2026 Fantasy Football Rankings: QBs 1-10
1) Josh Allen
Playstyle: Dual-threat
Team role(s): Offensive centerpiece, goal-line weapon
Offensive coordinator: Pete Carmichael Jr. (new, hired in 2026, Saints O coordinator from 2009 – 2023)
Josh Allen is basically a Madden create-a-player come to life, as he is one of the scariest dual-threat quarterbacks in the league with probably the most overall arm talent outside of Patrick Mahomes.
While the Bills ran the ball more last season and at a more effective rate with James Cook, it had no impact on Allen’s fantasy production (and objectively helped him) as the Bills’ signal-caller led NFL QBs in fantasy points per game and ranked:
- 1st in PRK
- 4th in completion percentage
- 5th in yards per attempt
- 5th in passer rating
- 8th in TD percentage
- Tied for 9th in passing TDs
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Placing outside of the top-10 in both attempts and completions, Josh Allen is a low-volume, big-play, efficiency-based passer who adds top-3 rushing value from the QB position on a weekly basis.
Additionally, it can’t get much worse from a Bills WR perspective than what they trotted out there last season, and Josh Allen proved he can get it done with that pile of garbage so the trade for D.J. Moore over the offseason has to be mouth-watering for Allen owners as he should have a true #1 pass-catcher on the outside who stretches the field, gains yards after the catch with ease, and is a dependable route-runner and possession receiver.
Moreover, his size/speed combination and natural running ability make him maybe the best rushing QB in the NFL, and last season he led the league in carries, rushing yards with 579 (no other QB broke 500), and rushing TDs with 14 (no other QB broke the double-digit mark).
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Finally, Josh Allen was maligned by various sports journalists and media members when he came out of Wyoming for his supposed inaccuracy, inconsistency, and questionable-decision making.
He’s improved in those areas like The United States Department of Justice improved on their ability to shield pedophiles, and in 2025 Josh Allen actually ranked second to only Brock Purdy in on-target throw percentage with a lofty 79.9% (per Pro Football Reference).
2) Drake Maye
Playstyle: Dual-threat
Team role(s): Offensive centerpiece
Offensive coordinator: Josh McDaniels (Pats OC since 2025)
Maye drew comparisons to Josh Allen coming out of college, so it is only fitting that the UNC product finds himself topping this year’s list with Josh Allen.
Like Allen, Maye has the arm strength to hit any throw in the playbook combined with top-5 QB rushing ability.
Maye also has a little more receiving talent and depth to work with than Allen in the likes of Boutte, Pop Douglas, Romeo Doubs, and Kyle Williams which bolsters his fantasy value.
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Drake Maye could also be the safer pick in 2026 considering he’s working with the same offensive coordinator from last season while Josh Allen will be learning a new system.
Among last season’s QBs, Maye ranked:
- 2nd in fantasy PPG and PRK to only Josh Allen
- 1st in completion percentage
- 3rd in passing TDs
- 3rd in carries
- 4th in passing yards
- 4th in rushing yards
Like Allen, Maye is a relatively low-volume, high-efficiency and explosive-play passer as his pass attempts also ranked outside the top-10.
Although like Allen and the Bills, part of the reason Maye and the Patriots offense are able to flourish is because that balance opens everything else up and doesn’t allow pass rushers to tee off on tackles.
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Evidence for that efficiency lies in the fact that Maye led the league in: Completion percentage (72% – no other QB broke 70%), yards per attempt (8.9 – no other starting QB averaged more than 8.5), passer rating, completion percentage above expectation (9.1 – no other QB averaged more than 5.1), and QBR.
3) Lamar Jackson
Playstyle: Dual-threat
Team role(s): Offensive centerpiece, goal-line weapon
Offensive coordinator: Declan Doyle (new, Bears OC in 2025)
Action Jackson simply has to be ranked here due to his fantasy potential when healthy combined with the fact that he is the most talented rushing QB in the NFL, but he is in buyer-beware territory at this point considering how many games he has missed, and considering he placed outside the top-15 QBs in fantasy PPG last season.
