ZeroChalk Week 3 Fantasy Rankings + Expected Points

All 120 board players ranked by their Week 3 expected fantasy points, highest to lowest, then split into tiers by where the real cliffs fall. This is a weekly start/sit board: the order is this week's projected output, not the season-long draft board. When a tier is a flat cluster, any of those names plays about the same; when the number drops between tiers, that's a start/sit line.

Updated 09/07/2026.

Expected points. Each player's expected points come from Sleeper/rotowire per-week projections (retrieved 09/07/2026), run through the ZeroChalk scoring engine: passing 1 pt / 20 yds, 4 / passing TD, -2 / INT; rushing and receiving 0.1 / yd, 6 / TD, -2 / fumble lost; PPR adds 1 / reception. These are expected values, so fractional points are correct (this is a projection, not a stat sheet). Exp PPR is full-PPR; Exp Std is standard (non-PPR) and differs only for pass-catchers (QBs are identical).

How the tiers work. Overall tiers are natural bands of Week 3 PPR expected points: T1 18+, T2 15-18, T3 12-15, T4 9-12, T5 6-9, T6 under 6. A player with no Week 3 projection (bye or not projected) is left off this week's board.

On this page

• Overall board
• Quarterbacks
• Running backs
• Wide receivers
• Tight ends

Overall board

The full board of 120 projected players, ranked by Week 3 full-PPR expected points and grouped into tiers. T1 is this week's elite (23 players); the board runs down to T6.

