What are week 1 fantasy football rankings?

Week 1 rankings order players by expected fantasy points in this week's games only — matchup, injury status and role all count, season-long value does not. They are the board to check before you set a lineup.

What does the best / worst rank mean?

Every row shows the consensus rank plus the highest and lowest rank any contributing FantasyPros expert gave the player this week. A wide gap means the experts disagree — usually an injury question, a new role, or a matchup they read differently.

Should I start the higher-ranked player?

Usually, but rankings are league-agnostic. Scoring settings, your other options at the position and your opponent all matter. Connect your league to LeagueLogs — it's free — and the AI chat that knows your league answers start/sit questions against your actual roster.

Week 1 QB Rankings

Week 1 QB rankings from the FantasyPros expert consensus — consensus rank plus each player's best and worst expert rank.

Week 1 · 2026 season · Consensus updated September 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM EDT

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#	Player	Pos	Team	Bye	Consensus	Best	Worst	Split	Rostered
1	Joe Burrow start/sit →	QB	CIN	6	1.8	1	4	±0.9	99%
2	Josh Allen start/sit →	QB	BUF	7	2.8	1	7	±1.6	100%
3	Lamar Jackson start/sit →	QB	BAL	13	3.0	1	6	±1.2	100%
4	Jalen Hurts start/sit →	QB	PHI	10	4.2	2	7	±1.3	99%
5	Justin Herbert start/sit →	QB	LAC	7	4.7	1	9	±1.7	94%
6	Dak Prescott start/sit →	QB	DAL	14	6.9	4	10	±1.5	95%
7	Jayden Daniels start/sit →	QB	WAS	7	8.0	6	13	±2.1	99%
8	Drake Maye start/sit →	QB	NE	11	8.3	4	18	±3.2	100%
9	Caleb Williams start/sit →	QB	CHI	10	9.5	6	12	±1.4	96%
10	Trevor Lawrence start/sit →	QB	JAX	7	10.0	7	13	±1.8	92%
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11	Jaxson Dart start/sit →	QB	NYG	8	11.3	8	14	±1.6	93%
12	Jared Goff start/sit →	QB	DET	6	11.8	8	17	±2.2	76%
13	Matthew Stafford start/sit →	QB	LAR	11	13.1	7	20	±2.6	93%
14	Baker Mayfield start/sit →	QB	TB	10	13.3	7	17	±2.2	61%
15	Brock Purdy start/sit →	QB	SF	8	14.6	9	21	±2.3	86%
16	Kyler Murray start/sit →	QB	MIN	6	16.3	14	20	±1.7	69%
17	Patrick Mahomes II start/sit →	QB	KC	5	17.2	11	22	±2.6	88%
18	Bo Nix start/sit →	QB	DEN	10	17.6	15	20	±1.3	90%
19	Malik Willis start/sit →	QB	MIA	6	18.3	14	28	±2.6	33%
20	Tyler Shough start/sit →	QB	NO	8	19.8	17	22	±1.3	45%
21	Jordan Love start/sit →	QB	GB	11	20.3	15	23	±1.9	57%
22	Sam Darnold start/sit →	QB	SEA	11	22.6	21	25	±1.0	38%
23	Bryce Young start/sit →	QB	CAR	5	23.5	21	27	±1.3	16%
24	C.J. Stroud start/sit →	QB	HOU	8	23.6	21	27	±1.5	28%
25	Daniel Jones start/sit →	QB	IND	13	24.2	18	28	±2.3	30%
