Weekly rankings

Weekly QB Rankings

Every quarterback with a game left this week, ranked by projected points in your scoring — with the math on every row.

Week 5 (updated Thu Oct 8): the top projected QBs are Josh Allen (20.4 half-PPR), Matthew Stafford (20.3) and Drake Maye (19.0).

Week 5 · updated Oct 8, 2026

Week 5 QB rankings

Top of the QB board in Half-PPR: Josh Allen 20.4, Matthew Stafford 20.3 and Drake Maye 19.0. Quarterbacks are the least reliable part of this model early in the season — see how it has done below.

Week 5 status unknown: Jayden Daniels (QB, WAS) missed Weeks 3–4 (elbow), Caleb Williams (QB, CHI) missed Weeks 3–4 (hamstring) and Cooper Rush (QB, ATL) missed Weeks 3–4. They stay ranked as if they play, with a chip on the row, until a Week 5 report settles it.

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Quarterbacks in Half-PPR, highest projection first; a new tier starts wherever neighbours are 1.0+ points apart. 35 players.

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#	Player	Proj.	Range	Volume	Vegas	Kickoff ET	DvP (context)
1T1	Josh AllenBUF at LAR	20.4	9.5–31.5	34.8 att · 6.6 car	25.8 (×0.92)	Mon 8:15 PM	23rd (0.94×)
Show the math Volume. 98% of BUF's pass attempts × 35.2 a game · 23% of BUF's carries × 26.8 a game 32.9 attempts · 6.2 carries Efficiency. 7.6 yds/attempt 254 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.74 TD per 100 attempts 1.88 TD Vegas. BUF implied 25.8 vs 27.9 in his games (×0.92) −4% volume, −15% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB1 in FFC ADP → 22.8 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games +1.1 half-PPR pts (19.2 → 20.4) Context (not in projection). LAR allows 0.94× league QB points (rank 23 of 32) Projected line. 34.8 att · 269 pass yds · 1.44 pass TD · 0.83 INT · 6.6 car · 27 rush yds · 0.54 rush TD · 0.32 fumbles lost · 15.4 first downs Points. 20.4 in Half-PPR, range 9.5–31.5. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
2	Matthew StaffordLAR vs BUF	20.3	9.5–31.5	37.3 att · 2.7 car	28.8 (×1.21)	Mon 8:15 PM	6th (1.09×)
Show the math Volume. 97% of LAR's pass attempts × 35.0 a game · 9% of LAR's carries × 26.5 a game 37.8 attempts · 2.7 carries Efficiency. 7.3 yds/attempt 275 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.70 TD per 100 attempts 2.63 TD Vegas. LAR implied 28.8 vs 23.8 in his games (×1.21) +10% volume, +46% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB5 in FFC ADP → 19.9 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games −0.3 half-PPR pts (20.6 → 20.3) Context (not in projection). BUF allows 1.09× league QB points (rank 6 of 32) Projected line. 37.3 att · 272 pass yds · 2.44 pass TD · 0.99 INT · 2.7 car · 10 rush yds · 0.16 rush TD · 0.13 fumbles lost · 13.8 first downs Points. 20.3 in Half-PPR, range 9.5–31.5. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
3T2	Drake MayeNE vs LV	19.0	8.1–30.1	32.0 att · 5.5 car	24.3 (×1.12)	Sun 1:00 PM	17th (0.98×)
Show the math Volume. 95% of NE's pass attempts × 30.6 a game · 18% of NE's carries × 27.4 a game 30.6 attempts · 5.3 carries Efficiency. 7.5 yds/attempt 229 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.76 TD per 100 attempts 2.03 TD Vegas. NE implied 24.3 vs 21.7 in his games (×1.12) +6% volume, +25% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB2 in FFC ADP → 20.7 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games +0.9 half-PPR pts (18.1 → 19.0) Context (not in projection). LV allows 0.98× league QB points (rank 17 of 32) Projected line. 32.0 att · 240 pass yds · 1.83 pass TD · 1.03 INT · 5.5 car · 27 rush yds · 0.30 rush TD · 0.29 fumbles lost · 13.2 first downs Points. 19.0 in Half-PPR, range 8.1–30.1. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
4	Jacoby BrissettARI vs DET	18.9	8.0–30.0	36.2 att · 3.6 car	24.5 (×1.17)	Sun 4:25 PM	1st (1.36×)