Rank	Tier	Player	Team	Pos	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	T1	Christian McCaffrey	SF	RB	ARI	22.4	17.3
2	T1	Josh Allen	BUF	QB	LAC	22.2	22.2
3	T1	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	NYJ	22.1	18.1
4	T1	Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	DAL	21.9	21.9
5	T1	Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	GB	21.8	17.3
6	T1	Brock Purdy	SF	QB	ARI	21.6	21.6
7	T1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	WAS	21.4	14.0
8	T1	Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	PIT	21.2	21.2
9	T1	Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	CHI	21.0	21.0
10	T1	Patrick Mahomes	KC	QB	MIA	20.8	20.8
11	T1	Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	PHI	20.7	20.7
12	T1	Drake Maye	NE	QB	JAX	20.4	20.4
13	T1	Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	BAL	20.4	20.4
14	T1	Jaxson Dart	NYG	QB	TEN	20.4	20.4
15	T1	Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	DEN	20.3	13.1
16	T1	Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	SEA	20.3	20.3
17	T1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	NYJ	19.8	12.8
18	T1	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	PIT	19.4	12.8
19	T1	Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	HOU	19.4	16.1
20	T1	Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	BUF	19.3	19.3
21	T1	Bo Nix	DEN	QB	LAR	19.2	19.2
22	T1	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	QB	NE	18.8	18.8
23	T1	Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	DEN	18.1	18.1
24	T2	James Cook III	BUF	RB	LAC	17.6	15.1
25	T2	Nico Collins	HOU	WR	IND	17.5	11.7
26	T2	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	BAL	17.2	11.1
27	T2	De'Von Achane	MIA	RB	KC	17.1	13.8
28	T2	Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	TB	16.9	11.0
29	T2	Drake London	ATL	WR	GB	16.6	11.0
30	T2	Chase Brown	CIN	RB	PIT	16.5	12.4
31	T2	A.J. Brown	NE	WR	JAX	16.2	11.0
32	T2	Brock Bowers	LV	TE	NO	16.2	9.5
33	T2	Rashee Rice	KC	WR	MIA	15.9	9.8
34	T2	Chris Olave	NO	WR	LV	15.8	10.0
35	T2	Trey McBride	ARI	TE	SF	15.6	8.8
36	T2	Jeremiyah Love	ARI	RB	SF	15.5	11.4
37	T2	Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	DAL	15.5	10.0
38	T2	Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	BUF	15.3	11.8
39	T2	Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	DAL	15.3	14.2
40	T2	Kenneth Walker III	KC	RB	MIA	15.3	12.1
41	T2	Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	PIT	15.3	10.7
42	T2	George Pickens	DAL	WR	BAL	15.2	10.3
43	T2	Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	CHI	15.0	12.5
44	T2	DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	CHI	15.0	9.6
45	T3	Jaylen Waddle	DEN	WR	LAR	14.8	9.7
46	T3	Ashton Jeanty	LV	RB	NO	14.7	11.3
47	T3	Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	DET	14.4	12.1
48	T3	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	CLE	14.2	9.7
49	T3	Josh Jacobs	GB	RB	ATL	14.2	11.9
50	T3	Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	DEN	14.1	12.1
51	T3	David Montgomery	HOU	RB	IND	14.1	12.0
52	T3	Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	PHI	13.9	8.9
53	T3	Jameson Williams	DET	WR	NYJ	13.9	9.8
54	T3	Christian Watson	GB	WR	ATL	13.8	9.8
55	T3	Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	SEA	13.7	8.9
56	T3	Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	BAL	13.6	11.1
57	T3	Mike Evans	SF	WR	ARI	13.4	9.3
58	T3	Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	TEN	13.3	10.5
59	T3	Luther Burden III	CHI	WR	PHI	13.3	8.7
60	T3	Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	CIN	13.3	10.2
61	T3	Jayden Reed	GB	WR	ATL	13.3	8.8
62	T3	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	CAR	13.2	11.4
63	T3	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	DET	13.0	8.4
64	T3	Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	TEN	12.8	8.1
65	T3	Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	BUF	12.8	8.3
66	T3	Tyler Warren	IND	TE	HOU	12.8	8.0
67	T3	Rico Dowdle	PIT	RB	CIN	12.5	9.9
68	T3	Alec Pierce	IND	WR	HOU	12.5	9.0
69	T3	Travis Etienne Jr.	NO	RB	LV	12.4	10.2
70	T3	Tucker Kraft	GB	TE	ATL	12.4	8.2
71	T3	Davante Adams	LAR	WR	DEN	12.1	8.3
72	T3	D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	PHI	12.1	9.9
73	T3	Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	NYJ	12.1	7.5
74	T3	Travis Kelce	KC	TE	MIA	12.1	7.2
75	T3	Josh Downs	IND	WR	HOU	12.1	7.6
76	T3	George Kittle	SF	TE	ARI	12.0	7.6
77	T4	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	RB	JAX	11.8	9.7
78	T4	DK Metcalf	PIT	WR	CIN	11.8	8.2
79	T4	Bucky Irving	TB	RB	MIN	11.7	9.3
80	T4	Emeka Egbuka	TB	WR	MIN	11.4	7.9
81	T4	DJ Moore	BUF	WR	LAC	11.4	7.5
82	T4	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	TE	GB	11.4	7.0
83	T4	Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	SF	11.4	7.4
84	T4	Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	PHI	11.3	7.7
85	T4	Parker Washington	JAX	WR	NE	11.3	7.6
86	T4	Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	TB	11.3	7.8
87	T4	Stefon Diggs	WAS	WR	SEA	11.1	6.7
88	T4	Carnell Tate	TEN	WR	NYG	11.0	7.2
89	T4	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	RB	JAX	11.0	9.2
90	T4	Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	LAC	11.0	6.5
91	T4	Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	BUF	10.9	7.5
92	T4	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	WR	MIN	10.8	6.5
93	T4	Marvin Harrison Jr.	ARI	WR	SF	10.7	7.4
94	T4	Brian Thomas Jr.	JAX	WR	NE	10.7	7.2
95	T4	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	RB	NE	10.6	8.8
96	T4	Michael Pittman Jr.	PIT	WR	CIN	10.6	6.5
97	T4	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	TE	CAR	10.6	6.5
98	T4	Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	LAR	10.6	7.0
99	T4	Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	DAL	10.5	6.7
100	T4	Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	NYG	10.3	8.5
101	T4	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	CLE	10.3	8.7
102	T4	Jakobi Meyers	JAX	WR	NE	10.2	6.4
103	T4	Matthew Golden	GB	WR	ATL	10.1	6.7
104	T4	RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	LAR	10.1	7.5
105	T4	Wan'Dale Robinson	TEN	WR	NYG	9.9	5.9
106	T4	Rachaad White	WAS	RB	SEA	9.9	6.7
107	T4	Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	BAL	9.8	5.4
108	T4	Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	CHI	9.7	5.9
109	T4	Isaiah Likely	NYG	TE	TEN	9.7	5.7
110	T4	Jadarian Price	SEA	RB	WAS	9.3	8.3
111	T4	Kenny Gainwell	TB	RB	MIN	9.2	6.5
112	T5	Jonathon Brooks	CAR	RB	CLE	8.8	6.7
113	T5	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	RB	SEA	8.7	7.4
114	T5	Blake Corum	LAR	RB	DEN	8.4	7.7
115	T5	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	RB	TB	8.1	6.6
116	T5	Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	PHI	8.1	6.8
117	T5	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	LAR	7.8	6.8
118	T5	De'Zhaun Stribling	SF	WR	ARI	7.3	4.9
119	T5	Makai Lemon	PHI	WR	CHI	7.0	4.5
120	T6	MarShawn Lloyd	GB	RB	ATL	4.4	3.4

