Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings 2026 — PPR

Josh Allen stands alone at QB1 with a +59.0 draft value and a 312.9-point projection — and the cliff below him is the biggest on this page, a 38.8-point gap to Tier 2. That gap is the cost of leaving this tier empty: no other quarterback on this list comes within 38.8 draft-value points of him. Tier 1 has the tightest spread on this page (0.0, by definition), which simply confirms there is one player here and no consolation prize.

Lamar Jackson (QB2, +20.2) and Drake Maye (QB3, +18.6) are separated by just 1.6 draft-value points — effectively interchangeable in worth. Missing both costs you 10.4 draft-value points before you reach Tier 3, so if Allen is gone, securing one of these two is the next meaningful decision at the position. The gap below Tier 2 is real but not catastrophic, which means waiting past this tier is a viable strategy if other positions demand attention.

Dak Prescott (QB4, +8.2) and Jalen Hurts (QB5, +6.5) are both above replacement level, projecting at 262.1 and 260.3 points respectively, with only 1.7 draft-value points between them. A 6.5-point gap separates this tier from the replacement-level cluster below, so drafting here still nets a positive surplus — but the margin is narrow enough that the decision of when to pull the trigger matters less than it does for the tiers above.

Thirty-one quarterbacks occupy Tier 4, and the tier opens right at replacement level: Matthew Stafford sits at QB6 with a draft value of exactly +0.0, meaning everyone below him projects below replacement. The 188.1-point internal spread here is enormous — the difference between Stafford's 253.9-point projection and J.J. McCarthy's 65.8 tells you this tier is not a monolith, and rank within it matters. With so many options available, the standard 12-team PPR strategy of waiting on quarterback and targeting the QB6–QB15 range late remains structurally sound.