8-Team Half-PPR Fantasy Football Rankings 2026 — Tiers

Jahmyr Gibbs (#1 overall, RB1) and Bijan Robinson (#2 overall, RB2) are the only two players in this tier, and the gap below them — 32.3 Draft Value points — is the biggest cliff on this page. Both are running backs, so if you leave this tier empty you are conceding the largest single advantage available anywhere in the draft. The internal spread of 9.8 points means these two are meaningfully separated, so the order matters.

This tier has the tightest spread on this page — just 1.9 Draft Value points separating Ja'Marr Chase (WR1), Puka Nacua (WR2), and Jonathan Taylor (RB3) — meaning the three are essentially interchangeable in value. The 8.4-point gap to Tier 3 is real but not catastrophic, so if you miss here you lose ground without falling off a cliff. Note that two of the three slots are wide receivers, making this the first place on the list to address WR.

Five players span a 15.5-point internal spread, so position within this tier matters more than in Tier 2. The mix is three running backs and two wide receivers, giving you flexibility, but the 13.7-point gap to Tier 4 means leaving this tier entirely costs you a meaningful chunk of surplus. James Cook (RB4, #6 overall) leads at +87.1 Draft Value; Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR4, #10 overall) closes it at +71.6.

All three members — Kyren Williams (RB7), Derrick Henry (RB8), and Chase Brown (RB9) — are running backs, so drafters who already loaded up on RB in Tiers 1–3 can let this tier pass without a positional penalty. The 7.6-point gap to Tier 5 is modest, and Tier 5 introduces wide receivers and the first quarterback, so the cost of skipping here is manageable if you pivot to WR next.

At seven members, this is the deepest tier so far, and it's the first place Josh Allen (QB1, #16 overall) appears — the only quarterback in the top 20 of these rankings. The 5.4-point gap to Tier 6 is the smallest cliff yet, so there is little urgency to force a pick here; the value doesn't fall sharply until much later. Wide receivers Justin Jefferson (WR5) and CeeDee Lamb (WR6) sit at the top of the tier, offering a chance to build receiver depth alongside the QB option.

Twelve players across running back, wide receiver, and tight end make this the widest positional menu on the list so far. Trey McBride (TE1, #25 overall) and Brock Bowers (TE2, #26 overall) are the top two tight ends on the page and both carry positive Draft Value here, making this tier the primary window to secure elite TE production. The 5.0-point gap to Tier 7 is small, but the 13.5-point internal spread means the top of this tier — George Pickens at +30.4 — is noticeably more valuable than the bottom.

Fourteen players sit between +11.9 and +0.3 Draft Value, all still projecting above replacement level but barely so by the tier's floor. Harold Fannin (TE3, #42 overall) is the last tight end above replacement level on this page, so drafters who haven't addressed TE yet face a hard deadline here. The 0.3-point gap to Tier 8 is essentially nothing — the drop into below-replacement territory begins immediately after this tier ends.

All 154 players here project at or below replacement level, meaning any pick in this tier adds less surplus than a waiver-wire baseline at that position. The tier opens with Drake Maye (QB4), Brandon Aubrey (K1), and the Denver Broncos (DST1) all at exactly 0.0 Draft Value — the precise replacement threshold. DST and K are almost entirely contained within this tier, confirming that waiting on both positions costs nothing in surplus terms.