Quarterbacks

The 15 quarterbacks on the board with a Week 3 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Josh Allen	BUF	LAC	22.2	22.2
2	P2	Lamar Jackson	BAL	DAL	21.9	21.9
3	P2	Brock Purdy	SF	ARI	21.6	21.6
4	P2	Joe Burrow	CIN	PIT	21.2	21.2
5	P2	Jalen Hurts	PHI	CHI	21.0	21.0
6	P2	Patrick Mahomes	KC	MIA	20.8	20.8
7	P2	Caleb Williams	CHI	PHI	20.7	20.7
8	P2	Drake Maye	NE	JAX	20.4	20.4
9	P2	Dak Prescott	DAL	BAL	20.4	20.4
10	P2	Jaxson Dart	NYG	TEN	20.4	20.4
11	P2	Jayden Daniels	WAS	SEA	20.3	20.3
12	P2	Justin Herbert	LAC	BUF	19.3	19.3
13	P2	Bo Nix	DEN	LAR	19.2	19.2
14	P3	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	NE	18.8	18.8
15	P3	Matthew Stafford	LAR	DEN	18.1	18.1

Running backs

The 41 running backs on the board with a Week 3 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Christian McCaffrey	SF	ARI	22.4	17.3
2	P1	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	NYJ	22.1	18.1
3	P1	Bijan Robinson	ATL	GB	21.8	17.3
4	P1	Jonathan Taylor	IND	HOU	19.4	16.1
5	P1	James Cook III	BUF	LAC	17.6	15.1
6	P1	De'Von Achane	MIA	KC	17.1	13.8
7	P1	Chase Brown	CIN	PIT	16.5	12.4
8	P2	Jeremiyah Love	ARI	SF	15.5	11.4
9	P2	Omarion Hampton	LAC	BUF	15.3	11.8
10	P2	Derrick Henry	BAL	DAL	15.3	14.2
11	P2	Kenneth Walker III	KC	MIA	15.3	12.1
12	P2	Saquon Barkley	PHI	CHI	15.0	12.5
13	P2	Ashton Jeanty	LV	NO	14.7	11.3
14	P2	Breece Hall	NYJ	DET	14.4	12.1
15	P2	Josh Jacobs	GB	ATL	14.2	11.9
16	P2	Kyren Williams	LAR	DEN	14.1	12.1
17	P2	David Montgomery	HOU	IND	14.1	12.0
18	P2	Javonte Williams	DAL	BAL	13.6	11.1
19	P2	Cam Skattebo	NYG	TEN	13.3	10.5
20	P2	Jaylen Warren	PIT	CIN	13.3	10.2
21	P2	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	CAR	13.2	11.4
22	P2	Rico Dowdle	PIT	CIN	12.5	9.9
23	P2	Travis Etienne Jr.	NO	LV	12.4	10.2
24	P2	D'Andre Swift	CHI	PHI	12.1	9.9
25	P3	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	JAX	11.8	9.7
26	P3	Bucky Irving	TB	MIN	11.7	9.3
27	P3	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	JAX	11.0	9.2
28	P3	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	NE	10.6	8.8
29	P3	Tony Pollard	TEN	NYG	10.3	8.5
30	P3	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	CLE	10.3	8.7
31	P3	RJ Harvey	DEN	LAR	10.1	7.5
32	P3	Rachaad White	WAS	SEA	9.9	6.7
33	P3	Jadarian Price	SEA	WAS	9.3	8.3
34	P3	Kenny Gainwell	TB	MIN	9.2	6.5
35	P4	Jonathon Brooks	CAR	CLE	8.8	6.7
36	P4	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	SEA	8.7	7.4
37	P4	Blake Corum	LAR	DEN	8.4	7.7
38	P4	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	TB	8.1	6.6
39	P4	Kyle Monangai	CHI	PHI	8.1	6.8
40	P4	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	LAR	7.8	6.8
41	P5	MarShawn Lloyd	GB	ATL	4.4	3.4

