Points Per First Down Fantasy Rankings (PPFD Calculator)
Set your league’s points-per-first-down value and re-rank every skill player — the 2026 season so far, or the full 2025 season — instantly. No email gate, no paywall, no spreadsheet.
Points Per First Down Rankings
Re-score the 2026 regular season through Week 5 with a per-first-down bonus and watch chain-movers climb.
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| # | Player | Team | Pos | G | Base pts | First downs | PPFD pts | Per game | Δ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jahmyr Gibbs | DET | RB | 5 | 140.2 | 47 | 163.7 | 32.7 | — |
| 2 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | SEA | WR | 5 | 121.0 | 30 | 136.0 | 27.2 | — |
| 3 | Kenneth Walker III | KC | RB | 4 | 104.1 | 30 | 119.1 | 29.8 | — |
| 4 | Bijan Robinson | ATL | RB | 4 | 98.4 | 29 | 112.9 | 28.2 | — |
| 5 | CeeDee Lamb | DAL | WR | 5 | 95.6 | 28 | 109.6 | 21.9 | +1 spots up vs base rank |
| 6 | Christian Watson | GB | WR | 5 | 96.4 | 17 | 104.9 | 21.0 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 7 | Jonathan Taylor | IND | RB | 5 | 90.9 | 28 | 104.9 | 21.0 | — |
| 8 | Derrick Henry | BAL | RB | 4 | 87.3 | 25 | 99.8 | 24.9 | +1 spots up vs base rank |
| 9 | Javonte Williams | DAL | RB | 5 | 87.5 | 22 | 98.5 | 19.7 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 10 | Jaylen Warren | PIT | RB | 5 | 83.5 | 26 | 96.5 | 19.3 | +1 spots up vs base rank |
| 11 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | DET | WR | 5 | 85.7 | 21 | 96.2 | 19.2 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 12 | Chris Olave | NO | WR | 5 | 79.2 | 29 | 93.7 | 18.7 | +1 spots up vs base rank |
| 13 | Christian McCaffrey | SF | RB | 5 | 81.8 | 22 | 92.8 | 18.6 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 14 | Kyren Williams | LAR | RB | 4 | 79.2 | 25 | 91.7 | 22.9 | — |
| 15 | Chuba Hubbard | CAR | RB | 4 | 74.0 | 22 | 85.0 | 21.3 | — |
| 16 | Ashton Jeanty | LV | RB | 5 | 73.6 | 22 | 84.6 | 16.9 | +1 spots up vs base rank |
| 17 | D'Andre Swift | CHI | RB | 5 | 73.8 | 21 | 84.3 | 16.9 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 18 | Bucky Irving | TB | RB | 5 | 71.2 | 20 | 81.2 | 16.2 | — |
| 19 | Garrett Wilson | NYJ | WR | 5 | 70.9 | 18 | 79.9 | 16.0 | — |
| 20 | Isaiah Likely | NYG | TE | 5 | 68.9 | 19 | 78.4 | 15.7 | +2 spots up vs base rank |
| 21 | Trey McBride | ARI | TE | 5 | 69.8 | 16 | 77.8 | 15.6 | — |
| 22 | Parker Washington | JAX | WR | 5 | 70.5 | 12 | 76.5 | 15.3 | −2 spots down vs base rank |
| 23 | Mike Evans | SF | WR | 5 | 64.6 | 22 | 75.6 | 15.1 | +2 spots up vs base rank |
| 24 | James Cook | BUF | RB | 4 | 63.5 | 24 | 75.5 | 18.9 | +3 spots up vs base rank |
| 25 | Matthew Golden | GB | WR | 5 | 66.3 | 18 | 75.3 | 15.1 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 26 | Aaron Jones | MIN | RB | 5 | 64.2 | 22 | 75.2 | 15.0 | — |
| 27 | Ja'Marr Chase | CIN | WR | 5 | 66.4 | 14 | 73.4 | 14.7 | −4 spots down vs base rank |
| 28 | Tee Higgins | CIN | WR | 5 | 61.8 | 21 | 72.3 | 14.5 | +2 spots up vs base rank |
| 29 | Bhayshul Tuten | JAX | RB | 5 | 59.2 | 23 | 70.7 | 14.1 | +6 spots up vs base rank |
| 30 | Sam LaPorta | DET | TE | 5 | 63.1 | 15 | 70.6 | 14.1 | −2 spots down vs base rank |
| 31 | Tetairoa McMillan | CAR | WR | 4 | 61.5 | 17 | 70.0 | 17.5 | — |
| 32 | Davante Adams | LAR | WR | 4 | 62.0 | 14 | 69.0 | 17.3 | −3 spots down vs base rank |
| 33 | Brock Bowers | LV | TE | 3 | 59.2 | 17 | 67.7 | 22.6 | +3 spots up vs base rank |
| 34 | Malik Nabers | NYG | WR | 5 | 59.4 | 16 | 67.4 | 13.5 | — |
| 35 | Denzel Boston | CLE | WR | 5 | 61.0 | 12 | 67.0 | 13.4 | −2 spots down vs base rank |
| 36 | George Kittle | SF | TE | 5 | 61.3 | 11 | 66.8 | 13.4 | −4 spots down vs base rank |
| 37 | Zay Flowers | BAL | WR | 3 | 58.2 | 15 | 65.7 | 21.9 | — |
| 38 | Kyle Monangai | CHI | RB | 4 | 56.8 | 17 | 65.3 | 16.3 | — |
| 39 | George Pickens | DAL | WR | 5 | 55.0 | 18 | 64.0 | 12.8 | — |
| 40 | Tyler Warren | IND | TE | 5 | 54.9 | 13 | 61.4 | 12.3 | — |