Show the math Volume. 96% of ARI's pass attempts × 34.7 a game · 13% of ARI's carries × 26.5 a game 36.3 attempts · 3.6 carries Efficiency. 6.4 yds/attempt 228 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.58 TD per 100 attempts 2.46 TD Vegas. ARI implied 24.5 vs 20.9 in his games (×1.17) +8% volume, +37% TD rate Market prior. Not in preseason ADP — no prior Context (not in projection). DET allows 1.36× league QB points (rank 1 of 32) Projected line. 36.2 att · 227 pass yds · 2.18 pass TD · 0.88 INT · 3.6 car · 15 rush yds · 0.28 rush TD · 0.18 fumbles lost · 13.9 first downs Points. 18.9 in Half-PPR, range 8.0–30.0. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
5	Jared GoffDET at ARI	18.6	7.8–29.8	34.5 att	30.0 (×1.09)	Sun 4:25 PM	4th (1.14×)
Show the math Volume. 98% of DET's pass attempts × 33.9 a game · 7% of DET's carries × 26.0 a game 35.2 attempts · 1.9 carries Efficiency. 7.5 yds/attempt 264 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.98 TD per 100 attempts 2.15 TD Vegas. DET implied 30.0 vs 27.5 in his games (×1.09) +4% volume, +19% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB10 in FFC ADP → 17.9 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games −0.4 half-PPR pts (19.0 → 18.6) Context (not in projection). ARI allows 1.14× league QB points (rank 4 of 32) Projected line. 34.5 att · 258 pass yds · 2.03 pass TD · 0.41 INT · 1.9 car · 7 rush yds · 0.08 rush TD · 0.10 fumbles lost · 13.2 first downs Points. 18.6 in Half-PPR, range 7.8–29.8. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
6	Deshaun WatsonCLE at NYJ	18.2	7.3–29.3	31.0 att · 6.9 car	18.8 (×1.06)	Sun 1:00 PM	21st (0.95×)
Show the math Volume. 97% of CLE's pass attempts × 31.4 a game · 25% of CLE's carries × 26.6 a game 31.0 attempts · 6.9 carries Efficiency. 7.2 yds/attempt 224 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.80 TD per 100 attempts 1.90 TD Vegas. CLE implied 18.8 vs 17.7 in his games (×1.06) +3% volume, +12% TD rate Market prior. Not in preseason ADP — no prior Context (not in projection). NYJ allows 0.95× league QB points (rank 21 of 32) Projected line. 31.0 att · 223 pass yds · 1.66 pass TD · 0.62 INT · 6.9 car · 29 rush yds · 0.24 rush TD · 0.34 fumbles lost · 12.9 first downs Points. 18.2 in Half-PPR, range 7.3–29.3. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
7	Aaron RodgersPIT vs IND	17.8	6.9–29.0	34.7 att	23.3 (×1.15)	Sun 1:00 PM	5th (1.12×)
Show the math Volume. 97% of PIT's pass attempts × 33.2 a game · 7% of PIT's carries × 25.6 a game 34.8 attempts · 1.9 carries Efficiency. 6.9 yds/attempt 239 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.88 TD per 100 attempts 2.24 TD Vegas. PIT implied 23.3 vs 20.3 in his games (×1.15) +7% volume, +31% TD rate Market prior. Not in preseason ADP — no prior Context (not in projection). IND allows 1.12× league QB points (rank 5 of 32) Projected line. 34.7 att · 239 pass yds · 2.15 pass TD · 0.82 INT · 1.9 car · 8 rush yds · 0.09 rush TD · 0.10 fumbles lost · 11.1 first downs Points. 17.8 in Half-PPR, range 6.9–29.0. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
8	Joe BurrowCIN at MIA	17.5	6.7–28.7	35.3 att · 3.3 car	24.5 (×0.99)	Sun 1:00 PM	7th (1.05×)
Show the math Volume. 96% of CIN's pass attempts × 32.9 a game · 12% of CIN's carries × 25.3 a game 32.2 attempts · 3.0 carries Efficiency. 7.3 yds/attempt 235 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.71 TD per 100 attempts 1.66 TD Vegas. CIN implied 24.5 vs 24.7 in his games (×0.99) −0% volume, −2% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB2 in FFC ADP → 20.7 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games +1.5 half-PPR pts (16.0 → 17.5) Context (not in projection). MIA allows 1.05× league QB points (rank 7 of 32) Projected line. 35.3 att · 257 pass yds · 1.63 pass TD · 0.73 INT · 3.3 car · 14 rush yds · 0.19 rush TD · 0.17 fumbles lost · 14.3 first downs Points. 17.5 in Half-PPR, range 6.7–28.7. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
