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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 — Running BackFrozen · Sep 9

Teams12

Jahmyr Gibbs is our RB1 for 2026 PPR drafts, ahead of Bijan Robinson and De'Von Achane. The biggest value against ADP in the top 36 is Tyrone Tracy Jr. (#30, ADP 166.2); the biggest gap the other way is David Montgomery (#33, ADP 56.1).

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 36 · of 60 · 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 13 RB
1Jahmyr GibbsRB · DET · bye 6RB1DET · 6131.2229 148–36414.11.5even
2Bijan RobinsonRB · ATL · bye 11RB2ATL · 11129.5231 139–36214.22.3−1
3De'Von AchaneRB · MIA · bye 6RB3MIA · 6125.3227 141–35314.011.7+7
Tier 21 RB
4Christian McCaffreyRB · SF · bye 8RB4SF · 8107.5206 117–34712.16.6−1
Tier 31 RB
5Jonathan TaylorRB · IND · bye 13RB5IND · 1395.8201 125–31813.65.7−3
Tier 41 RB
6James CookRB · BUF · bye 7RB6BUF · 777.3183 111–29113.69.3−2
Tier 58 RB
7Kyren WilliamsRB · LA · bye 11RB7LA · 1162.9171 104–26813.827.6+14
8Ashton JeantyRB · LV · bye 13RB8LV · 1362.1171 107–26314.021.9+7
9Chase BrownRB · CIN · bye 6RB9CIN · 661.3168 100–27013.714.9−2
10Jeremiyah LoveRB · ARI · bye 14RB10ARI · 1457.7164 98–26313.829.4+9
11Saquon BarkleyRB · PHI · bye 10RB11PHI · 1051.2162 98–24913.217.1−7
12Derrick HenryRB · BAL · bye 13RB12BAL · 1347.9159 96–24813.59.8−17
13Bucky IrvingRB · TB · bye 10RB13TB · 1044.7155 92–24313.347.3+18
14Breece HallRB · NYJ · bye 13RB14NYJ · 1342.3151 92–23713.732.7+2
Tier 64 RB
15Javonte WilliamsRB · DAL · bye 14RB15DAL · 1430.7142 85–22513.633.3−2
16Travis EtienneRB · NO · bye 8RB16NO · 829.6139 83–22413.237.1−1
17Omarion HamptonRB · LAC · bye 7RB17LAC · 729.3138 80–22812.323.8−15
18D'Andre SwiftRB · CHI · bye 10RB18CHI · 1028.8140 83–22713.343.0+2
Tier 72 RB
19Quinshon JudkinsRB · CLE · bye 11RB19CLE · 1124.5135 79–21613.251.2+3
20Cam SkatteboRB · NYG · bye 8RB20NYG · 822.7132 69–22011.938.9−12
Tier 82 RB
21TreVeyon HendersonRB · NE · bye 11RB21NE · 1118.2129 82–20613.863.1+7
22Jaylen WarrenRB · PIT · bye 9RB22PIT · 916.1128 74–21113.062.2+2
Tier 94 RB
23Kenneth Walker IIIRB · KC · bye 5RB23KC · 59.5123 73–19613.020.3−50
24RJ HarveyRB · DEN · bye 10RB24DEN · 107.5119 72–19313.5103.2+31
25Rico DowdleRB · PIT · bye 9RB25PIT · 97.3120 71–19513.074.5even
26Jadarian PriceRB · SEA · bye 11RB26SEA · 115.7120 70–18913.272.6−5
Tier 103 RB
27J.K. DobbinsRB · DEN · bye 10RB27DEN · 100.0115 61–18912.177.6−10
28Tony PollardRB · TEN · bye 9RB28TEN · 9-0.8117 65–18212.867.5−24
29Kenny GainwellRB · TB · bye 10RB29TB · 10-0.9114 65–18512.9100.8+8
Tier 112 RB
30Tyrone Tracy Jr.RB · NYG · bye 8RB30NYG · 8-4.4109 62–17812.9166.2+67
31Rhamondre StevensonRB · NE · bye 11RB31NE · 11-6.0107 59–17612.563.0−42
Tier 121 RB
32Aaron JonesRB · MIN · bye 6RB32MIN · 6-11.8103 58–17212.1110.1−3
Tier 136 RB · continues below
33David MontgomeryRB · HOU · bye 8RB33HOU · 8-15.5101 56–16212.556.1−68
34Alvin KamaraRB · NO · bye 8RB34NO · 8-15.6100 52–16411.5157.3+32
35Kyle MonangaiRB · CHI · bye 10RB35CHI · 10-17.599 57–15613.399.7−29
36Chuba HubbardRB · CAR · bye 5RB36CAR · 5-19.095 56–15312.686.0−47
Showing 36 of 60 · all 60 rows are in the page

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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