| 41 | Rhamondre Stevenson | NE | RB | 5 | 53.3 | 16 | 61.3 | 12.3 | +2 spots up vs base rank |
| 42 | Chase Brown | CIN | RB | 5 | 53.0 | 15 | 60.5 | 12.1 | +3 spots up vs base rank |
| 43 | Juwan Johnson | NO | TE | 5 | 53.3 | 14 | 60.3 | 12.1 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 44 | Justin Jefferson | MIN | WR | 4 | 54.2 | 11 | 59.7 | 14.9 | −3 spots down vs base rank |
| 45 | Nico Collins | HOU | WR | 3 | 53.1 | 13 | 59.6 | 19.9 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 46 | Michael Wilson | ARI | WR | 5 | 49.6 | 20 | 59.6 | 11.9 | +3 spots up vs base rank |
| 47 | Deebo Samuel Sr. | SF | WR | 5 | 52.4 | 9 | 56.9 | 11.4 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 48 | Pat Freiermuth | PIT | TE | 5 | 50.8 | 12 | 56.8 | 11.4 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 49 | Devaughn Vele | NO | WR | 5 | 49.7 | 14 | 56.7 | 11.3 | −1 spots down vs base rank |
| 50 | Omarion Hampton | LAC | RB | 5 | 47.1 | 19 | 56.6 | 11.3 | +4 spots up vs base rank |
Showing 50 of 343 players.
How it works
First-down scoring adds a flat bonus every time a player moves the chains. ESPN added it as a league scoring option in 2023, and it has spread quickly because it fixes the oldest complaint about fantasy scoring: a 9-catch, 85-yard day that sustains three drives shouldn’t be worth less than one lucky goal-line plunge. The formula this page applies to every player is:
PPFD points = base season points + (rushing first downs + receiving first downs + passing first downs*) × points per first down
*Passing first downs only apply to the QB view, and only while the “include QB passing first downs” toggle is on. Rushing and receiving first downs always count, for every position.
Base points are regular-season actuals for the season you pick, in your chosen format (standard, half-PPR, or full PPR), so the Δ rank column isolates exactly what the first-down bonus changes. At 0 points per first down the table collapses back to your base rankings — that’s the sanity check, not a bug.
Who rises, and why
First-down scoring rewards volume and chain-movers over touchdown-dependence. Possession receivers who live between the 20s pile up 70–80 receiving first downs a season while a deep threat with the same fantasy total might have half that. Same story for pass-catching running backs: third-down conversions are first downs by definition, so backs who earn passing-down work climb past early-down grinders whose value is concentrated in goal-line touchdowns. Flip on the “Biggest risers” view and the pattern jumps out immediately — the risers are the players whose production sustains drives, and the fallers are the ones whose seasons were built on short scores.
Kickers and team defenses are excluded from this table: first-down data simply doesn’t exist for them, and no mainstream first-down scoring rule touches them anyway.
Which season the table shows
The table opens on the 2026 regular season through Week 5, with the full 2025 regular season one tap away. That is only five weeks of games — a small sample, where one big game still moves a player a long way. Week 5 still had two games to play when this snapshot was taken. The 2026 view’s minimum-games filter is two games (six for 2025), and the per-game column is there so a player with a game in hand doesn’t look worse than he is. Both seasons are regular-season actuals via nflverse.com (CC-BY 4.0); the 2026 numbers are a snapshot from .
Related scoring tools
- PPR vs. half-PPR vs. standard — how the base reception formats reshuffle the same player pool.
- 4pt vs. 6pt passing TD rankings — the QB-scoring sibling of this page.
- TE premium scoring calculator — another format tweak that rewards possession pass-catchers.
Next step
See how the common formats reshape the rankings.
Compare fantasy ranks in standard, half-PPR, and full PPR side by side, 2026 so far or full 2025. See which RBs, WRs, and TEs rise or fall with receptions.
Compare PPR, Half-PPR and Standard