9	Brock PurdySF at SEA	17.0	6.1–28.1	31.7 att · 4.0 car	21.5 (×0.82)	Sun 4:25 PM	31st (0.81×)
Show the math Volume. 97% of SF's pass attempts × 34.6 a game · 15% of SF's carries × 27.2 a game 30.1 attempts · 3.8 carries Efficiency. 7.7 yds/attempt 236 pass yds Scoring chances. 6.04 TD per 100 attempts 1.49 TD Vegas. SF implied 21.5 vs 26.3 in his games (×0.82) −10% volume, −33% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB8 in FFC ADP → 18.7 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games +0.9 half-PPR pts (16.1 → 17.0) Context (not in projection). SEA allows 0.81× league QB points (rank 31 of 32) Projected line. 31.7 att · 249 pass yds · 1.45 pass TD · 0.56 INT · 4.0 car · 20 rush yds · 0.12 rush TD · 0.19 fumbles lost · 14.3 first downs Points. 17.0 in Half-PPR, range 6.1–28.1. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
10	Jayden DanielsWAS vs NYG	17.0	6.1–28.1	28.5 att · 5.9 car	23.0 (×1.06)	Sun 1:00 PM	16th (0.98×)
Show the mathStatus unknown Volume. 82% of WAS's pass attempts × 30.0 a game · 19% of WAS's carries × 27.1 a game 25.4 attempts · 5.3 carries Efficiency. 6.7 yds/attempt 165 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.86 TD per 100 attempts 1.60 TD Vegas. WAS implied 23.0 vs 21.7 in his games (×1.06) +3% volume, +12% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB7 in FFC ADP → 18.8 PPG, 50% weight at 2 games +1.8 half-PPR pts (15.1 → 16.9) Status. Missed Weeks 3–4 (elbow) — no Week 5 game status yet (Week 5 practice report: full practice) not applied: projected as if he plays Context (not in projection). NYG allows 0.98× league QB points (rank 16 of 32) Projected line. 28.5 att · 185 pass yds · 1.57 pass TD · 0.45 INT · 5.9 car · 33 rush yds · 0.23 rush TD · 0.28 fumbles lost · 11.3 first downs Points. 17.0 in Half-PPR, range 6.1–28.1. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
11	Caleb WilliamsCHI at GB	16.9	6.0–28.1	32.0 att · 5.4 car	23.3 (×0.92)	Sun 1:00 PM	26th (0.92×)
Show the mathStatus unknown Volume. 92% of CHI's pass attempts × 33.3 a game · 16% of CHI's carries × 29.6 a game 29.0 attempts · 4.9 carries Efficiency. 7.1 yds/attempt 206 pass yds Scoring chances. 4.52 TD per 100 attempts 1.36 TD Vegas. CHI implied 23.3 vs 25.4 in his games (×0.92) −4% volume, −16% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB9 in FFC ADP → 18.5 PPG, 50% weight at 2 games +1.6 half-PPR pts (15.3 → 16.9) Status. Missed Weeks 3–4 (hamstring) — no Week 5 game status yet (Week 5 practice report: did not practice) not applied: projected as if he plays Context (not in projection). GB allows 0.92× league QB points (rank 26 of 32) Projected line. 32.0 att · 227 pass yds · 1.21 pass TD · 0.62 INT · 5.4 car · 29 rush yds · 0.29 rush TD · 0.24 fumbles lost · 12.6 first downs Points. 16.9 in Half-PPR, range 6.0–28.1. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.
12	Trevor LawrenceJAX vs PHI	16.7	5.8–27.8	30.2 att · 3.4 car	24.8 (×1.04)	Sun 9:30 AM	13th (1.01×)
Show the math Volume. 98% of JAX's pass attempts × 29.5 a game · 12% of JAX's carries × 27.0 a game 29.0 attempts · 3.3 carries Efficiency. 7.4 yds/attempt 216 pass yds Scoring chances. 5.27 TD per 100 attempts 1.82 TD Vegas. JAX implied 24.8 vs 23.9 in his games (×1.04) +2% volume, +7% TD rate Market prior. Preseason QB11 in FFC ADP → 17.9 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games +0.6 half-PPR pts (16.0 → 16.7) Context (not in projection). PHI allows 1.01× league QB points (rank 13 of 32) Projected line. 30.2 att · 225 pass yds · 1.76 pass TD · 0.63 INT · 3.4 car · 14 rush yds · 0.13 rush TD · 0.16 fumbles lost · 12.6 first downs Points. 16.7 in Half-PPR, range 5.8–27.8. The market prior is blended in Half-PPR and scales the whole line, so it carries into every format.

