Fantasy football rankings: Top 35 QBs for 2026

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - DECEMBER 25: Jahmyr Gibbs #0 of the Detroit Lions warms up before the game against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 25, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Getty Images Your fantasy football drat day is around the corner. Are you ready? Are you excited? Let’s do this! The 2026 season will once again be led by the many great to okay quarterbacks in the league. There are plenty of questions that need to be answered about this group of quarterbacks this season. Can Sam Darnold do the unthinkable and lead his team to another Super Bowl victory? Or will Drake Maye continue his assent and get his team back to the promised land? Will Lamar Jackson stay healthy and run his way to yet another MVP? Can Patrick Mahomes return from his knee injury to bring the Chiefs back to their usual prominence? Will Jaxson Dart start to slide to save his brain from being crushed? Can Josh Allen keep up his insane fantasy numbers? Will Jayden Daniels return to his rookie form following an injury plagued season? Will Justin Herbert have healthy starting tackles all year? Does Kyler Murray find his mojo in Minnesota? Can Tyler Shough mind meld with Kellen Moore to make the Saints a contender? Will Aaron Rogers get E. coli from a raw milk and lettuce smoothie? The questions are endless, but in just a few days we’ll start to get the beginnings of answers topmost of these pressing inquiries. In fantasy, quarterbacks who run the ball continue to get a huge leg up on quarterbacks who don’t. That doesn’t mean pocket passers can’t put up good numbers, but efficiency is key and they need their TD rate to be extra high, like Matthew Stafford’s last season. His 7.6% touchdown rate led the league and helped him to QB3 honors in fantasy and a MVP award. But, even with 46 passing touchdowns, Josh Allen and Drake Maye put up more total fantasy points than Stafford due to their rushing ability. I’m still happy to take a player like Joe Burrow or Jared Goff or Stafford at the right spot, but the margins for error are much smaller. Quarterback Injuries Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs Mahomes tore his ACL last December, but appears on track to suit up Week 1 against the Denver Broncos. He didn’t play in the preseason, but has been a full participant in practices. Without Tyreek Hill and a strong deep passing game, Mahomes’ fantasy greatness has fallen off. He did actually put up decent fantasy numbers last season because the team had no running backs worth anything, so Mahomes needed to run a lot more. He ended up with 422 rushing yards and five touchdowns, but we won’t see that this year following his injury and the acquisition of RB Kenneth Walker. He may help his team bounce back from a down year, but his fantasy upside remains capped. Michael Penix Jr., Falcons Penix Jr. tore his ACL in Week 11 of last year and is now returning to practice as we close in on the season. The team went out and signed Tua Tagovailoa to compete with Penix Jr., but he hasn’t shown much so far in training camp and preseason. At this point it looks like Penix just needs to get back up to speed and he could quickly start over Tagovailoa. Late round QB pick Bo Nix, Broncos Nix isn’t free in drafts, but he’s one of the QBs I feel good about grabbing if none of the top guys fall to me. He can be had late enough that I’ll pair him with a later round QB like Tyler Shough or Malik Willis to form duo I can stream throughout the season. Nix just got Jaylen Waddle added to his target tree, which could truly open up this offense. But, even if he stays as his steady self, he’s finished the last two seasons a respectable QB7. Overall QB Rankings 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings powered by FantasyProsECR ™ – Expert Consensus Rankings ADP – Average Draft Position

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