26	Aaron Rodgers start/sit →	QB	PIT	9	26.2	25	28	±0.8	11%
27	Jacoby Brissett start/sit →	QB	ARI	14	27.0	23	30	±1.8	9%
28	Geno Smith start/sit →	QB	NYJ	13	28.5	24	31	±1.5	7%
29	Kirk Cousins start/sit →	QB	LV	13	28.8	26	32	±1.3	5%
30	Tua Tagovailoa start/sit →	QB	ATL	11	31.0	30	33	±1.0	6%
31	Cam Ward start/sit →	QB	TEN	9	28.8	25	31	±1.9	15%
32	Deshaun Watson start/sit →	QB	CLE	11	32.0	31	35	±0.8	5%
33	Shedeur Sanders start/sit →	QB	CLE	11	35.2	31	60	±6.2	5%
34	Michael Penix Jr.start/sit →	QB	ATL	11	33.6	30	35	±1.2	4%
35	Fernando Mendoza start/sit →	QB	LV	13	35.8	33	53	±4.4	19%
36	Joe Flacco start/sit →	QB	CIN	6	38.4	33	45	±4.7	1%
37	Justin Fields start/sit →	QB	KC	5	38.6	36	44	±2.9	2%
38	Ty Simpson start/sit →	QB	LAR	11	40.6	34	51	±5.8	3%
39	Mac Jones start/sit →	QB	SF	8	40.6	34	47	±5.4	2%
40	J.J. McCarthy start/sit →	QB	MIN	6	44.4	40	50	±3.9	2%
41	Jameis Winston start/sit →	QB	NYG	8	45.0	38	61	±8.2	1%
42	Jarrett Stidham start/sit →	QB	DEN	—	45.0	41	52	±4.0	—
43	Marcus Mariota start/sit →	QB	WAS	7	45.4	36	54	±6.0	1%
44	Trey Lance start/sit →	QB	LAC	7	45.6	37	55	±5.9	1%
45	Tyrod Taylor start/sit →	QB	GB	11	46.4	44	52	±3.0	1%
46	Tyler Huntley start/sit →	QB	BAL	—	46.8	42	55	±4.4	—
47	Cade Klubnik start/sit →	QB	NYJ	13	48.4	39	63	±9.4	1%
48	Davis Mills start/sit →	QB	HOU	8	49.6	42	58	±5.1	1%
49	Riley Leonard start/sit →	QB	IND	13	50.6	41	57	±5.3	1%
50	Tyson Bagent start/sit →	QB	CHI	10	52.0	39	64	±9.0	1%
51	Quinn Ewers start/sit →	QB	JAX	7	55.8	48	64	±6.1	1%
52	Carson Beck start/sit →	QB	ARI	14	47.0	37	54	±7.0	3%
53	Anthony Richardson Sr.start/sit →	QB	IND	13	54.5	39	71	±15.0	2%
54	Spencer Rattler start/sit →	QB	NO	—	55.3	49	59	±3.9	—
55	Tommy DeVito start/sit →	QB	NE	—	57.3	54	63	±3.4	—
56	Tanner McKee start/sit →	QB	PHI	—	57.5	40	69	±11.0	—
57	Kyle Allen start/sit →	QB	BUF	—	57.5	50	61	±4.5	—
58	Jake Browning start/sit →	QB	FA	—	46.3	38	53	±6.2	1%
59	Joe Milton III start/sit →	QB	DAL	14	47.3	36	54	±8.1	1%
60	Gardner Minshew II start/sit →	QB	ARI	14	66.2	52	91	±13.5	1%
61	Kenny Pickett start/sit →	QB	CAR	—	60.5	55	63	±3.2	—
62	Carson Wentz start/sit →	QB	MIN	—	60.8	39	73	±13.0	—
63	Mason Rudolph start/sit →	QB	PIT	—	60.8	51	74	±9.7	—
64	Mitchell Trubisky start/sit →	QB	TEN	—	61.5	57	70	±5.0	—
65	Joshua Dobbs start/sit →	QB	DET	—	68.8	35	111	±27.2	—
66	Nick Mullens start/sit →	QB	JAX	—	56.3	48	62	±6.0	—
67	Jalen Milroe start/sit →	QB	SEA	11	57.0	47	65	±7.5	1%
68	Andy Dalton start/sit →	QB	PHI	—	59.7	53	69	±6.8	—
69	Drew Lock start/sit →	QB	SEA	—	69.0	50	90	±14.3	—
70	Sam Howell start/sit →	QB	DAL	—	62.7	46	74	±12.0	—
71	Drew Allar start/sit →	QB	PIT	9	59.0	51	67	±8.0	1%
72	Jimmy Garoppolo start/sit →	QB	LAR	—	62.5	55	70	±7.5	—
73	Garrett Nussmeier start/sit →	QB	KC	—	73.7	72	77	±2.4	—
