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Week 1 QB Rankings
35 players ranked · PPR scoring · Updated
Past week — Week 7 is current.
Week 1 baseline. No 2026 games have been played yet, so these rankings are built from current depth charts, last season's usage, and Vegas Week 1 totals — not from observed play. They are replaced by the full usage model once Week 1 is complete.
Justin Herbert of LAC is the number one QB in Week 1 PPR scoring at home against ARI, in a game where his offense is implied for 28.8 points, projected for 19.3 points. 8 QBs sit in tiers 1 and 2 combined, and those are the ones you start without thinking.
Scored against what actually happened. Each player is graded against the last board published before his own game kicked off. how this works
Tier 1
- QB1—start
Justin Herbert
LAC · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season, in one of Week 1's best scoring spots at 28.8 implied.
LAC · vs ARI · 19.3 PROJ · 28.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 13.3 · QB21 +205 touches · 100% of snaps
Tier 2
- QB2—start
Joe Burrow
CIN · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season, in one of Week 1's best scoring spots at 27.0 implied.
CIN · vs TB · 18.5 PROJ · 27.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 14.2 · QB18 +165 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB3—start
Jared Goff
DET · QB
Held a featured role last season, in one of Week 1's best scoring spots at 28.2 implied.
DET · vs NO · 18.4 PROJ · 28.3 IMP · high confidence
Actual 16.4 · QB16 +132 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB4—start
Matthew Stafford
LA · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season, in one of Week 1's best scoring spots at 26.0 implied.
LA · vs SF · 17.9 PROJ · 26.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 4.1 · QB29 +252 touches · 84% of snaps
- QB5—start
Kyler Murray
MIN · QB
New to MIN after ARI and steps in as the starter, carried a heavy workload last season.
MIN · vs GB · 17.9 PROJ · 24.0 IMP · medium confidence
Actual -0.4 · QB35 +302 touches · 17% of snaps
- QB6—start
Trevor Lawrence
JAX · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season.
JAX · vs CLE · 17.6 PROJ · 24.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 26.1 · QB5 -12 touches · 88% of snaps
- QB7—start
Caleb Williams
CHI · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season.
CHI · @ CAR · 17.2 PROJ · 24.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 37.3 · QB1 -610 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB8—start
Josh Allen
BUF · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season.
BUF · @ HOU · 16.9 PROJ · 23.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 35.7 · QB2 -66 touches · 100% of snaps
Tier 3
- QB9—start
Jalen Hurts
PHI · QB
Held a featured role last season.
PHI · vs WAS · 16.3 PROJ · 24.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 24.7 · QB7 -27 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB10—start
Patrick Mahomes
KC · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season.
KC · vs DEN · 16.1 PROJ · 23.3 IMP · high confidence
Actual 21.7 · QB9 -17 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB11—start
Sam Darnold
SEA · QB
Held a featured role last season.
SEA · vs NE · 15.9 PROJ · 24.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 0.5 · QB30 +1910% of snaps
- QB12—start
Aaron Rodgers
PIT · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season.
PIT · vs ATL · 15.8 PROJ · 23.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 12.5 · QB22 +103 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB13—flex
Bo Nix
DEN · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season.
DEN · @ KC · 15.8 PROJ · 20.3 IMP · high confidence
Actual 5.4 · QB28 +153 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB14—flex
Jaxson Dart
NYG · QB
Held a featured role last season.
NYG · vs DAL · 15.6 PROJ · 22.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 26.6 · QB4 -1011 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB15—flex
Baker Mayfield
TB · QB
Held a featured role last season.
TB · @ CIN · 15.2 PROJ · 23.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 11.6 · QB24 +95 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB16—flex
Dak Prescott
DAL · QB
Held a featured role last season, in one of Week 1's best scoring spots at 25.8 implied.
DAL · @ NYG · 14.9 PROJ · 25.8 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 14.4 · QB17 +12 touches · 100% of snaps
Tier 4
- QB17—flex
Brock Purdy
SF · QB
Held a featured role last season.
SF · @ LA · 14.9 PROJ · 22.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 21.1 · QB10 -75 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB18—flex
Tyler Shough
NO · QB
Carried a heavy workload last season.
