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Fantasy football quarterback rankings

38 quarterbacks, ordered by where drafters are taking them in PPR scoring.

Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM ET

PPR QB: drafters are taking Josh Allen at ADP 1, ahead of the other 37 quarterbacks ranked here. 31 of these quarterbacks already carry a live player market, and those figures come from the market rather than a draft-order guess.

In a one quarterback league only twelve quarterbacks start each week and the scoring gap between the third and the tenth is usually smaller than the gap between the third and tenth running back, so quarterback is the position where waiting costs the least.

Week 5 QB rankings

The top 12 for week 5, ordered by market-based projected points rather than by where anyone was drafted. All week 5 QB rankings.

#PlayerProj. ptsMatchupByeMarket
1Josh AllenQB BUF22.8@ LAR23rd most QB pts allowed7244.8 pass yds, 36.5 rush yds, 53% TD
2Dak PrescottQB DAL21.8vs. TB13th most QB pts allowed14265.5 pass yds, 9.5 rush yds, 15% TD
3Jared GoffQB DET21.1@ ARI4th most QB pts allowed6280.6 pass yds, 0.5 rush yds, 7% TD
4Matthew StaffordQB LAR20.5vs. BUF7th most QB pts allowed11280.5 pass yds, 1.5 rush yds, 6% TD
5Drake MayeQB NE18.3vs. LV18th most QB pts allowed11227.7 pass yds, 30.6 rush yds, 20% TD
6Jayden DanielsQB WAS18.2vs. NYG9th most QB pts allowed-198.7 pass yds, 30.5 rush yds, 28% TD
7Jacoby BrissettQB ARI17.7vs. DETmost QB pts allowed14270.2 pass yds, 6.5 rush yds, 16% TD
8Joe BurrowQB CIN17.5@ MIA6th most QB pts allowed6235.7 pass yds, 12% TD
9Tyler ShoughQB NO17.3vs. MIN32nd most QB pts allowed8238.8 pass yds, 22% TD
10Trevor LawrenceQB JAX17.0vs. PHI16th most QB pts allowed7226.5 pass yds, 13.5 rush yds, 24% TD
11Deshaun WatsonQB CLE16.9@ NYJ21st most QB pts allowed-203.5 pass yds, 25.6 rush yds, 20% TD
12Brock PurdyQB SF16.5@ SEA31st most QB pts allowed-225.2 pass yds, 19.5 rush yds, 15% TD

Matchup: where the opponent ranks in fantasy points allowed per game to that position, 1 being the most. While the 2026 sample is short, it is blended with 2025.

Week 5 questions

  • Who is the QB1 in Week 5?

    Josh Allen (@ LAR) is the QB1 for Week 5 at 22.8 PPR points, the fantasy points his player markets imply. Dak Prescott is QB2 at 21.8 and Jared Goff is QB3 at 21.1.

  • Which QB has the best matchup in Week 5?

    Among the top 12 QBs on the Week 5 market board, Jacoby Brissett has the softest matchup: the Lions allow the most QB fantasy points per game, 2025 and 2026 blended. The market projection has him QB7 for Week 5 at 17.7 points.

This is the season board. The week is priced separately: Week 5 QB rankings from market data, or every position for Week 5 on one page.

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What changes in this view

Quarterbacks score differently from everyone else on the board: almost all of their points come from passing yards and passing touchdowns, and interceptions take points back off. In a one-quarterback league only twelve of them start each week, so the gap between the third quarterback off the board and the tenth is usually smaller than the gap between the third running back and the tenth.

This view keeps only quarterbacks and re-numbers them 1 upward in the order drafters are taking them, in PPR scoring. Catches do not change a quarterback's score, so PPR, half-PPR and standard rank quarterbacks almost identically.

How to draft quarterbacks this season

Quarterbacks score from a different set of events than everyone else on the board: passing yards and passing touchdowns do nearly all of the work, interceptions take points back off, and rushing yards are the one input that separates the very top of the list from the rest. Because every starting quarterback throws the ball on most of his team's meaningful plays, the floor at this position is higher and flatter than anywhere else.

That flatness is the entire strategic point. In a one quarterback league only twelve of them are starters in any given week, so the useful part of this list is short, and the distance between the third quarterback drafted and the tenth is usually smaller than the equivalent distance at running back or wide receiver. Spending an early pick here buys a smaller edge than spending the same pick on a position where the drop is steep. This is why so many drafts leave quarterback until the middle rounds and why that is usually correct.

