Matthew Berry’s Updated Way Too Early Positional Rankings for 2026

Below are my way too early positional rankings for the 2026 fantasy football season. As always, a couple of caveats. First, while these rankings can be used for a variety of different formats, they are intended for 1 QB re-draft leagues with full PPR scoring.

So, if your league uses a different scoring system or structure, you’ll need to make the necessary adjustments. Second, these rankings reflect how I value players if I was drafting today, March 26. A lot will obviously change between now and when most of you will have your drafts, so always check the publish date to see when the latest update occurred.

I will adjust these positional rankings to include rookies once the NFL draft happens and we know the landing spots for those players, at which point I’ll also release my top 100 overall rankings. And finally, given that we’re still five months away from the NFL season, there is still a lot of uncertainty about the recovery timelines for players coming off major injuries. For now, I’m taking an optimistic approach and assuming Patrick Mahomes , Cam Skattebo , Malik Nabers , and Tucker Kraft are all fully healthy and ready by Week 1, but their rankings will be adjusted if we get information that indicates otherwise.

As always, please let me know what you think of the rankings – what you agree with, what you don’t – on social media where I am @MatthewBerryTMR on all platforms (X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky) except the Bleacher Nation Fantasy App where I am merely @MatthewBerry. Let's get to it: Matthew Berry’s Way Too Early Positional Rankings QB Rankings RANK PLAYER POS TEAM 1 Josh Allen QB BUF 2 Lamar Jackson QB BAL 3 Drake Maye QB NE 4 Jayden Daniels QB WSH 5 Jalen Hurts QB PHI 6 Joe Burrow QB CIN 7 Caleb Williams QB CHI 8 Patrick Mahomes QB KC 9 Trevor Lawrence QB JAX 10 Brock Purdy QB SF 11 Dak Prescott QB DAL 12 Kyler Murray QB MIN 13 Jaxson Dart QB NYG 14 Bo Nix QB DEN 15 Justin Herbert QB LAC 16 Matthew Stafford QB LAR 17 Baker Mayfield QB TB 18 Daniel Jones QB IND 19 Malik Willis QB MIA 20 Jared Goff QB DET 21 Jordan Love QB GB 22 Tyler Shough QB NO 23 Jacoby Brissett QB ARI 24 C. J Stroud QB HOU 25 Sam Darnold QB SEA RB Rankings RANK PLAYER POS TEAM 1 Bijan Robinson RB ATL 2 Jahmyr Gibbs RB DET 3 Jonathan Taylor RB IND 4 Christian McCaffrey RB SF 5 James Cook RB BUF 6 Ashton Jeanty RB LV 7 De’Von Achane RB MIA 8 Kenneth Walker III RB KC 9 Saquon Barkley RB PHI 10 Omarion Hampton RB LAC 11 Chase Brown RB CIN 12 Derrick Henry RB BAL 13 Josh Jacobs RB GB 14 Travis Etienne Jr.