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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1Jahmyr Gibbs RB DET
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 171.00 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 21.58, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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2Kenneth Walker III RB KC
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 147.70 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 11.29, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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3Bijan Robinson RB ATL
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 145.70 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 21.81, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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4Jonathan Taylor RB IND
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 137.50 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 21.31, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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5Kyren Williams RB LAR
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 137.10 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 15.49, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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6James Cook III RB BUF
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 113.60 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 17.78, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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7Javonte Williams RB DAL
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 130.50 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 15.18, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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8Josh Jacobs RB GB fewer_than_two_observed_games
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 20.10 points across 1 observed 2026 games; prior rate 15.81, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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9Derrick Henry RB BAL
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 122.70 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 16.44, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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10D'Andre Swift RB CHI
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 122.80 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 14.29, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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