2026 Fantasy Football Rankings
Deterministic, formula-driven fantasy football rankings with advanced metrics and AI verdicts... Only on The GNG. Pick a scoring profile and a position board.
Pigskin rankings use position-specific formulas built from advanced multi-year usage and efficiency data, then apply a current-roster safety layer. That means workload, target share, routes, red-zone opportunity, touchdown rate, EPA efficiency, WOPR, YPRR, targets per route, age, availability, injury status, and current depth-chart context all matter. The goal is to rank players by the role and scoring opportunity they are most likely to carry into the season, not simply by last year’s finish.
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Christian McCaffrey earns RB1 in Half-PPR with 23.5% target share and 24.1 non-garbage-time touches per game. His 5.6 red-zone touches and 0.88 blended TDs per game support the scoring case, while -0.05 EPA per touch limits the efficiency boost.
Jonathan Taylor earns RB2 in Half-PPR with 10.4% target share and 21.7 non-garbage-time touches per game. His 4.4 red-zone touches and 0.83 blended TDs per game support the scoring case; +0.05 EPA per touch adds efficiency support.
Amon-Ra St. Brown lands at WR1 in Half-PPR on a 31.3% target share, 0.60 WOPR and 10.1 non-garbage-time targets per game. His 2.47 YPRR reinforces the efficiency case. 2.06 red-zone targets and 0.54 blended TDs per game shape the scoring outlook.
Bijan Robinson earns RB3 in Half-PPR with 19.9% target share and 21.2 non-garbage-time touches per game. His 2.6 red-zone touches and 0.46 blended TDs per game support the scoring case, while -0.04 EPA per touch limits the efficiency boost.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba lands at WR2 in Half-PPR on a 35.8% target share, 0.71 WOPR and 9.6 non-garbage-time targets per game. His 3.61 YPRR reinforces the efficiency case. 0.99 red-zone targets and 0.34 blended TDs per game shape the scoring outlook.
Jahmyr Gibbs earns RB4 in Half-PPR with 17.1% target share and 18.6 non-garbage-time touches per game. His 3.8 red-zone touches and 0.71 blended TDs per game support the scoring case, while -0.01 EPA per touch limits the efficiency boost.
Puka Nacua lands at WR3 in Half-PPR on a 30.3% target share, 0.57 WOPR and 10.4 non-garbage-time targets per game. His 3.70 YPRR reinforces the efficiency case. 1.05 red-zone targets and 0.36 blended TDs per game shape the scoring outlook.
Devon Achane earns RB5 in Half-PPR with 19.4% target share and 18.3 non-garbage-time touches per game. His 2.4 red-zone touches and 0.48 blended TDs per game support the scoring case; +0.05 EPA per touch adds efficiency support.
Deterministic guarded Standard formula ranks Josh Allen at QB1. No LLM reordering was applied.
Rashee Rice lands at WR4 in Half-PPR on a 28.7% target share, 0.48 WOPR and 9.6 non-garbage-time targets per game. His 2.15 YPRR supports the efficiency case. Availability is the clear risk after a 47% games-played rate.
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Ranking guide
Pick the scoring profile your league actually uses. Then choose the Overall board or narrow the list by position. The formula establishes the order. The verdict tells you what is driving it.
Standard scoring favors touchdown production and yardage. PPR adds a full point per reception, while Half-PPR splits the difference. GNG Keeper applies the league's custom Sleeper scoring model. A player can move sharply when receptions, tight end production, or positional replacement value changes.
Rank and tier show where a player stands. Projected points describe expected weekly output. Pigskin score captures the formula's wider evaluation, and risk flags identify problems that could pull a player down. The verdict is an explanation, not the ranking engine.
Pigskin AI is a 2026 fantasy football ranking system built from deterministic, position-specific formulas. It combines multi-year usage and efficiency data with current role, availability, and depth-chart context. Plain-language AI verdicts explain the formula results.
The page includes Standard, PPR, Half-PPR, and GNG Keeper scoring profiles. GNG Keeper uses the league's custom scoring formula.
Each scoring profile includes an Overall Top 100 plus separate QB, RB, WR, and TE boards.
Position-specific formulas evaluate workload, target share, routes, red-zone opportunity, touchdown rate, EPA efficiency, WOPR, YPRR, age, injuries, availability, and current depth-chart context. The formula sets the ranking. The AI verdict explains the result in readable terms.
The board-generation timestamp identifies the source version currently displayed. When Pigskin AI publishes a changed scoring profile, the site verifies the source checksum before replacing that board.
Start with the scoring profile used by your league, then select Overall or a position. Compare rank and tier first. Use projected points, Pigskin score, risk flags, and the verdict to understand why players are separated.
