Fantasy football waiver wire 2026
Who is actually being added and dropped across Sleeper leagues, since Sunday night's games opened this waiver cycle.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM ET
This is the whole wire for this waiver cycle. The week's claims with the bid on each: Week 5 waiver wire.
The call
Put in a claim for Emanuel Wilson.
Played 60% of snaps with 21 carries (70% of SEA's) and 4 targets (20%).
Waiver pickups for Week 5, and why
From Week 4's box score and Sleeper adds, ranked by the work each player got- 1
Emanuel WilsonRB · SEA- Played 60% of snaps with 21 carries (70% of SEA's) and 4 targets (20%)
- Scored 27 PPR in Week 4, 17.1 over his projection
- Added in 1,563,741 Sleeper leagues in the last 48 hours
- 2
Ollie GordonRB · MIA- Played 56% of snaps with 9 carries (56% of MIA's) and 2 targets (12%)
- Scored 18 PPR in Week 4, 9.6 over his projection
- Added in 174,069 Sleeper leagues in the last 48 hours
- 3
Keon ColemanWR · BUF- DJ Moore left early (23 of 59 snaps), now listed Questionable
- Played 78% of snaps with 7 targets (23% of BUF's)
- Scored 23.6 PPR in Week 4, 18.8 over his projection
- 4
Kyle MonangaiRB · CHIQuestionable- Played 54% of snaps with 30 carries (60% of CHI's) and 1 target (3%)
- Scored 28 PPR in Week 4, 19.8 over his projection
- Added in 129,096 Sleeper leagues in the last 48 hours
- 5
Brenton StrangeTE · JAX- Played 87% of snaps with 8 targets (35% of JAX's)
- Scored 16.5 PPR in Week 4, 6.6 over his projection
- Added in 134,712 Sleeper leagues in the last 48 hours
Snap counts post Tuesday morning; recheck them on the usage page before a big bid.
The list below is a measurement rather than an opinion. Every row comes from the intel wire our scanner writes every 15 minutes: add spikes, drop spikes and injury designations appearing or clearing. The draft cost beside each name is his consensus pick number, so you can see at a glance whether he is genuinely free in most leagues or someone who went in the middle rounds. Once the season starts the mock drafts stop, so that pick number is the last full capture of the draft market rather than today's, and the date it was taken is printed beside it.
How to read it
A big add spike means managers across many leagues moved at once, which is usually news you have not seen yet rather than a considered valuation. Read it as a prompt to look, not as a recommendation. Where the wire also carries an injury note for that player, it is printed beside him, because most add spikes are the other side of somebody else's injury.
Most added this waiver cycle
- Keon ColemanWR · BUF · likely free4,059,378 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Dohnte MeyersWR · CIN · likely free3,182,373 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Emanuel WilsonRB · SEA · likely free1,671,030 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Will ShipleyRB · PHI · likely free1,423,138 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Roman WilsonWR · PIT · likely free1,353,987 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Jacksonville JaguarsDEF · JAX · likely free1,169,352 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Keaton MitchellRB · LAC · late round868,014 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 188, 2026-09-08
- Kirk CousinsQB · LV · likely free782,560 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Romeo DoubsWR · NE · drafted708,632 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 114, 2026-09-08
- Brian RobinsonRB · ATL · late round684,630 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 211, 2026-09-08
- Tyreek HillWR · likely free668,584 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Brycen TremayneWR · CAR · likely free634,185 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Tyler HigbeeTE · LAR · likely free624,096 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Michael MayerTE · LV · likely free586,881 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Mike GesickiTE · CIN · likely free496,452 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Darius CooperWR · PHI · likely free420,735 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Tyler AllgeierRB · ARI · late round401,555 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 172, 2026-09-08
- Matt GayK · LV · likely free362,950 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Aaron RodgersQB · PIT · likely free353,452 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Joe MixonRB · SEA · likely free · No longer listed Active344,052 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Cleveland BrownsDEF · CLE · likely free316,127 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Malik WashingtonWR · MIA · late round295,928 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 163, 2026-09-08
- Darren WallerTE · CAR · likely free269,334 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Khalil ShakirWR · BUF · drafted267,354 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 103, 2026-09-08
- Ollie GordonRB · MIA · likely free265,048 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Dameon PierceRB · PHI · likely free253,688 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- KC ConcepcionWR · CLE · drafted252,864 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 122, 2026-09-08
- Tre' HarrisWR · LAC · likely free242,428 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- MarShawn LloydRB · GB · drafted241,398 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 120, 2026-09-08
- C.J. StroudQB · HOU · late round236,978 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 179, 2026-09-08
- Tank BigsbyRB · PHI · late round · Out to IR (Abdomen, Surgery)235,389 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 197, 2026-09-08
- Houston TexansDEF · HOU · likely free232,350 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Brenton StrangeTE · JAX · late round222,435 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 189, 2026-09-08
- Deshaun WatsonQB · CLE · likely free217,392 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Washington CommandersDEF · WAS · likely free206,150 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Jake BatesK · DET · late round197,944 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 161, 2026-09-08
- Austin EkelerRB · WAS · likely free192,048 adds, peak 24h this weekno draft cost on file
- Will ReichardK · MIN · late round171,255 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 173, 2026-09-08
- Jayden DanielsQB · WAS · drafted · No longer listed Questionable159,912 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 74, 2026-09-08
- Matthew StaffordQB · LAR · drafted158,130 adds, peak 24h this weekADP 75, 2026-09-08
Related
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By the Parlae deskWire updated Oct 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number
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