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Proj. is projected points in your scoring. Range is the 10th to 90th percentile of what players at the position actually scored around projections like it in 2024–25. T2 marks where tier 2 starts.

Volume is projected targets (tgt), carries (car) or pass attempts (att). Vegas is his team's implied total and how it compares with the games behind his numbers (×1.08 = 8% higher).

DvP is where the opponent ranks in fantasy points allowed to the position (1st allows the most). It is context — not in the projection — except in a game with no line yet, where it stands in for Vegas.

Lines as of Thu, Oct 8, 8:25 PM ET · stats through Week 4 · injury report: Week 5 (applied). The “updated” date at the top is the oldest of the three.

Week 4 recap : how last week’s projections did against the real results, next to a season-average baseline.

Already kicked off when this snapshot was taken, so not ranked: TB at DAL.

On bye in Week 5: CAR and KC.

Off the active roster on nflverse's weekly rosters, so not ranked: Jaxson Dart (QB, NYG, injured reserve).

Designations from the Week 5 injury report are applied: Questionable ×0.85, Doubtful ×0.70, and teammates of a player ruled out absorb a quarter of his share.

Injured reserve, practice-squad and game-day inactive statuses come from nflverse's Week 5 weekly rosters. A player who missed his team's last game is flagged "status unknown" until a Week 5 report settles it.

Method

How each projection is built

The model projects a stat line, not a point total: targets, catches, yards, touchdowns, attempts. Points come from scoring that line with your league's rules — the same arithmetic as the fantasy points calculator — so Standard, Half-PPR, PPR and custom scoring are all the same projection. Five named factors build the line:

Volume. His share of his team's targets, carries and pass attempts, with recent games counting most (last week 1, the week before 0.8, then 0.64…), each 2025 game counting a tenth of a 2026 game, and one game at a typical share for the position — times how often his team throws and runs, which is mostly the league average plus a slow team signal (every team's number carries 12 games of league average). Underdogs throw a little more.
Efficiency. Catch rate and yards per target, carry and attempt, pulled toward the league rate for his position so a two-game hot streak doesn't carry the number.
Scoring chances. Touchdowns come from where he gets the ball: targets and carries inside the 20 and inside the 5, times the league's touchdown rate from each zone. Last season's and this season's actual touchdowns get almost no weight, because red-zone usage predicts next week's touchdowns better than past touchdowns do.
Vegas. His team's implied total this week against the implied totals of the games his numbers come from. A 10% higher total means about 5% more volume and 21% more touchdowns. In the backtest, this was the single most valuable input.
Market prior. His preseason ADP from Fantasy Football Calculator, turned into last season's points per game at that positional rank, and counted as 2 games of evidence: 40% of the number after three games, 17% after ten.

On top: his own designation (Questionable ×0.85, Doubtful ×0.70, Out is not ranked), a boost when a same-position teammate is ruled out (the others absorb a quarter of his share), and a 10% pull toward his plain season average as a sanity check.

Defense vs position is shown, not used. Once the Vegas line is in, adding the opponent's points allowed made the backtest no better and sometimes worse — the line already prices the matchup. So the DvP column is context. The one exception is a game with no line yet, where the matchup stands in for Vegas and the row says so.

Kickers and defenses. Kickers use 5.20 + 0.125 × team implied total, +0.5 in a dome, −0.7 outdoors in 15+ mph wind. Defenses are the DST streaming rankings, unchanged. Both are Standard scoring.

Worked example, straight off the board

Josh Allen (QB, BUF at LAR) tops the QB board at 20.4 Half-PPR points. Here is every factor behind it:

Volume. 98% of BUF's pass attempts × 35.2 a game · 23% of BUF's carries × 26.8 a game 32.9 attempts · 6.2 carries
Efficiency. 7.6 yds/attempt 254 pass yds
Scoring chances. 4.74 TD per 100 attempts 1.88 TD
Vegas. BUF implied 25.8 vs 27.9 in his games (×0.92) −4% volume, −15% TD rate
Market prior. Preseason QB1 in FFC ADP → 22.8 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games +1.1 half-PPR pts (19.2 → 20.4)
Context (not in projection). LAR allows 0.94× league QB points (rank 23 of 32)

Projected line. 34.8 att · 269 pass yds · 1.44 pass TD · 0.83 INT · 6.6 car · 27 rush yds · 0.54 rush TD · 0.32 fumbles lost · 15.4 first downs. Scored, that is 20.4 in Half-PPR, 20.4 in PPR and 20.3 in Standard.