Since 2021 when the NFL implemented the 17-game season, Jackson has missed an average of three regular season games per season, and missed four in his eight NFL season last year.
It’s possible that maybe Lamar’s rushing prowess is finally catching up to him in terms of the cumulative effect of eight seasons of being the most talented rusher an NFL QB room has seen since Michael Vick.
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In the face of missing four regular season games in 2025, Lamar’s season totals in most categories didn’t stack up with the rest of last year’s QBs; however, among his QB counterparts he did rank:
- 1st in completed air yards per completion
- 2nd in completed air yards per attempt
- Tied for 2nd in TD%
- 3rd in yards per attempt
- 4th in passer rating
- 5th in intended air yards per attempt
Again, while Lamar Jackson’s season-long totals don’t compare with the rest of the QBs on his list due to his 2025 injuries, he is still the best runner the NFL quarterback position has to offer, which due to fantasy scoring automatically catapults him into top-5 fantasy QB status.
Furthermore, many of his averages and advanced analytics were off the charts, which support the hypothesis by most fantasy pundits that Jackson has not lost a step and is still in an elite offense, and is the reason that offense is elite.
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In addition to the aforementioned top-5 passing stats above, Jackson also ranked first in yards per completion, first in average completed air yards, and sixth in average air yard differential.
4) Matthew Stafford
Playstyle: Pocket Passer, Gunslinger
Team role(s): Offensive centerpiece
Offensive coordinator: Nate Scheelhaase (new, promoted to offensive coordinator this season, Rams pass game coordinator in 2024-2025)
Matthew Stafford might be one of the most underrated players in fantasy football coming into the 2026 fantasy season considering he was named the MVP of the NFL last season, ranked third in fantasy PPG and PRK among QBs, and will still be coached by Sean McVay and will still get to throw to DeVante Adams and Puka Nacua, two of the best receivers in the league.
Much like the rest of the top-5 quarterbacks on this year’s list his skillset also means the entire offense is built around him. He also might be the most accurate passer on this list, as his ability to curve footballs around defenders and hit any throw an offensive coordinator can dream is absolutely uncanny.
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In terms of last season’s quarterbacks, Stafford finished:
- 3rd in fantasy PPG & PRK
- 1st in passing yards and TDs
- 3rd in attempts and completions
- 3rd in passing success rate
- 3rd in net yards per atttempt
In addition to his standard stats, Matthew Stafford’s advanced analytics were earth-shattering last year as he also led the NFL in TD% as an insane 7.7% of his pass attempts resulted in touchdowns while also ranking fourth in average completed air yards. He also managed to balance that with the fifth-lowest INT% in the league.
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Another factor that raises Stafford’s fantasy value is his lack of injury risk due to his lack of mobility, the Rams’ new-and-improved offensive line, and his ability to get the ball out so quickly that even a free blitzer would struggle to get a sack.
Among last year’s starting quarterbacks, Stafford was sacked at the second-lowest rate in the league (3.7%) and averaged the 10th-quickest time to throw (2.8 seconds) according to Next Gen Stats.
5) Joe Burrow
Playstyle: Pocket Passer, Gunslinger
Team role(s): Offensive centerpiece
Offensive coordinator: Dan Pitcher (Bengals OC since 2024)
Here’s where the list starts to get riskier as Burrow, Hurts, and Dart all come with more injury risk than the top half of the list; however, Burrow clears Hurts/Dart tier simply due to how the Bengals are structured.
Plus check out some of the impressive 2025 rankings he did manage last season in the face of missing eight games:
- 2nd-lowest bad throw rate (per Pro Football Reference)
- 4th in TD% (6.6)
- 6th in passing success rate
- 7th in passer rating
Unlike Hurts and Dart, Burrow gets to throw to one of the undisputed top-3 receivers in the league… while he gets to toss it to another universally agreed top-20 WR on the other side every time Chase gets doubled.
