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Frozen at Week 1 kickoff — Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 8:20 PM ET. 2026 drafts are done: this board stays as it was at kickoff so it can be scored. For this week use the weekly rankings; for the rest of the year, rest of season. Back-filled Sep 29 with draft-time information only.
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2026 PPR Draft Rankings — DefenseFrozen · Sep 9

Teams12

SEA D/ST is our DST1 for 2026 PPR drafts, ahead of HOU D/ST and DEN D/ST.

The replacement line · what VORP is measured against in a 12-team league

season points
QB replacementQB13 · 214.8Jaxson Dart
RB replacementRB27 · 130.7J.K. Dobbins
WR replacementWR35 · 136.1Marvin Harrison Jr.
TE replacementTE13 · 125.0Jake Ferguson
K replacementK stream · 137.6weekly streaming (8.6 ppg)
DST replacementDST stream · 153.7weekly streaming (9.61 ppg)
Flex seats (12)10 WR · 2 RB · 0 TEbest left after the starters

HowFill all 12 teams’ starting seats by projected season points, give the 12 flex seats to the best RB/WR/TE left, and the next player at each position is replacement. Kickers and defenses are measured against the weekly streaming level instead — the best matchup left on waivers each week (8.6 ppg for a kicker, 9.61 ppg for a defense), because in a league with waivers that is what an unrostered kicker is worth. VORP = season points − that level. Your league differs? The draft room measures it for your rules.

Top 32 · of 32 · ranked by season points

2026 PPR · 12-team · VORP = season points over the replacement above · Season = the engine’s median with its 20–80 range (bar; tick = median) · Games = expected games played · Value = FFC ADP − our overall rank (positive: drafted later than we rank him) · tiers from the engine: a new tier where the drop to the next player is more than twice the typical drop nearby and at least 2 points
RankPlayerPosTeam · byeVORPSeason · 20–80GamesFFC ADPValue
Tier 11 DST
1SEA D/STDST · SEA · bye 11DST1SEA · 11-32.6118 96–14516.080.7−88
Tier 21 DST
2HOU D/STDST · HOU · bye 8DST2HOU · 8-35.2114 93–14216.098.3−78
Tier 32 DST
3DEN D/STDST · DEN · bye 10DST3DEN · 10-39.5111 89–13816.093.3−89
4MIN D/STDST · MIN · bye 6DST4MIN · 6-39.8112 89–13716.0107.8−78
Tier 421 DST
5PHI D/STDST · PHI · bye 10DST5PHI · 10-43.0108 86–13416.0139.6−55
6PIT D/STDST · PIT · bye 9DST6PIT · 9-43.5107 85–13416.0133.9−65
7BUF D/STDST · BUF · bye 7DST7BUF · 7-44.2107 85–13316.0165.1−37
8LA D/STDST · LA · bye 11DST8LA · 11-45.5106 85–13016.0113.5−90
9JAX D/STDST · JAX · bye 7DST9JAX · 7-45.6106 85–13016.0161.5−42
10CHI D/STDST · CHI · bye 10DST10CHI · 10-45.6105 83–13016.0178.2−27
11NO D/STDST · NO · bye 8DST11NO · 8-47.0104 82–13016.0179.4−28
12NE D/STDST · NE · bye 11DST12NE · 11-48.0103 82–12816.0132.2−79
13CLE D/STDST · CLE · bye 11DST13CLE · 11-48.2103 81–12916.0161.9−50
14LAC D/STDST · LAC · bye 7DST14LAC · 7-48.5102 82–12716.0140.5−72
15ATL D/STDST · ATL · bye 11DST15ATL · 11-49.7101 80–12616.0169.1−47
16BAL D/STDST · BAL · bye 13DST16BAL · 13-50.6100 80–12516.0167.7−51
17KC D/STDST · KC · bye 5DST17KC · 5-51.3101 80–12416.0——
18IND D/STDST · IND · bye 13DST18IND · 13-52.4100 77–12316.0——
19GB D/STDST · GB · bye 11DST19GB · 11-52.499 77–12316.0——
20DET D/STDST · DET · bye 6DST20DET · 6-53.098 77–12316.0126.3−105
21TB D/STDST · TB · bye 10DST21TB · 10-53.398 79–12216.0——
22MIA D/STDST · MIA · bye 6DST22MIA · 6-54.398 76–12216.0——
23NYG D/STDST · NYG · bye 8DST23NYG · 8-55.495 74–12216.0169.4−68
24SF D/STDST · SF · bye 8DST24SF · 8-56.795 74–11716.0——
25CIN D/STDST · CIN · bye 6DST25CIN · 6-56.995 73–11816.0188.7−51
Tier 51 DST
26CAR D/STDST · CAR · bye 5DST26CAR · 5-59.092 71–11616.0——
Tier 65 DST
27DAL D/STDST · DAL · bye 14DST27DAL · 14-61.690 68–11416.0148.6−102
28LV D/STDST · LV · bye 13DST28LV · 13-62.090 70–11216.0——
29ARI D/STDST · ARI · bye 14DST29ARI · 14-62.888 67–11316.0——
30WAS D/STDST · WAS · bye 7DST30WAS · 7-63.988 67–11016.0——
31TEN D/STDST · TEN · bye 9DST31TEN · 9-64.485 66–11116.0177.0−87
Tier 71 DST
32NYJ D/STDST · NYJ · bye 13DST32NYJ · 13-71.480 61–10316.0——

How it’s scored so far

Rank order · Spearman—being computed — reload in a minute
Top-24 hits——
No season leakDraft-time onlyProjections read nothing from Week 1 on — the weekly truncation rule, extended to seasons.
Method checkJon’s v3 · exactQB15 298.7 · RB33 131.8 · WR39 127.0 · TE15 118.1; flex 10 WR / 4 RB; 136 VORPs within 0.1.

Scored on the accuracy page at season’s end against actual league-scored points, alongside ADP alone. The method check re-runs the replacement code on Jon’s hand-built 14-team board and reproduces his levels and every VORP.

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