Rankings for the 2026 season
<div><div class=”article-meta”><div class=”byline-wrap”><ul class=”authors byline-authors” WPAuto_Base_Readability=”-0.69811320754717″><li class=”single-author mugshot-shown” WPAuto_Base_Readability=”0.69811320754717″><div class=”author-img”><img src=”https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/columnists/espn_generic_m.jpg&;h=80&;w=80&;scale=crop” alt=”” width=”40″ height=”40″/></div><p>ESPN Fantasy<span class=”timestamp “>Apr 28, 2026, 09:20 AM ET</span></p><div class=”author-overlay”><a class=”icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after” href=”#”>Close</a><div class=”author-meta”><a class=”btn-social icon-font-before icon-twitter-solid-before horizontal” href=”http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ESPNFantasy”>Follow on X</a></div></div></li></ul><p>Multiple Authors</p></div></div><div class=”content-reactions reactions-allowed ” data-behavior=”content_reactions” data-contentid=”FFPreseasonRank26main” data-nowid=”1-48552599″ data-contenttitle=”2026 fantasy football draft rankings: PPR leagues”><div class=”content-reactions_reactions-wrapper”><div class=”share-button-wrapper”><button class=”icon-button reactions-button reactions-hover-button share-button user-not-parsed”…
<div><div class=”article-meta”><div class=”byline-wrap”><ul class=”authors byline-authors” WPAuto_Base_Readability=”-0.69811320754717″><li class=”single-author mugshot-shown” WPAuto_Base_Readability=”0.69811320754717″><div class=”author-img”><img src=”https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/columnists/espn_generic_m.jpg&;h=80&;w=80&;scale=crop” alt=”” width=”40″ height=”40″/></div><p>ESPN Fantasy<span class=”timestamp “>Apr 28, 2026, 09:20 AM ET</span></p><div class=”author-overlay”><a class=”icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after” href=”#”>Close</a><div class=”author-meta”><a class=”btn-social icon-font-before icon-twitter-solid-before horizontal” href=”http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ESPNFantasy”>Follow on X</a></div></div></li></ul><p>Multiple Authors</p></div></div><div class=”content-reactions reactions-allowed ” data-behavior=”content_reactions” data-contentid=”FFPreseasonRank26main” data-nowid=”1-48552599″ data-contenttitle=”2026 fantasy football draft rankings: PPR leagues”><div class=”content-reactions_reactions-wrapper”><div class=”share-button-wrapper”><button class=”icon-button reactions-button reactions-hover-button share-button user-not-parsed” data-behavior=”share_button” aria-label=”Share”/></div><div class=”content-reactions-extended-wrapper”><button class=”icon-button reactions-button main-reactions-button reactions-hover-button”/><button class=”sr-only main-reactions-sr-only”>Open Extended Reactions</button><p/></div></div><div class=”content-reactions_count-wrapper”><button class=”icon-button reactions-button reactions-count-button reactions-hover-button” data-native-bridge=”true”/></div><div class=”reactions-skeleton-loading”><div class=”reactions-skeleton-left”><p/><p/></div><div class=”reactions-skeleton-right”><p/></div></div></div><p>It’s <a href=”/fantasy/football/”>fantasy football</a> draft season! And really, when is it not? It’s time to put it all together with our fantasy football rankings for the 2026 season.</p><p>Below, you will find our rankings for quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, kickers and defenses for PPR (point per reception) formats, as well as for superflex and IDP (individual defensive player) leagues. Because of the evolving nature of news throughout the offseason, we have asked all of our rankers to value each player as if they were drafting a fantasy football team <em>today</em>.</p><hr/><p><strong><a href=”https://fantasy.espn.com/football/welcome?addata=contextual_ffl_2026″>Now’s the time to create or reactivate a league</a></strong></p><hr/><h2>Fantasy football PPR rankings</h2><p><em>Featuring individual and composite rankings from Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Daniel Dopp, Eric Karabell, Liz Loza, Eric Moody and Field Yates. PPR leagues award an extra point for every pass caught.</em></p><aside class=”inline float-r inline-track” WPAuto_Base_Readability=”3.4054054054054″><h2 class=”img-title”>Your League, Your Rules</h2><p><a href=”https://fantasy.espn.com/football/welcome?addata=ffl_2026_in_line_bethecommish” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://a.espncdn.com/lm-static/Fantasy%20Refresh%20Inline%20Ads/1320×528/ffl-1320×528_03.jpg” alt=”” width=”100%” class=”imageLoaded”/></a></p><p>Create a league and customize league size, scoring and rules to play in the league <i>you</i> want to play in.</p><p><strong><a href=”https://fantasy.espn.com/football/welcome?addata=ffl_2026_in_line_bethecommish”>Create a league today!</a></strong></p>
