Fantasy football cheat sheet 2026
Every position split into its own tiers, in draft order, on one page you can print or hold.
Updated Aug 23, 2026 at 4:16 PM ET
A cheat sheet is a tiered list, not a ranked one. The number beside a name barely matters while your clock is running; what matters is whether the players you like are still in the same tier, because inside a tier the draft market cannot separate them and waiting costs you nothing.
How to use it on the clock
Work top down inside a tier and across tiers only when a tier empties. When two players you want are in the same tier and one plays a position you are thin at, take him: the market is telling you the two are level, so the tie breaker should be your roster rather than our ordering. When the last player in a tier goes and the next tier is a real step down, that is the moment to stop waiting at that position.
Tiers here are cut from live draft data, not drawn by hand: a new tier begins where the gap between consecutive players at a position is clearly larger than the typical gap in that list. Pick numbers print as round.pick in a 12 team league.
Quarterbacks
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 6
Tier 7
Tier 8
Full quarterbacks rankings (38 with real draft data)
Running backs
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5
Tier 10
Tier 11
Tier 12
Full running backs rankings (71 with real draft data)
Wide receivers
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5
Full wide receivers rankings (97 with real draft data)
Tight ends
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 4
Tier 5
- Mark Andrews TE12, BAL11.9
- Jake Ferguson TE13, DAL12.2
- David Njoku TE14, LAC12.4
- Isaiah Likely TE15, NYG12.5
- Juwan Johnson TE16, NO12.9
- Oronde Gadsden TE17, LAC13.4
- Dalton Kincaid TE18, BUF13.6
- Chig Okonkwo TE19, WAS13.11
- Hunter Henry TE20, NE14.1
- AJ Barner TE21, SEA14.4
- Kenyon Sadiq TE22, NYJ14.6
- Terrance Ferguson TE23, LAR14.7
- Brenton Strange TE24, JAX14.8
- Dalton Schultz TE25, HOU14.8
- T.J. Hockenson TE26, MIN14.11
Tier 6
Full tight ends rankings (28 with real draft data)
Take it into your draft
- Live draft assistant: best available on the clock, updating as picks come off the board.
- Mock draft: see who reaches your slot before you are in a real draft.
- Full ADP, all formats: the same pick numbers in PPR, half PPR, standard, 2QB and dynasty.