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Combine that with the fact that the Bengals have dedicated the most money in the entire league to their top two receivers, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the Bengals’ offensive strategy revolves around throwing the ball as much as humanly possible to two of the most talented receivers in the league which will result in top-5 fantasy numbers if Burrow can stay healthy.
But that’s been a big if lately, and as someone who blew a high pick on him last year, I’ll be steering away from Burrow like Chip Kelly and good players.
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Over the past three seasons, Burrow has missed 16 regular-season games including half the season last year.
6) Jalen Hurts
Playstyle: Dual-threat, Deep-ball specialist
Team role(s): Ball distributer, goal-line weapon
Offensive coordinator: Sean Manion (new, 2025 Packers’ QB coach)
Considering the shameful embarrassment and atrocity that was the Eagles’ 2025 offensive scheme, a fresh offensive coordinator is welcomed by Eagles fans and fantasy owners alike.
Sean Manion, a former NFL quarterback, is reportedly going to bring a “Shanahan/McVay-style offense” to the Linc, which signals a resurgent year for Jalen Hurts and the Eagles offense as a whole, even if A.J. Brown is indeed gone after June 1.
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Furthermore, the Tush Push has not been outlawed and therefore Jalen Hurts, a quarterback, is one of the top goal-line threats in the NFL as rusher which gives him one of the safest fantasy floors on this list.
Despite genuinely the worst playcalling and least creative offense I’ve ever seen last season, Jalen Hurts still ranked:
- 8th in fantasy PPG and PRK
- 2nd in carries to only Josh Allen
- 4th in rush TDs
- 7th in TD % (per Pro Football Reference)
- 11th in passing TDs
As evidenced by the fact that Hurts trailed only the Bills’ Josh Allen in carries among 2026 QBs, his rushing ability keeps him in the borderline top 5 conversation, with real top-3 fantasy QB upside.
Much to the chagrin of Eagles fans and football enthusiasts worldwide, Hurts doesn’t put the ball in harms way often which is a positive for fantasy owners in terms of avoiding completely horrible fantasy outings as Hurts sported the fourth-lowest INT percentage last season.
Contrary to the popular belief that Hurts holds onto the ball too long and is a sack machine, he also ranked outside the top-10 QBs in times sacked and sack percentage.
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Hurts also throws one of the most-catchable balls in the NFL, as he usually ranks top-5 in lowest drop percentage and ranked third with only 2.6% of his balls resulting in drops last season (per Pro Football Reference).
Most of Hurts’ 2026 fantasy outlook though relies on the idea that he simply has to have a better season than he had last year with an offensive coordinator who does not have brick instead of brain inside of his thick fucking skull combined with the idea that he will no longer force the ball to A.J. Brown, allowing Hurts and the Eagles offense to take full advantage of a newly drafted first round pick in Lemon, a former Heismen winner in DeVonta Smith, and a former 2,000-yard rusher in Saquon Barkley.
7) Jaxson Dart
Playstyle: Dual-threat, Scrambler
Team role(s): Ball distributer, Goal-line weapon, Chain-mover
Offensive coordinator: Matt Nagy (new, Chiefs OC from 2023-2025)
If not for his concussions, Dart might have found himself inside the top 5 on this year instead of outside of it.
Given his 2025 injuries, the common notion is probably that the team might use a different offensive scheme that puts him in harm’s way less and therefore hurts his fantasy stock via fewer rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
Although, personally I find it highly unlikely that his new head coach, who is the same head coach that drafted Lamar Jackson and arguably revolutionized the NFL with a run-heavy QB scheme, is the same head coach who will now massively scale back Dart’s rushing potential.
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And reminder that Harbaugh has been obsessed with mobile QBs for a while now as Ravens fans will remember he drafted Tyrod Taylor when the team had Joe Flacco and Harbaugh constantly used Taylor on trick plays or as a wildcat QB throughout the years.
