Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings 2026 — Half-PPR

Josh Allen stands alone at QB1 with a +53.4 Draft Value and a 314.8-point projection — and the 40.0-point gap to Tier 2 is the biggest cliff on this page. Leaving this tier empty costs more than any other positional decision you will make at quarterback. If you miss him, the drop is immediate and steep.

Lamar Jackson (QB2, +13.4), Drake Maye (QB3, +12.7), and Joe Burrow (QB4, +11.3) are packed into a 2.1-point internal spread — all three project within 2.0 fantasy points of each other at 272–275 points. The 7.4-point gap below this tier is meaningful but not catastrophic, so there is some flexibility in how urgently you target this group. Any of the three delivers a genuine surplus above replacement.

Dak Prescott sits alone at QB5 with a +3.9 Draft Value and a 265.2-point projection — still above replacement, but the margin is slim. The 3.9-point gap to Tier 4 is narrow, which means the cost of sliding past him to the next tier is modest. He functions as a bridge: a positive-value option without the premium attached to the tiers above.

Thirty-one quarterbacks populate Tier 4, spanning a 190.7-point internal spread from Jalen Hurts at exactly replacement level (+0.0 Draft Value) down to Joe Flacco at -190.7. The top of this tier — Hurts at QB6 projecting 261.3 points — is functionally indistinguishable from Prescott in terms of fantasy output, which is the real argument for waiting on quarterback entirely. Beyond the top handful, every QB here projects below replacement, so roster construction elsewhere should take priority before you circle back.