FreeOctober 2, 2026

Week 5 Fantasy Rankings + Expected Points

All 120 board players ranked by Week 5 expected fantasy points — full-PPR and standard — from Sleeper/rotowire per-week projections. Overall tiers plus QB, RB, WR, and TE boards.

ZeroChalk Week 5 Fantasy Rankings + Expected Points

All 120 board players ranked by their Week 5 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 5 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 5 projection (bye or not projected) is left off this week's board.

Overall board

The full board of 120 projected players, ranked by Week 5 full-PPR expected points and grouped into tiers. T1 is this week's elite (22 players); the board runs down to T6.

Rank	Tier	Player	Team	Pos	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	T1	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	ARI	22.5	18.4
2	T1	Josh Allen	BUF	QB	LAR	22.2	22.2
3	T1	Christian McCaffrey	SF	RB	SEA	21.9	16.8
4	T1	Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	MIA	21.9	21.9
5	T1	Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	ATL	21.6	21.6
6	T1	Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	BAL	21.3	16.8
7	T1	Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	TB	21.1	21.1
8	T1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	SF	21.0	13.7
9	T1	Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	NYG	20.9	20.9
10	T1	Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	JAX	20.9	20.9
11	T1	Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	GB	20.9	20.9
12	T1	Brock Purdy	SF	QB	SEA	20.9	20.9
13	T1	Jaxson Dart	NYG	QB	WAS	20.8	20.8
14	T1	Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	BUF	20.5	13.2
15	T1	Drake Maye	NE	QB	LV	20.4	20.4
16	T1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	ARI	20.0	12.8
17	T1	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	MIA	19.8	13.1
18	T1	Bo Nix	DEN	QB	LAC	19.1	19.1
19	T1	Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	PIT	18.9	15.6
20	T1	Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	DEN	18.9	18.9
21	T1	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	QB	PHI	18.9	18.9
22	T1	Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	BUF	18.4	18.4
23	T2	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	TB	17.6	11.4
24	T2	Nico Collins	HOU	WR	TEN	17.5	11.7
25	T2	De'Von Achane	MIA	RB	CIN	17.4	14.1
26	T2	James Cook III	BUF	RB	LAR	17.1	14.6
27	T2	Chase Brown	CIN	RB	MIA	17.0	12.8
28	T2	Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	NO	16.6	10.8
29	T2	Drake London	ATL	WR	BAL	16.4	10.9
30	T2	A.J. Brown	NE	WR	LV	16.3	11.0
31	T2	Brock Bowers	LV	TE	NE	16.2	9.5
32	T2	Jeremiyah Love	ARI	RB	DET	15.8	11.7
33	T2	Trey McBride	ARI	TE	DET	15.7	8.8
34	T2	Chris Olave	NO	WR	MIN	15.6	9.9
35	T2	Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	MIA	15.6	11.0
36	T2	George Pickens	DAL	WR	TB	15.5	10.5
37	T2	Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	ATL	15.3	9.9
38	T2	Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	ATL	15.2	14.1
39	T3	Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	JAX	14.9	12.4
40	T3	DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	JAX	14.9	9.5
41	T3	Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	DEN	14.8	11.2
42	T3	Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	BUF	14.7	12.7
43	T3	Jaylen Waddle	DEN	WR	LAC	14.7	9.6
44	T3	Ashton Jeanty	LV	RB	NE	14.4	11.0
45	T3	Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	CLE	14.4	12.1
46	T3	Josh Jacobs	GB	RB	CHI	14.3	12.0
47	T3	Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	GB	14.0	8.9
48	T3	Jameson Williams	DET	WR	ARI	14.0	9.9
49	T3	Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	NYG	13.9	9.0
50	T3	David Montgomery	HOU	RB	TEN	13.9	11.7
51	T3	Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	TB	13.8	11.4
52	T3	Christian Watson	GB	WR	CHI	13.8	9.9
53	T3	Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	WAS	13.5	10.7
54	T3	Luther Burden III	CHI	WR	GB	13.4	8.7
55	T3	Jayden Reed	GB	WR	CHI	13.3	8.8
56	T3	Mike Evans	SF	WR	SEA	13.1	9.1
57	T3	Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	IND	13.1	10.0
58	T3	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	CLE	12.9	8.4
59	T3	Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	WAS	12.9	8.2
60	T3	Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	DEN	12.7	8.2
61	T3	Tyler Warren	IND	TE	PIT	12.7	7.9
62	T3	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	NYJ	12.5	10.7
63	T3	Alec Pierce	IND	WR	PIT	12.5	9.0
64	T3	Tucker Kraft	GB	TE	CHI	12.5	8.2
65	T3	Rico Dowdle	PIT	RB	IND	12.3	9.7
66	T3	Davante Adams	LAR	WR	BUF	12.2	8.4
67	T3	D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	GB	12.2	10.0
68	T3	Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	ARI	12.2	7.5
69	T3	Travis Etienne Jr.	NO	RB	MIN	12.1	9.9
70	T3	Bucky Irving	TB	RB	DAL	12.1	9.8
71	T3	Josh Downs	IND	WR	PIT	12.1	7.6
72	T4	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	RB	LV	11.8	9.7
73	T4	DK Metcalf	PIT	WR	IND	11.8	8.2
74	T4	George Kittle	SF	TE	SEA	11.8	7.4
75	T4	Emeka Egbuka	TB	WR	DAL	11.7	8.2
76	T4	DJ Moore	BUF	WR	LAR	11.4	7.5
77	T4	Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	GB	11.4	7.7
78	T4	Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	DET	11.4	7.4
79	T4	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	TE	BAL	11.3	6.9
80	T4	Parker Washington	JAX	WR	PHI	11.3	7.5
81	T4	Stefon Diggs	WAS	WR	NYG	11.2	6.7
82	T4	Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	NO	11.1	7.6
83	T4	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	RB	LV	11.0	9.2
84	T4	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	WR	DAL	11.0	6.8
85	T4	Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	LAR	11.0	6.6
86	T4	Carnell Tate	TEN	WR	HOU	10.9	7.2
87	T4	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	RB	PHI	10.8	9.0
88	T4	Marvin Harrison Jr.	ARI	WR	DET	10.8	7.4
89	T4	Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	DEN	10.8	7.4
90	T4	Brian Thomas Jr.	JAX	WR	PHI	10.7	7.2
91	T4	Michael Pittman Jr.	PIT	WR	IND	10.6	6.5
92	T4	Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	LAC	10.6	7.0
93	T4	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	TE	NYJ	10.5	6.4
94	T4	Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	ATL	10.4	6.6
95	T4	RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	LAC	10.3	7.7
96	T4	Jakobi Meyers	JAX	WR	PHI	10.2	6.4
97	T4	Rachaad White	WAS	RB	NYG	10.2	7.1
98	T4	Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	HOU	10.1	8.3
99	T4	Matthew Golden	GB	WR	CHI	10.0	6.7
100	T4	Wan'Dale Robinson	TEN	WR	HOU	9.9	5.9
101	T4	Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	TB	9.9	5.5
102	T4	Isaiah Likely	NYG	TE	WAS	9.8	5.7
103	T4	Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	JAX	9.6	5.9
104	T4	Kenny Gainwell	TB	RB	DAL	9.5	6.8
105	T4	Jadarian Price	SEA	RB	SF	9.2	8.1
106	T4	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	RB	NYG	9.0	7.8
107	T5	Blake Corum	LAR	RB	BUF	8.8	8.1
108	T5	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	RB	NO	8.2	6.6
109	T5	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	LAC	8.1	7.0
110	T5	Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	GB	8.1	6.8
111	T5	De'Zhaun Stribling	SF	WR	SEA	7.1	4.7
112	T5	Makai Lemon	PHI	WR	JAX	6.9	4.4
113	T6	MarShawn Lloyd	GB	RB	CHI	4.4	3.4
114	T6	Rashee Rice	KC	WR		0.0	0.0
115	T6	Kenneth Walker III	KC	RB		0.0	0.0
116	T6	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR		0.0	0.0
117	T6	Jonathon Brooks	CAR	RB		0.0	0.0
118	T6	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB		0.0	0.0
119	T6	Travis Kelce	KC	TE		0.0	0.0
120	T6	Patrick Mahomes	KC	QB		0.0	0.0

