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Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings 2026 — Half-PPR

These are RotoAlpha's 12-team Half-PPR quarterback rankings, where tiers group QBs by similar Draft Value surplus over replacement level — the wider the gap between tiers, the more it costs to miss.

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Tier 1 (rank 1)

1 player · ranks 1–1 · Draft Value +51.4 to +51.4

Josh Allen stands alone at QB1 with a projected 310.6 points and a +51.4 Draft Value — and the cliff below him is 33.7 points, the biggest gap on this entire page. No other position tier on these rankings carries a drop that steep. The question isn't whether Allen is worth prioritizing; it's whether you're willing to build the rest of your roster around securing him.

#PlayerOverallTeam ProjDraft Value
1 Josh Allen #25 BUF 310.6 +51.4
↓ 33.7 Draft Value points to Tier 2

Tier 2 (ranks 2–4)

3 players · ranks 2–4 · Draft Value +17.7 to +10.4

Lamar Jackson, Drake Maye, and Joe Burrow are separated by just 7.3 Draft Value points internally — a tight cluster of genuinely above-replacement starters. The gap below this tier is only 6.2 points, so there's no catastrophic penalty for sliding to Tier 3, but you do leave this group empty. If you miss all three here, you're settling for a single-player bridge before the field flattens out entirely.

#PlayerOverallTeam ProjDraft Value
2 Lamar Jackson #51 BAL 276.9 +17.7
3 Drake Maye #55 NE 272.7 +13.5
4 Joe Burrow #59 CIN 269.6 +10.4
↓ 6.2 Draft Value points to Tier 3

Tier 3 (rank 5)

1 player · ranks 5–5 · Draft Value +4.2 to +4.2

Dak Prescott sits alone at QB5 with a +4.2 Draft Value — still above replacement, but just barely, and the 4.2-point gap to Tier 4 is the exact size of that surplus. Draft him and you have a starter who projects above the replacement line; pass on him and you're immediately in a tier where most quarterbacks project below it.

#PlayerOverallTeam ProjDraft Value
5 Dak Prescott #68 DAL 263.4 +4.2
↓ 4.2 Draft Value points to Tier 4

Tier 4 (ranks 6–36)

31 players · ranks 6–36 · Draft Value +0.0 to -188.6

Thirty-one quarterbacks share this tier, spanning a 188.6-point internal spread from Jalen Hurts at +0.0 Draft Value all the way down to Joe Flacco at -188.6. The top of this group — Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Matthew Stafford — still projects competitively in raw points, while the back end represents deep-roster depth at best. With no cliff below, there's no urgency to reach inside Tier 4; the supply is deep enough to wait and fill the position with your remaining picks.

#PlayerOverallTeam ProjDraft Value
6 Jalen Hurts #71 PHI 259.2 +0.0
7 Jayden Daniels #91 WAS 254.1 -5.1
8 Matthew Stafford #92 LAR 252.6 -6.6
9 Trevor Lawrence #108 JAX 247.6 -11.6
10 Brock Purdy #109 SF 247.1 -12.1
11 Patrick Mahomes #111 KC 246.1 -13.1
12 Jared Goff #117 DET 243.8 -15.4
13 Caleb Williams #124 CHI 241.3 -17.9
14 Bo Nix #129 DEN 239.6 -19.6
15 Justin Herbert #135 LAC 237.0 -22.2
16 Baker Mayfield #145 TB 231.3 -27.9
17 Fernando Mendoza #175 LV 222.7 -36.5
18 Jaxson Dart #178 NYG 221.7 -37.5
19 Kyler Murray #189 MIN 217.4 -41.8
20 Jordan Love #197 GB 215.8 -43.4
21 Sam Darnold #205 SEA 213.4 -45.8
22 Tyler Shough #212 NO 209.5 -49.7
23 C.J. Stroud #213 HOU 209.4 -49.8
24 Daniel Jones #218 IND 207.8 -51.4
25 Cam Ward #229 TEN 200.4 -58.8
26 Tua Tagovailoa #276 ATL 186.1 -73.1
27 Geno Smith #286 NYJ 183.6 -75.6
28 Aaron Rodgers #312 PIT 175.3 -83.9
29 Bryce Young #329 CAR 172.2 -87.0
30 Malik Willis #343 MIA 170.1 -89.1
31 Jacoby Brissett #360 ARI 166.8 -92.4
32 Ty Simpson #370 LAR 163.8 -95.4
33 Kirk Cousins #433 LV 154.5 -104.7
34 Deshaun Watson #909 CLE 88.1 -171.1
35 Justin Fields #910 KC 71.5 -187.7
36 Joe Flacco #911 CIN 70.6 -188.6

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