</aside><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFPreseasonRank26QB/nfl-fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-qb-quarterback”><strong>Quarterback</strong></a></p><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFPreseasonRank26RB/nfl-fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-rb-running-back”><strong>Running back</strong></a></p><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFPreseasonRank26WR/nfl-fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-wr-wide-receiver”><strong>Wide receiver</strong></a></p><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFPreseasonRank26TE/nfl-fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-te-tight-end”><strong>Tight end</strong></a></p><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFPreseasonRank26K/nfl-fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-k-kicker”><strong>Kicker</strong></a></p><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFPreseasonRank26DST/nfl-fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-dst-defense”><strong>Defense/special teams (D/ST)</strong></a></p><p><!–<h2>Cheat sheets</h2><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFCheatSheetCent25-44507555/2025-fantasy-football-rankings-cheat-sheet-depth-charts-ppr”>Cheat Sheet Central</a> — One-stop shop to find a cheat sheet that fits your needs</p><p><a href=”https://g.espncdn.com/s/ffldraftkit/25/NFL25_CS_PPR300.pdf?adddata=2025CS_PPR300″>PPR top 300</a></p><p>–></p><h2>More PPR rankings</h2><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47513496/2026-fantasy-football-rankings-ppr-mike-clay”>Mike Clay’s positional ranks</a></p><p><!–<br /><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/45042111/fantasy-football-rankings-2025-ppr”>Tristan H. Cockcroft’s top 200 and superflex top 150</a></p><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/45915931/2025-fantasy-football-rankings-ppr-field-yates-qb-rb-wr-te”>Field Yates’ top 100</a></p><p>–></p><h2>Superflex rankings</h2><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47539664/2026-fantasy-football-rankings-flex-superflex-ppr-eric-karabell”>Eric Karabell’s top 200</a></p><hr/><strong>Did you know?</strong><p style=”display: inline;” class=”WPAuto_Base_Readability-styled”> ESPN Fantasy supports keepers by round and free agent budget trading.</p><hr/><p><!–<h2>Tiered rankings</h2><p><img src=”https://a.espncdn.com/redesign/assets/img/logos/espnplus/espnplus-editorial_v2@2x.png” width=”49″> <a href=”/fantasy/football/insider/story/_/id/40689766/2024-fantasy-football-rankings-draft”>Mike Clay’s 192 players who should be drafted in 12-team leagues</a></p><p>–></p><h2>Dynasty and rookie rankings</h2><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/15698900/mike-clay-dynasty-rookie-fantasy-football-rankings”>Mike Clay’s dynasty top 240 and top 80 rookies</a></p><p><!–<br /><b><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/39386014/fantasy-football-rankings-2024-ppr-top-200″>Eric Moody’s top 200</a></b></p><p><b><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/37772690/2023-fantasy-football-rankings-keeper-leagues”>Eric Moody’s top 200 keeper rankings</a></b></p><p>–></p><h2>IDP rankings</h2><p><a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/page/FFPreseasonRank26IDP/nfl-fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-idp”>Top 40 DLs, LBs and DBs</a></p><h2>Looking for more?</h2><ul WPAuto_Base_Readability=”0″><li WPAuto_Base_Readability=”0″><p><a href=”https://fantasy.espn.com/football/players/projections”>Mike Clay’s 2026 projections</a></p></li><li WPAuto_Base_Readability=”-0.27450980392157″><p>Check out the <a href=”https://fantasy.espn.com/football/leaders”>2025 fantasy football scoring leaders</a></p></li><li WPAuto_Base_Readability=”-0.17021276595745″><p>See our <a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47879613/fantasy-football-2026-offensive-depth-charts”>2026 fantasy football team depth charts</a></p></li></ul><p><!–<li><p>View our <a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/33854337/fantasy-football-mock-draft-jonathan-taylor-leads-rb-heavy-first-round-10-team-ppr”>Post-NFL draft PPR mock draft</a> here.</li><li><p>Want to learn how to play, or teach a friend how? Start with <a href=”/fantasy/football/story/_/id/19522393/fantasy-football-espn-fantasy-football-101″>Fantasy Football 101</a></li><p>–></p><p style=”display: inline;” class=”WPAuto_Base_Readability-styled”>
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