NO · @ DET · 14.8 PROJ · 21.3 IMP · high confidence
Actual 23.2 · QB8 -104 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB19—sit
Bryce Young
CAR · QB
Held a featured role last season.
CAR · vs CHI · 14.7 PROJ · 21.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 31.4 · QB3 -162 touches · 90% of snaps
Tier 5
- QB20—sit
Kirk Cousins
LV · QB
New to LV after ATL and steps in as the starter, held a featured role last season.
LV · vs MIA · 13.6 PROJ · 22.0 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 13.8 · QB20 —5 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB21—sit
C.J. Stroud
HOU · QB
Held a featured role last season.
HOU · vs BUF · 13.3 PROJ · 21.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 16.5 · QB15 -62 touches · 100% of snaps
Tier 6
- QB22—sit
Drake Maye
NE · QB
Held a featured role last season.
NE · @ SEA · 12.7 PROJ · 20.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 9.8 · QB25 +37 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB23—sit
Jayden Daniels
WAS · QB
Held a featured role last season.
WAS · @ PHI · 12.7 PROJ · 20.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 17.7 · QB12 -115 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB24—sit
Lamar Jackson
BAL · QB
Had a steady role last season, in one of Week 1's best scoring spots at 25.2 implied.
BAL · @ IND · 12.6 PROJ · 25.3 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 25.0 · QB6 -187 touches · 100% of snaps
Tier 7
- QB25—sit
Jacoby Brissett
ARI · QB
Held a featured role last season, in a low-scoring spot at 18.8 implied.
ARI · @ LAC · 12.5 PROJ · 18.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 16.5 · QB14 -116 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB26—sit
Jordan Love
GB · QB
Had a steady role last season.
GB · @ MIN · 12.4 PROJ · 22.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 19.5 · QB11 -151 touch · 100% of snaps
- QB27—sit
Daniel Jones
IND · QB
Had a steady role last season.
IND · vs BAL · 11.1 PROJ · 22.3 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 9.0 · QB27 —1 touch · 100% of snaps
- QB28—sit
Cam Ward
TEN · QB
Had a steady role last season.
TEN · vs NYJ · 10.4 PROJ · 20.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 11.7 · QB23 -54 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB29—sit
Geno Smith
NYJ · QB
New to NYJ after LV and steps in as the starter, had a steady role last season, in a low-scoring spot at 19.0 implied.
NYJ · @ TEN · 10.0 PROJ · 19.0 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 9.3 · QB26 -36 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB30—sit
Tua Tagovailoa
ATL · QB
New to ATL after MIA and steps in as the starter, had a steady role last season, in a low-scoring spot at 19.5 implied.
ATL · @ PIT · 9.9 PROJ · 19.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 0.0 · QB31 +1No snaps recorded
- QB31—sit
Malik Willis
MIA · QB
New to MIA after GB and steps in as the starter, had a steady role last season, in a low-scoring spot at 18.5 implied.
MIA · @ LV · 8.8 PROJ · 18.5 IMP · low confidence
Actual 16.7 · QB13 -186 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB32—sit
Deshaun Watson
CLE · QB
Undrafted rookie, already listed as the starter, no NFL usage to go on yet, in a low-scoring spot at 16.5 implied.
CLE · @ JAX · 4.0 PROJ · 16.5 IMP · low confidence
Actual 14.0 · QB19 -136 touches · 100% of snaps
- QB33—sit
Justin Fields
KC · QB
New to KC after NYJ, held a featured role last season.
KC · vs DEN · 0.3 PROJ · 23.3 IMP · low confidence
Actual 0.0 · QB32 -1No snaps recorded
- QB34—sit
Fernando Mendoza
LV · QB
First-round rookie, pick 1, second on the depth chart, no NFL usage to go on yet.
LV · vs MIA · 0.2 PROJ · 22.0 IMP · low confidence
Actual 0.0 · QB34 —No snaps recorded
- QB35—sit
Shedeur Sanders
CLE · QB
Behind the starter on the depth chart, held a featured role last season, in a low-scoring spot at 16.5 implied.
CLE · @ JAX · 0.2 PROJ · 16.5 IMP · low confidence
Actual 0.0 · QB33 -2No snaps recorded
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