The NFL Regular Season is ready to get off to a great start this Thursday and Friday, and the first main DFS fantasy football contest on DraftKings includes the 12 games lined up for Sunday afternoon. Eight games start at 1:00 p.m. ET with four more games in the later wave at just after 4:00 p.m. ET. To help you as you get your lineup together, each week we’ll be running down the fantasy football rankings at each of the main positions for the main slate.
These rankings are based on what we know coming into the week on Monday, so stay tuned to DK Network for more news throughout the week to see if your lineup should be adjusted at all.
These player rankings are based solely on total output, independent of the players’ salaries. They do not account for value, ownership, ceiling or correlation, which should all be factors in building your final lineup. They are, however, a great starting point as you start to look ahead or as you compare specific options in a particular position.
For full rankings for the week at each position, check out my author page. The rankings on this page do not include any players from the prime time matchups, which are on separate slates. Each of the position-specific rankings includes all the players for the entire week.
Be sure to set your lineup for all Week 1 contests, highlighted by the NFL $3.5M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st].
Top 10 QB
- Joe Burrow (at CLE), $6,900
- Jayden Daniels (vs. NYG), $7,000
- Baker Mayfield (at ATL), $6,600
- Bo Nix (vs. TEN), $6,300
- Kyler Murray (at NO), $6,400
- Drake Maye (vs. LV), $5,500
- Justin Fields (vs. PIT), $5,400
- Trevor Lawrence (vs. CAR), $5,300
- Jared Goff (at GB), $6,500
- Jordan Love (vs. DET), $6,100
Top 20 RB
- Bijan Robinson (vs. TB), $8,000
- Christian McCaffrey (at SEA), $7,300
- Jahmyr Gibbs (at GB), $7,700
- Ashton Jeanty (at NE), $7,000
- Bucky Irving (at ATL), $7,100
- Chase Brown (at CLE), $6,600
- Jonathan Taylor (vs. MIA), $6,800
- Kyren Williams (vs. HOU), $6,500
- De’Von Achane (at IND), $6,900 — if healthy
- Chuba Hubbard (at JAC), $6,000
- Josh Jacobs (vs. DET), $6,700
- James Conner (at NO), $6,100
- Kenneth Walker III (vs. SF), $5,900
- Alvin Kamara (vs. ARI), $6,300
- Breece Hall (vs. PIT), $6,400
- Tony Pollard (at DEN), $5,700
- TreVeyon Henderson (vs. LV), $5,500
- RJ Harvey (vs. TEN), $5,800
- Travis Etienne Jr. (vs. CAR), $5,400
- Jaylen Warren (at NYJ), $5,200
Top 20 WR
- Ja’Marr Chase (at CLE), $8,100
- Malik Nabers (at WAS), $7,000
- Amon-Ra St. Brown (at GB), $7,100
- Nico Collins (at LAR), $7,400
- Puka Nacua (vs. HOU), $7,600
- Drake London (vs. TB), $6,500
- Brian Thomas Jr. (vs. CAR), $6,800
- Mike Evans (at ATL), $6,600
- A.J. Brown (vs. DAL), $7,100
- Tee Higgins (at CLE), $6,400
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba (vs. SF), $5,800
- Terry McLaurin (vs. NYG), $6,200
- Courtland Sutton (vs. TEN), $6,000
- Davante Adams (vs. HOU), $6,100
- Marvin Harrison Jr. (at NO), $5,500
- Emeka Egbuka (at ATL), $4,600
- Jerry Jeudy (vs. CIN), $5,400
- Tetairoa McMillan (at JAC), $5,200
- DK Metcalf (at NYJ), $5,900
- Jaylen Waddle (at IND), $5,700
Top 10 TE
- George Kittle (at SEA), $5,800
- Brock Bowers (at NE), $6,500
- Trey McBride (at NO), $6,200
- Sam LaPorta (at GB), $5,000
- David Njoku (vs. CIN), $4,700
- Evan Engram (vs. TEN), $4,500
- Tyler Warren (vs. MIA), $4,400
- Tucker Kraft (vs. DET), $4,000
- Zach Ertz (vs. NYG), $4,100
- Brenton Strange (vs. CAR), $3,300
