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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 — Wide ReceiverFrozen · Sep 9

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Puka Nacua is our WR1 for 2026 PPR drafts, ahead of Ja'Marr Chase and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. The biggest value against ADP in the top 36 is Wan'Dale Robinson (#17, ADP 93.0); the biggest gap the other way is Rome Odunze (#32, ADP 49.1).

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 72 · 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 14 WR
1Puka NacuaWR · LA · bye 11WR1LA · 11129.7249 168–35813.63.1+1
2Ja'Marr ChaseWR · CIN · bye 6WR2CIN · 6126.2246 163–34914.03.9even
3Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA · bye 11WR3SEA · 11120.0238 161–33914.45.1−1
4Amon-Ra St. BrownWR · DET · bye 6WR4DET · 6113.8233 158–33114.18.0+1
Tier 210 WR
5CeeDee LambWR · DAL · bye 14WR5DAL · 1466.6193 127–27113.612.5even
6Drake LondonWR · ATL · bye 11WR6ATL · 1164.9188 128–26413.912.1−1
7George PickensWR · DAL · bye 14WR7DAL · 1461.7186 125–26113.919.6+4
8Chris OlaveWR · NO · bye 8WR8NO · 858.0183 117–25713.222.7+4
9Nico CollinsWR · HOU · bye 8WR9HOU · 851.9176 112–25513.320.0−2
10Justin JeffersonWR · MIN · bye 6WR10MIN · 651.5175 117–25214.014.2−9
11Zay FlowersWR · BAL · bye 13WR11BAL · 1347.8172 113–24414.024.9−3
12A.J. BrownWR · NE · bye 11WR12NE · 1143.6171 106–24413.019.1−11
13Rashee RiceWR · KC · bye 5WR13KC · 539.1163 100–24311.815.2−17
14Malik NabersWR · NYG · bye 8WR14NYG · 838.2164 104–23613.125.9−7
Tier 33 WR
15Garrett WilsonWR · NYJ · bye 13WR15NYJ · 1330.3156 101–22213.130.9−5
16Tetairoa McMillanWR · CAR · bye 5WR16CAR · 530.2157 106–22014.230.4−7
17Wan'Dale RobinsonWR · TEN · bye 9WR17TEN · 929.3155 103–22113.893.0+53
Tier 44 WR
18Davante AdamsWR · LA · bye 11WR18LA · 1125.9151 97–22113.137.8−6
19Tee HigginsWR · CIN · bye 6WR19CIN · 624.5146 92–22213.236.0−13
20Ladd McConkeyWR · LAC · bye 7WR20LAC · 722.6148 96–21713.840.8−12
21DeVonta SmithWR · PHI · bye 10WR21PHI · 1020.8147 94–21313.331.2−23
Tier 58 WR
22Jameson WilliamsWR · DET · bye 6WR22DET · 617.6142 97–20613.839.2−18
23Carnell TateWR · TEN · bye 9WR23TEN · 917.2142 91–20513.875.7+18
24Jaylen WaddleWR · DEN · bye 10WR24DEN · 1016.0141 92–20613.447.6−13
25Michael WilsonWR · ARI · bye 14WR25ARI · 1414.1139 91–20213.574.6+12
26Courtland SuttonWR · DEN · bye 10WR26DEN · 1014.1139 89–20213.359.8−4
27Emeka EgbukaWR · TB · bye 10WR27TB · 1013.9142 93–19913.934.1−31
28DK MetcalfWR · PIT · bye 9WR28PIT · 913.5138 93–20213.364.9−2
29Brian Thomas Jr.WR · JAX · bye 7WR29JAX · 712.9138 92–20313.870.5+2
Tier 61 WR
30Deebo Samuel Sr.WR · SF · bye 8WR30SF · 89.3135 88–19713.1100.5+30
Tier 71 WR
31Quentin JohnstonWR · LAC · bye 7WR31LAC · 76.9132 86–19613.287.7+11
Tier 88 WR · continues below
32Rome OdunzeWR · CHI · bye 10WR32CHI · 104.0132 83–19213.449.1−32
33Jakobi MeyersWR · JAX · bye 7WR33JAX · 73.5133 84–19012.886.8+4
34Michael PittmanWR · PIT · bye 9WR34PIT · 92.8130 85–18613.281.0−3
35Marvin Harrison Jr.WR · ARI · bye 14WR35ARI · 140.0125 81–18513.367.0−23
36Alec PierceWR · IND · bye 13WR36IND · 13-1.7126 81–18313.562.7−31
Showing 36 of 72 · all 72 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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