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Top 24 2026 Fantasy Football QB Rankings
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Top 24 2026 Fantasy Football QB Rankings

Originally posted on TWSN  |  By Steve Bradshaw  |  Last updated Jul 31, 2026 10:17 AM ET
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At the start of July, we dove into the top 12 quarterbacks for the 2026 fantasy football season. This time around, we'll be going even deeper and looking at the top 24 quarterbacks.

These rankings are based on where I would draft each of these quarterbacks, not necessarily a prediction on where each player will finish. With that being said, let’s dive into these quarterback rankings for 2026 fantasy football.

2026 Fantasy Football: QB Rankings

1. Josh Allen (BUF)

2. Lamar Jackson (BAL)

3. Jalen Hurts (PHI)

4. Drake Maye (NE)

I’m a huge fan of A. J. Brown this year, which will also benefit Drake Maye a ton. Maye was able to score 20.7 PPG in year two with Stefon Diggs as his WR1.

Not only does Maye get a much better WR1, but he has another year of experience as well. With Maye, he had 450 rushing yards and four touchdowns last year, but I’m hoping his average yards per carry increases.

As a rookie, Maye had 7.8 YPC on 54 attempts, but that dropped to 4.4 with a large sample (103 attempts) in year two. If this mark can just be somewhere in the middle, Maye could have a monster rushing year.

5. Joe Burrow (CIN)

6. Jayden Daniels (WAS)

7. Caleb Williams (CHI)

8. Trevor Lawrence (JAX)

Despite being very disappointing given the expectations placed on him early on, Trevor Lawrence finally broke out in 2025 with 19.9 PPG. Lawrence has the talent as a former number one overall pick, and he did all this in a situation that should get even better.

Brian Thomas Jr. had a rough year, not helping Lawrence much, and Travis Hunter never really got going either. If at least one of these two players with a ton of potential can break out, Lawrence would benefit a ton.

9. Kyler Murray (MIN)

10. Jaxson Dart (NYG)

11. Justin Herbert (LAC)

12. Dak Prescott (DAL)

13. Patrick Mahomes (KC)

14. Matthew Stafford (LAR)

15. Brock Purdy (SF)

16. Malik Willis (MIA)

Some may disagree with Malik Willis being ranked here, but I’d much rather draft him this late into a draft than a player such as Jared Goff. Although Goff has a higher floor, I’m not sure how many weeks he can be a legitimate starter on my roster.

With Willis, the situation around him with the Miami Dolphins is very bad. That said, Willis can move very well, as he had 123 rushing yards and two touchdowns in four games last year.

I'm not saying this is extremely likely to happen, but the ceiling path is that Willis has a season like 2022 Justin Fields, where his poor situation forces him to run the ball a ton, racking up fantasy football points.

17. Bo Nix (DEN)

18. Baker Mayfield (TB)

19. Jordan Love (GB)

Jordan Love has a lot of talent, but he’s scored less than 16 PPG in each of his last three seasons. Love does have upside, scoring 18.8 PPG in 2023, but the question is if he’ll find a dominant WR1.

I’m a fan of Christian Watson, but he’s yet to prove he can be that guy, and Matthew Golden had an underwhelming rookie season. There's a path for Love to score between 18 and 20 PPG, but since he doesn’t run the ball much, most of it is going to be out of his control.

20. Daniel Jones (IND)

21. C.J. Stroud (HOU)

22. Cam Ward (TEN)

23. Jared Goff (DET)

I'm extremely confident that Goff will finish higher than QB23. It's just that I don't really value the floor of players once you get outside of the top tier. Goff had 19.1 PPG in 2024, but outside of that, the last time he had over 18 PPG was in 2019.

It’s really just that I view Goff as a waiver wire level player, and that’s not a player you want to draft in a 1QB league.

24. Sam Darnold (SEA)

This article first appeared on TWSN and was syndicated with permission.

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