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

Below are my Updated 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. 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.

And finally, given that we’re still four 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.

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 Trevor Lawrence QB JAX 9 Jaxson Dart QB NYG 10 Brock Purdy QB SF 11 Dak Prescott QB DAL 12 Patrick Mahomes QB KC 13 Kyler Murray QB MIN 14 Bo Nix QB DEN 15 Justin Herbert QB LAC 16 Matthew Stafford QB LAR 17 Tyler Shough QB NO 18 Jared Goff QB DET 19 Baker Mayfield QB TB 20 Daniel Jones QB IND 21 Jordan Love QB GB 22 Malik Willis QB MIA 23 Cam Ward QB TEN 24 C. J Stroud QB HOU 25 Bryce Young QB CAR 26 Sam Darnold QB SEA 27 Geno Smith QB NYJ 28 Fernando Mendoza QB LV 29 Jacoby Brissett QB ARI 30 Aaron Rodgers QB FA RB Rankings RANK PLAYER POS TEAM 1 Bijan Robinson RB ATL 2 Jahmyr Gibbs RB DET 3 Christian McCaffrey RB SF 4 Jonathan Taylor RB IND 5 James Cook RB BUF 6 Ashton Jeanty RB LV 7 De’Von Achane RB MIA 8 Saquon Barkley RB PHI 9 Kenneth Walker III RB KC 10 Omarion Hampton RB LAC 11 Jeremiyah Love RB ARI 12 Chase Brown RB CIN 13 Derrick Henry RB BAL 14 Josh Jacobs RB GB 15 Travis Etienne Jr. RB NO 16 Breece Hall RB NYJ 17 Javonte Williams RB DAL 18 Kyren Williams RB LAR 19 Cam Skattebo RB NYG 20 Bucky Irving RB TB 21 Quinshon Judkins RB CLE 22 David Montgomery RB HOU 23 TreVeyon Henderson RB NE 24 D’Andre Swift RB CHI 25 Bhayshul Tuten RB JAX 26 Chuba Hubbard RB CAR 27 Jadarian Price RB SEA 28 Tony Pollard RB TEN 29 Rhamondre Stevenson RB NE 30 Jaylen Warren RB PIT 31 Rico Dowdle RB CAR 32 JK Dobbins RB DEN 33 Aaron Jones RB MIN 34 Kyle Monangai RB CHI 35 Rachaad White RB WSH 36 Kenneth Gainwell RB TB 37 RJ Harvey RB DEN 38 Blake Corum RB LAR 39 Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB WSH 40 Woody Marks RB HOU 41 Jordan Mason RB MIN 42 Tyjae Spears RB TEN 43 Alvin Kamara RB NO 44 Chris Rodriguez Jr.