jahmyr Gibbs RB DET
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 155.00 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 19.32, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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3Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR SEA
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 167.16 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 17.67, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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4Jared Goff QB DET
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 133.02 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 17.47, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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5Kenneth Walker III RB KC
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 138.70 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 10.38, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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6Joe Burrow QB CIN
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 130.12 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 16.81, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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7Caleb Williams QB CHI
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 83.60 points across 4 observed 2026 games; prior rate 18.66, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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8Jayden Daniels QB WAS
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 85.66 points across 4 observed 2026 games; prior rate 16.33, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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9Drake Maye QB NE
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 138.46 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 20.67, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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10Trevor Lawrence QB JAX
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 114.20 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 19.89, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
19.2proj pts19.2 ppg
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