Among his quarterback counterparts last season in the face of missing five games due to injuries and not being named the day-1 starter, Dart finished:
- 13th in PRK and 14th in fantasy PPG
- Tied for 2nd in rush TDs (trailing only Josh Allen)
- 3rd in rushing yards
- 3rd in rush yards off RPOs
- 4th in carries
As evidenced by the fact that he ranked top-3 in every rushing stat amongst QBs, he’s not just a rushing threat, but he’s maybe New York’s most dependable chain-mover and the Giants have shown he’s often their only option for consistent yardage especially if their offensive centerpiece, Malik Nabers, is injured or if their secondary star in Skattebo has bashed his head too hard against a wall.
It’s worth noting that Dart also ranked third among QBs in rushes resulting in first downs last season.
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Furthermore, its quite possible that Dart could end up leading all QBs in rushing yards next season as he ranked second to only Justin Fields in QB rush YPG in 2025. In that scenario, Dart wouldn’t just be a top-10 fantasy QB, but a top-5 one.
With Nabers and Skattebo presumably healthy at some point before midseason in 2026, frankly the only drawback with Dart is that his offensive coordinator is Matt Nagy who only rivals Kevin Patullo when it comes to a complete lack of creativity, but it there’s a low likelihood that the offense could look any worse than it did under Brian Daboll.
Personally, I won’t be drafting this PDF protector and genuinely am rooting for CTE to riddle his brain as quickly as possible.
8) Jayden Daniels
Playstyle: Dual-threat, Scrambler
Team role(s): Offensive centerpiece
Offensive coordinator: David Blough (new, Commanders Assistant QBs Coach from 2024–2025, former NFL QB)
Jayden Daniels had one of the greatest rookie seasons a quarterback has ever had, and is clearly a generational talent at the position; however, his generational skinniness unfortunately might make him one of the most injury prone QBs on this list, but this year will be very telling in term of if last season’s injuries were pure misfortune or a real sign of a lack of durability.
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While he missed the majority of the 2025 season (played in only 7 games) and didn’t finish two of the games he started, Daniels still accrued a few impressive stats including:
- 17th in fantasy PPG
- 2nd in QB rush yards per game (39.7)
- 7th in average air yard differential
- 14th in total rushing yards (again despite missing over half the year)
Considering Daniels missed so much time last season, touting his 2025 numbers is like the Cheeto saying gas prices are actually down.
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So Daniels’ 2026 fantasy stock is truly reliant on his past performance, potential, rushing prowess, and explosiveness.
Evidence for that 2026 fantasy potential lies in the fact that he was extremely effective when he did play last season, as with the exception of when he briefly came back in Week 14 and threw only nine passes, he finished with at least 15 fantasy points and at least seven rushing attempts in every single game he played in.
Hopefully, for his sake and his dynasty owners’, Daniels can stay healthy in 2026 and return to the elite, fantasy QB1 level he is capable of playing to in an offense likely to suit his skillset considering his new OC was his QB coach for the past two seasons and is a former NFL quarterback himself.
9) Dak Prescott
Playstyle: Pocket-passer
Team role(s): Ball distributer, Chain-mover
Offensive coordinator: Klayton (yes, with a K) Adams (Cowboys OC since 2025)
Why does Dak Prescott rank above Patrick Mahomes on this year’s rankings? If you listen closely, you can hear Green Day singing Wake me up, when Mahomes plays half his games in a dome and gets to throw to CeeDee Lamb and George Pickennnsss!
Dak has an almost ideal combination of mobility, high passing volume (ranked top-2 in completions and attempts), and arm talent that usually makes an elite fantasy quarterback.
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Consider the fact that he plays at least half of his games in perfect passing weather inside Cowboys’ Stadium while lofting balls to two of the top-20 WRs in the league, and it becomes easier to look past the memes and hate and see Prescott for who he really is from a fantasy perspective.
