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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 Standard Draft Rankings — Running BackFrozen · Sep 9

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Jahmyr Gibbs is our RB1 for 2026 Standard 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 Kenneth Walker III (#24, ADP 20.3).

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

season points
QB replacementQB13 · 214.8Jaxson Dart
RB replacementRB33 · 93.5Jacory Croskey-Merritt
WR replacementWR29 · 96.7Quentin Johnston
TE replacementTE13 · 74.7Hunter Henry
K replacementK stream · 137.6weekly streaming (8.6 ppg)
DST replacementDST stream · 153.7weekly streaming (9.61 ppg)
Flex seats (12)4 WR · 8 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 Standard · 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 RB
1Jahmyr GibbsRB · DET · bye 6RB1DET · 6114.7183 117–29014.11.5even
2Bijan RobinsonRB · ATL · bye 11RB2ATL · 11111.2182 109–28314.22.3even
3De'Von AchaneRB · MIA · bye 6RB3MIA · 6108.7179 111–27714.011.7+9
4Jonathan TaylorRB · IND · bye 13RB4IND · 13104.9175 109–27813.65.7+2
Tier 22 RB
5James CookRB · BUF · bye 7RB5BUF · 789.2161 97–25413.69.3+4
6Christian McCaffreyRB · SF · bye 8RB6SF · 888.2157 89–26412.16.6+1
Tier 32 RB
7Derrick HenryRB · BAL · bye 13RB7BAL · 1373.4149 89–23213.59.8+3
8Kyren WilliamsRB · LA · bye 11RB8LA · 1173.4147 90–23113.827.6+20
Tier 44 RB
9Saquon BarkleyRB · PHI · bye 10RB9PHI · 1061.1136 82–21213.217.1+5
10Ashton JeantyRB · LV · bye 13RB10LV · 1356.8132 82–20614.021.9+7
11Jeremiyah LoveRB · ARI · bye 14RB11ARI · 1456.6132 77–20913.829.4+13
12Chase BrownRB · CIN · bye 6RB12CIN · 652.3126 76–20413.714.9−2
Tier 52 RB
13Bucky IrvingRB · TB · bye 10RB13TB · 1047.1123 74–19613.347.3+27
14Breece HallRB · NYJ · bye 13RB14NYJ · 1346.9122 73–19313.732.7+12
Tier 64 RB
15D'Andre SwiftRB · CHI · bye 10RB15CHI · 1039.6116 68–18813.343.0+21
16Javonte WilliamsRB · DAL · bye 14RB16DAL · 1439.5117 70–18613.633.3+10
17Travis EtienneRB · NO · bye 8RB17NO · 838.9115 68–18713.237.1+13
18Quinshon JudkinsRB · CLE · bye 11RB18CLE · 1138.1114 67–18613.251.2+25
Tier 73 RB
19Omarion HamptonRB · LAC · bye 7RB19LAC · 730.4106 61–17812.323.8−6
20Cam SkatteboRB · NYG · bye 8RB20NYG · 829.6107 55–17711.938.9+6
21TreVeyon HendersonRB · NE · bye 11RB21NE · 1129.1106 68–16813.863.1+29
Tier 83 RB
22Jaylen WarrenRB · PIT · bye 9RB22PIT · 924.4103 59–16913.062.2+24
23J.K. DobbinsRB · DEN · bye 10RB23DEN · 1022.5101 53–16712.177.6+36
24Kenneth Walker IIIRB · KC · bye 5RB24KC · 521.5101 60–16113.020.3−23
Tier 92 RB
25Rico DowdleRB · PIT · bye 9RB25PIT · 919.198 57–15813.074.5+26
26Jadarian PriceRB · SEA · bye 11RB26SEA · 1118.097 56–15613.272.6+23
Tier 102 RB
27Tony PollardRB · TEN · bye 9RB27TEN · 913.196 53–15012.867.5+10
28RJ HarveyRB · DEN · bye 10RB28DEN · 1012.691 54–15013.5103.2+44
Tier 114 RB
29Rhamondre StevensonRB · NE · bye 11RB29NE · 116.085 46–14012.563.0−5
30Tyrone Tracy Jr.RB · NYG · bye 8RB30NYG · 85.986 50–14112.9166.2+97
31David MontgomeryRB · HOU · bye 8RB31HOU · 85.687 48–14112.556.1−15
32Kyle MonangaiRB · CHI · bye 10RB32CHI · 105.086 49–13613.399.7+28
Tier 123 RB
33Jacory Croskey-MerrittRB · WAS · bye 7RB33WAS · 70.083 48–13213.2100.8+11
34Aaron JonesRB · MIN · bye 6RB34MIN · 6-0.980 44–13412.1110.1+16
35Woody MarksRB · HOU · bye 8RB35HOU · 8-2.778 44–13012.8141.5+46
Tier 133 RB · continues below
36Kenny GainwellRB · TB · bye 10RB36TB · 10-5.776 43–12512.9100.8−5
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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