Wide receivers

The 50 wide receivers on the board with a Week 3 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WAS	21.4	14.0
2	P1	Puka Nacua	LAR	DEN	20.3	13.1
3	P1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	NYJ	19.8	12.8
4	P1	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	PIT	19.4	12.8
5	P1	Nico Collins	HOU	IND	17.5	11.7
6	P1	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	BAL	17.2	11.1
7	P1	Justin Jefferson	MIN	TB	16.9	11.0
8	P1	Drake London	ATL	GB	16.6	11.0
9	P1	A.J. Brown	NE	JAX	16.2	11.0
10	P2	Rashee Rice	KC	MIA	15.9	9.8
11	P2	Chris Olave	NO	LV	15.8	10.0
12	P2	Zay Flowers	BAL	DAL	15.5	10.0
13	P2	Tee Higgins	CIN	PIT	15.3	10.7
14	P2	George Pickens	DAL	BAL	15.2	10.3
15	P2	DeVonta Smith	PHI	CHI	15.0	9.6
16	P2	Jaylen Waddle	DEN	LAR	14.8	9.7
17	P2	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	CLE	14.2	9.7
18	P2	Jameson Williams	DET	NYJ	13.9	9.8
19	P2	Christian Watson	GB	ATL	13.8	9.8
20	P2	Terry McLaurin	WAS	SEA	13.7	8.9
21	P2	Mike Evans	SF	ARI	13.4	9.3
22	P2	Luther Burden III	CHI	PHI	13.3	8.7
23	P2	Jayden Reed	GB	ATL	13.3	8.8
24	P2	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	DET	13.0	8.4
25	P2	Malik Nabers	NYG	TEN	12.8	8.1
26	P2	Ladd McConkey	LAC	BUF	12.8	8.3
27	P2	Alec Pierce	IND	HOU	12.5	9.0
28	P2	Davante Adams	LAR	DEN	12.1	8.3
29	P2	Josh Downs	IND	HOU	12.1	7.6
30	P3	DK Metcalf	PIT	CIN	11.8	8.2
31	P3	Emeka Egbuka	TB	MIN	11.4	7.9
32	P3	DJ Moore	BUF	LAC	11.4	7.5
33	P3	Michael Wilson	ARI	SF	11.4	7.4
34	P3	Rome Odunze	CHI	PHI	11.3	7.7
35	P3	Parker Washington	JAX	NE	11.3	7.6
36	P3	Jordan Addison	MIN	TB	11.3	7.8
37	P3	Stefon Diggs	WAS	SEA	11.1	6.7
38	P3	Carnell Tate	TEN	NYG	11.0	7.2
39	P3	Khalil Shakir	BUF	LAC	11.0	6.5
40	P3	Quentin Johnston	LAC	BUF	10.9	7.5
41	P3	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	MIN	10.8	6.5
42	P3	Marvin Harrison Jr.	ARI	SF	10.7	7.4
43	P3	Brian Thomas Jr.	JAX	NE	10.7	7.2
44	P3	Michael Pittman Jr.	PIT	CIN	10.6	6.5
45	P3	Courtland Sutton	DEN	LAR	10.6	7.0
46	P3	Jakobi Meyers	JAX	NE	10.2	6.4
47	P3	Matthew Golden	GB	ATL	10.1	6.7
48	P3	Wan'Dale Robinson	TEN	NYG	9.9	5.9
49	P4	De'Zhaun Stribling	SF	ARI	7.3	4.9
50	P4	Makai Lemon	PHI	CHI	7.0	4.5

Tight ends

The 14 tight ends on the board with a Week 3 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Brock Bowers	LV	NO	16.2	9.5
2	P1	Trey McBride	ARI	SF	15.6	8.8
3	P1	Colston Loveland	CHI	PHI	13.9	8.9
4	P2	Tyler Warren	IND	HOU	12.8	8.0
5	P2	Tucker Kraft	GB	ATL	12.4	8.2
6	P2	Sam LaPorta	DET	NYJ	12.1	7.5
7	P2	Travis Kelce	KC	MIA	12.1	7.2
8	P2	George Kittle	SF	ARI	12.0	7.6
9	P2	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	GB	11.4	7.0
10	P2	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	CAR	10.6	6.5
11	P2	Mark Andrews	BAL	DAL	10.5	6.7
12	P3	Jake Ferguson	DAL	BAL	9.8	5.4
13	P3	Dallas Goedert	PHI	CHI	9.7	5.9
14	P3	Isaiah Likely	NYG	TEN	9.7	5.7

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ZeroChalk is not affiliated with the NFL, NFL teams, or the NFLPA. This is a dated projection snapshot, not a claim of predictive certainty. Expected points are computed from the Sleeper NFL per-week projections (provider rotowire), retrieved September 7, 2026, scored with the ZeroChalk scoring engine.