Last year, Dak’s QB rankings were:
- 6th in PRK & 9th in fantasy PPG
- 1st in completions
- 2nd in attempts
- 3rd in passing yards
- 4th in passing TDs
When the Cowboys need a first down or a clutch play, it is the arm of Dak Prescott that they turn to as Prescott ranked second to only Matthew Stafford in passes resulting in first downs last season (per Pro Football Reference), and was tied for the third-most fourth-quarter comebacks and was tied for eighth in game-winning drives.
Yes I am well aware that first downs and game-winning drives are not worth any fantasy points: The point here is that all of these statistics point to zero or negligible decline in passing volume if any, which is critical for determining fantasy potential.
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Furthermore, Prescott’s overall play as a quarterback in terms of his ability to throw with anticipation, his accuracy, and his awareness is extremely underrated which allows him to turn his high volume into high production.
In addition to the aforementioned stats, in 2025 Dak also trailed only Bo Nix in on-target throws with over 400, finished second in passing yards off RPOs, ranked fifth in QBR, had the sixth-lowest bad throw percentage, and had the sixth-most passing yards off of play action with over 1,000 (per Pro Football Reference).
10) Patrick Mahomes
Playstyle: Hybrid
Team role(s): Offensive centerpiece
Offensive coordinator: Eric Bieniemy (new, previous Chiefs OC for five years up until 2023)
Mahomes places all the way at the bottom of this year’s top-10, in large part due to my pure disdain for this man due to his horrendous 2024 fantasy performance combined with the fact that he tore the absolute shite out of his knee in 2025.
He also has one of the least-enticing pass-catching corps of anyone on this list, as his top target, Rashee Rice, will likely find himself suspended again and is already missing physical therapy with qualified team doctors to instead do his PT in prison since he was just arrested.
Patrick Mahomes 23/34, 291 YDS, 4 TDs, 0 INT vs DAL Today.
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— Football Performances (@NFLPerformances) November 28, 2025
Meanwhile the second-best target on his team, Travis Kelce, is aging before our eyes as his drops, fumbles, and inconsistent play has increased markedly the past few seasons.
The rest of the WR corps is arguable unproven, and not comprised of many one-on-one man beaters which has cost the Chiefs and Mahomes at times over the past three years.
Although, Mahomes’ ceiling is certainly high as he could finish well within the top-5 fantasy quarterbacks in fantasy points and PPG which is all that matters, as evidenced by his ranks last season.
Among 2025’s QBs, Mahomes finished:
- 4th in fantasy PPG & 11th in PRK
- 5th in rushing yards
- Tied for 5th in rushing TDs
- 5th in pass YPG
- 6th in QBR
His decline in his deep ball might be somewhat overstated too, as despite missing some time due to injury Mahomes still ranked tied for 6th in passes for over 40 yards (per NFL.com).
Moreover, his understated rushing skills should give fantasy owners some confidence as he ran for over 400 yards in 2025 and ranked fifth in yards per carry among QBs (per Statmuse).
Part of what tanks Mahomes’ stock is his abysmal 2024 season combined with the Chiefs’ decline in offensive creativity and more importantly, offensive line play.
.@AdamSchefter “The feeling right now within the organization is that he (Patrick Mahomes) is tracking to be ready for that Monday night game against Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos in Kansas City”
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— SleeperChiefs (@SleeperChiefsKC) May 14, 2026
There’s a reason Mahomes finished inside the top-5 in fantasy points per game but outside of the top-10 in total points: He got smashed around worse than a pumpkin the night before Halloween last year and if that happens again this season, fantasy owners will fall out of favor with arguably one of the most talented QBs to ever play the game especially if the Chiefs’ weapons keep showing a complete lack of dependability.
Despite everything I just said, the return of Eric Bieniemy, the formerly wildly successful Chiefs offensive coordinator during arguably Mahomes’ best season, bodes extremely well for Kansas City’s signal-caller and points to him possibly having the highest ceiling of anybody on this list.
