Half PPR versus full PPR versus standard: which players change tiers

Three formats, three separate rooms

A point per reception changes who scores, so it should change who gets drafted. The lazy way to handle that is to take a PPR list and nudge the pass catchers down for standard leagues. We do not do that. The board pulls three separate draft samples, one per format, and reranks from scratch when you switch.

On September 3 the PPR sample held 7,848 drafts from August 27 to September 3. The half PPR sample held 3,140 from August 29 to September 3. The standard sample held 1,722 from August 27 to September 3. Each price below comes from its own room, and the differences between rooms are what drafters actually did, not an adjustment we made.

One caveat before the numbers. The standard room is less than a quarter the size of the PPR room, so a standard price rests on fewer picks. Jameson Williams' standard price, for example, comes from 54 drafts. The direction of every move below is clear; the exact size of the small sample ones is rougher than it looks.

Who gets cheaper as the reception point disappears

The position that changes tiers is tight end, and the reason is that the good ones score on volume of catches, not yards.

Trey McBride goes at an average pick of 29.1 in PPR, 38.0 in half PPR and 50.1 in standard. That is round three, round four and round five, one round per format. Brock Bowers goes 34.6, 40.7 and 47.6. Kyle Pitts goes 81.1, 93.3 and 122.5, a slide of more than three rounds. Travis Kelce goes 106.7, 129.1 and 140.9.

In PPR, McBride is a tier 1 pick and Bowers is right behind him at 3.11. In standard, both are round four or five players, and the standard room takes Derrick Henry, Jonathan Taylor and Saquon Barkley well ahead of either. If your league is standard and you draft McBride at his PPR price, you paid two rounds for a tier that does not exist in your format.

Pass catching backs move the same direction. Kenny Gainwell goes 90.6 in PPR and 118.4 in standard. RJ Harvey goes 94.6 and 119.0. Among receivers, the slot and volume types slide: Garrett Wilson goes 27.2 in PPR and 41.1 in standard, and Wan'Dale Robinson goes 86.5 and 105.6.

Who gets dearer

The opposite move belongs to players who score on yards and touchdowns with few catches. Jameson Williams goes 45.4 in PPR, 38.6 in half PPR and 32.4 in standard, a full round earlier. Alec Pierce goes 69.8, 62.1 and 56.0. J.K. Dobbins goes 87.1, 80.9 and 70.8. Blake Corum goes 122.3, 119.2 and 102.9. Jordan Mason goes 113.7, 111.1 and 95.0.

Josh Jacobs shows the biggest standard move on the board, 55.8 in PPR to 34.0 in standard, but his numbers this week are not about format. The Packers placed him on the exempt list on August 30, and each room's average is a different mix of drafts before and after that news. His standard price comes from 54 drafts. Treat his row as a warning about small samples, not a format effect.

Source: Parlae board, Sep 3 2026, average overall pick in each format's own sample.

Who does not move at all

The top of the board is format proof. Jahmyr Gibbs goes 1.5 in PPR, 1.5 in half PPR and 1.4 in standard. Bijan Robinson goes 2.4, 2.3 and 2.2. Ja'Marr Chase goes 3.9 in PPR and 4.8 in standard. Christian McCaffrey goes 6.4 and 7.0. These are players who do everything, so no format changes what they are.

That tells you where to spend your attention. The first round takes care of itself in any format. The rounds where the format decides the pick are three through twelve, and the position where it decides most is tight end.

Half PPR is not the midpoint

One more thing the numbers show. Half PPR prices are not halfway between PPR and standard. McBride's half PPR price of 38.0 sits closer to his PPR price than his standard one. Pitts' half PPR price of 93.3 sits closer to PPR too. The half PPR room behaves like a PPR room with slightly less conviction about tight ends, not like a blend. If your league is half PPR, use the half PPR view and not an average you made in your head.

What to do with this

1. Set the board to your format before you look at a single tight end. In standard, McBride and Bowers are round four and five players and should be paid for as such; in PPR, they are round three picks and the room will not let them slide.
2. In standard and half PPR, mark the yards and touchdowns players, Jameson Williams, Alec Pierce, Dobbins, Corum, as a round earlier than any PPR list you have seen, or you will be surprised when they are gone.
3. Check the sample count on any standard price before trusting its exact number. A standard price from under 100 drafts tells you the direction of the move and not much about its size.