Track record

How accurate is it?

The formula was fit on 2025 Weeks 4–11 only, then tested week by week on games it had not seen, using only information available before each kickoff: the rest of 2025, and all of 2024 with nothing re-tuned. The comparison is the number most people would otherwise use — each player's season-to-date points per game. Half-PPR.

Swipe for rank correlation and close calls

Test	Average miss	Rank correlation	Close calls right
2025, Weeks 12–18: this model	5.12 pts	0.417	63.9%
2025, Weeks 12–18: season average	5.34 pts	0.369	60.6%
2024, Weeks 4–18 (fully out of sample): this model	5.11 pts	0.475	62.1%
2024, Weeks 4–18 (fully out of sample): season average	5.19 pts	0.428	61.6%

Average miss is the mean absolute error in points (1,365 and 2,863 player-weeks). Rank correlation (Spearman) is how well the order matched each week, 1 being perfect. Close calls are every pair of similar starters at the same position in the same week: how often the higher projection outscored the other.

The honest read: a real but modest edge. It misses by 0.08 to 0.22 points less per player-week than season averages and orders players a little better. Weekly fantasy scoring is mostly noise — a receiver's 10th-to-90th-percentile range spans 15.3 points — so a small, steady margin over a strong baseline is what a real improvement looks like. The rest of the value is in seeing why a number is what it is.

At QB: close calls went right 61.1% of the time in the 2025 test (season average 58.6%) and 61.8% in 2024 (season average 61.5%).

How much a gap means. Over 2024–25, when two similar starters at the same position were this far apart in projection, the higher one outscored the other this often. That is why a tier breaks at a 1-point gap: inside it, the order is a coin flip.

Swipe for how often the higher one won

Gap	Reads as	Higher one won	Pairs
under 1 pt	Coin flip	52%	7,798
1–2 pts	Slight lean	57%	7,128
2–3 pts	Lean	62%	5,862
3–5 pts	Start	68%	7,823
5+ pts	Clear start	78%	5,710

Where it is weakest. Quarterbacks, especially early in the season: over 2024 Weeks 4–7, plain season averages beat it at QB (68.5% of close calls right against 63.6%). And kickers, whose rank correlation is only about 0.24 — better than a kicker's own average (0.17) but close to noise. Defenses hold up better: 0.41 against 0.14 for a defense's own average in 2024.

The range. Floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile of actual minus projected points across 2024–25, by position: QB −10.9 / +11.2, RB −7.2 / +9.0, WR −6.4 / +8.8, TE −4.7 / +7.5. The floor sits further below than the ceiling sits above the median because weekly scoring is lopsided: most weeks land under the projection, a few land far over it.

The honest part

What these rankings can't see

Role changes. A backup promoted this week has almost no share history, so he projects low until he has a game or two. A starter back from injured reserve is projected on his old games while his stand-ins still carry his absence, and a traded player carries his old team's role. When you know about a role change, trust it over the row.

Late scratches. There is no inactives feed. The last refresh before the early Sunday games reflects Friday's injury designations, so a player ruled out on Sunday morning still shows here.

Scoring the model can't honour. 100- and 300-yard bonuses, long-touchdown bonuses and return touchdowns aren't projected: a bonus pays on one big game, and a projection is an average. The range is measured in Half-PPR and applied around the projection in every format.

The level can drift. Across whole seasons the projections ran about half a point high one year and half a point low the other. The order is what to read; the exact points are an estimate.

Week 18. Teams resting starters make the final week the noisiest of the season, and nothing here models who sits.

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2026 player stats, snaps, red-zone play-by-play, injuries, schedule and past-game lines via nflverse.com (CC-BY-4.0), stats as of Oct 8, 2026. Preseason ADP (the market prior, Sep 6–11 draft window) via Fantasy Football Calculator. Consensus lines as of Thu, Oct 8, 8:25 PM ET, a median across sportsbooks. Wind via the National Weather Service — NWS does not endorse this site. Players in the pool: 35 QB, 47 RB, 84 WR, 43 TE.