Reception scoring does not apply to a quarterback, so PPR, half PPR and standard order this list almost identically. The format that does change it completely is superflex or 2QB, where a second quarterback slot roughly doubles the number of starters and pulls the whole position up the board.

Where the tier breaks fall, and what they mean

The first tier break at quarterback usually falls after the small group who both throw and run, because rushing production is the one input that reliably separates quarterback scoring. After that the tiers are long and flat, and a long flat tier is a direct instruction: take the last name in it rather than the first, and spend the picks you saved on a position where the drop is real.

  1. Tier 1 (4 players): Josh Allen, Dak Prescott, Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford
  2. Tier 2 (5 players): Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, Jacoby Brissett, Joe Burrow, Tyler Shough
  3. Tier 3 (15 players): Trevor Lawrence, Deshaun Watson, Brock Purdy, Bo Nix, C.J. Stroud, Aaron Rodgers, Jalon Daniels, Kyler Murray and 7 more
  4. Tier 4 (3 players): Geno Smith, Michael Penix Jr., Kirk Cousins
  5. Tier 5 (2 players): Malik Willis, Jameis Winston

Tiers recomputed from the live board on Oct 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM ET, inside this view's own pool.

What the market prices for these quarterbacks

#PlayerTierByeMarket
1Josh AllenQB BUF17244.8 pass yds, 36.5 rush yds, 53% TD
2Dak PrescottQB DAL114265.5 pass yds, 9.5 rush yds, 15% TD
3Jared GoffQB DET16280.6 pass yds, 0.5 rush yds, 7% TD
4Matthew StaffordQB LAR111280.5 pass yds, 1.5 rush yds, 6% TD
5Drake MayeQB NE111227.7 pass yds, 30.6 rush yds, 20% TD
6Jayden DanielsQB WAS1-198.7 pass yds, 30.5 rush yds, 28% TD
7Jacoby BrissettQB ARI114270.2 pass yds, 6.5 rush yds, 16% TD
8Joe BurrowQB CIN16235.7 pass yds, 12% TD
9Tyler ShoughQB NO18238.8 pass yds, 22% TD
10Trevor LawrenceQB JAX17226.5 pass yds, 13.5 rush yds, 24% TD
11Deshaun WatsonQB CLE1-203.5 pass yds, 25.6 rush yds, 20% TD
12Brock PurdyQB SF1-225.2 pass yds, 19.5 rush yds, 15% TD
13Bo NixQB DEN110223.5 pass yds, 14.5 rush yds, 19% TD
14C.J. StroudQB HOU18239.7 pass yds, 9.5 rush yds, 12% TD
15Aaron RodgersQB PIT19224.4 pass yds, 9% TD
16Jalon DanielsQB TB1-181.8 pass yds, 45.4 rush yds, 26% TD
17Kyler MurrayQB MIN16213.3 pass yds, 15.6 rush yds, 18% TD
18Justin HerbertQB LAC17199.5 pass yds, 25.5 rush yds, 15% TD
19Tyson BagentQB CHI1-219.4 pass yds, 10.5 rush yds, 14% TD
20Tyler HuntleyQB BAL1-173.7 pass yds, 24.5 rush yds, 19% TD
21Jordan LoveQB GB111235.3 pass yds, 6.5 rush yds, 11% TD
22Sam DarnoldQB SEA111228.1 pass yds, 4.5 rush yds, 10% TD
23Jalen HurtsQB PHI110193.2 pass yds, 26.5 rush yds, 32% TD
24Daniel JonesQB IND113214 pass yds, 10.5 rush yds, 16% TD
25Geno SmithQB NYJ113207.1 pass yds, 10.5 rush yds, 11% TD
26Michael Penix Jr.QB ATL111221.4 pass yds, 0.5 rush yds, 8% TD
27Kirk CousinsQB LV1-230.7 pass yds, 0.5 rush yds, 6% TD
28Malik WillisQB MIA16192.5 pass yds, 22% TD
29Jameis WinstonQB NYG1-200.5 pass yds, 2.5 rush yds, 9% TD
30Cam WardQB TEN19190.6 pass yds, 10.5 rush yds, 12% TD
31Lamar JacksonQB BAL11327% TD

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The pick numbers come from consensus average draft position across thousands of live drafts (Fantasy Football Calculator consensus ADP), covering 222 draftable players in total. Nobody here is given an invented projection.