74	Taylen Green start/sit →	QB	CLE	11	67.5	40	95	±27.5	2%
75	Aidan O'Connell start/sit →	QB	LV	—	68.5	65	72	±3.5	—
76	Josh Johnson start/sit →	QB	CIN	—	71.0	66	76	±5.0	—
77	Will Levis start/sit →	QB	FA	—	71.0	69	73	±2.0	—
78	Stetson Bennett IV start/sit →	QB	LAR	—	72.5	70	75	±2.5	—
79	Kyle McCord start/sit →	QB	MIA	—	73.0	54	92	±19.0	—
80	Carter Bradley	QB	JAX	—	75.5	73	78	±2.5	—
81	Jalon Daniels start/sit →	QB	TB	—	79.0	60	98	±19.0	—
82	Brandon Allen start/sit →	QB	FA	—	77.0	75	79	±2.0	—
83	Behren Morton start/sit →	QB	NE	—	79.0	78	80	±1.0	—
84	Luke Altmyer start/sit →	QB	DET	—	80.0	79	81	±1.0	—
85	Will Howard start/sit →	QB	PIT	—	80.5	67	94	±13.5	—
86	Athan Kaliakmanis start/sit →	QB	WAS	—	81.0	80	82	±1.0	—
87	Zach Wilson start/sit →	QB	NO	—	82.0	71	93	±11.0	—
88	Jack Strand start/sit →	QB	ATL	11	82.0	81	83	±1.0	0%
89	Haynes King start/sit →	QB	CAR	—	83.0	77	89	±6.0	—
90	Sam Ehlinger start/sit →	QB	DEN	—	83.5	82	85	±1.5	—
91	Kurtis Rourke start/sit →	QB	SF	—	83.5	83	84	±0.5	—
92	DJ Uiagalelei start/sit →	QB	LAC	—	85.0	84	86	±1.0	—
93	Shane Buechele start/sit →	QB	BUF	—	86.0	85	87	±1.0	—
94	Brady Cook start/sit →	QB	FA	—	87.0	86	88	±1.0	—
95	Connor Bazelak	QB	FA	—	88.5	87	90	±1.5	—
96	Cam Miller start/sit →	QB	FA	—	89.5	88	91	±1.5	—
97	Case Keenum start/sit →	QB	CHI	—	90.5	89	92	±1.5	—

Expert consensus and ownership data via FantasyPros

Week 1: where the experts split

The widest expert disagreements near the top of the board — the players one analyst has as a must-start and another has on the bench.

#33Shedeur SandersQB · CLEbest #31 · worst #60 · ±6.2
#38Ty SimpsonQB · LARbest #34 · worst #51 · ±5.8
#39Mac JonesQB · SFbest #34 · worst #47 · ±5.4
#36Joe FlaccoQB · CINbest #33 · worst #45 · ±4.7
#35Fernando MendozaQB · LVbest #33 · worst #53 · ±4.4

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are week 1 fantasy football rankings?: Week 1 rankings order players by expected fantasy points in this week's games only — matchup, injury status and role all count, season-long value does not. They are the board to check before you set a lineup.
What does the best / worst rank mean?: Every row shows the consensus rank plus the highest and lowest rank any contributing FantasyPros expert gave the player this week. A wide gap means the experts disagree — usually an injury question, a new role, or a matchup they read differently.
Should I start the higher-ranked player?: Usually, but rankings are league-agnostic. Scoring settings, your other options at the position and your opponent all matter. Connect your league to LeagueLogs — it's free — and the AI chat that knows your league answers start/sit questions against your actual roster.