Quarterbacks

The 15 quarterbacks on the board with a Week 5 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Josh Allen	BUF	LAR	22.2	22.2
2	P2	Joe Burrow	CIN	MIA	21.9	21.9
3	P2	Lamar Jackson	BAL	ATL	21.6	21.6
4	P2	Dak Prescott	DAL	TB	21.1	21.1
5	P2	Jayden Daniels	WAS	NYG	20.9	20.9
6	P2	Jalen Hurts	PHI	JAX	20.9	20.9
7	P2	Caleb Williams	CHI	GB	20.9	20.9
8	P2	Brock Purdy	SF	SEA	20.9	20.9
9	P2	Jaxson Dart	NYG	WAS	20.8	20.8
10	P2	Drake Maye	NE	LV	20.4	20.4
11	P2	Bo Nix	DEN	LAC	19.1	19.1
12	P3	Justin Herbert	LAC	DEN	18.9	18.9
13	P3	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	PHI	18.9	18.9
14	P3	Matthew Stafford	LAR	BUF	18.4	18.4
15	P4	Patrick Mahomes	KC		0.0	0.0

Running backs

The 41 running backs on the board with a Week 5 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	ARI	22.5	18.4
2	P1	Christian McCaffrey	SF	SEA	21.9	16.8
3	P1	Bijan Robinson	ATL	BAL	21.3	16.8
4	P1	Jonathan Taylor	IND	PIT	18.9	15.6
5	P1	De'Von Achane	MIA	CIN	17.4	14.1
6	P1	James Cook III	BUF	LAR	17.1	14.6
7	P1	Chase Brown	CIN	MIA	17.0	12.8
8	P2	Jeremiyah Love	ARI	DET	15.8	11.7
9	P2	Derrick Henry	BAL	ATL	15.2	14.1
10	P2	Saquon Barkley	PHI	JAX	14.9	12.4
11	P2	Omarion Hampton	LAC	DEN	14.8	11.2
12	P2	Kyren Williams	LAR	BUF	14.7	12.7
13	P2	Ashton Jeanty	LV	NE	14.4	11.0
14	P2	Breece Hall	NYJ	CLE	14.4	12.1
15	P2	Josh Jacobs	GB	CHI	14.3	12.0
16	P2	David Montgomery	HOU	TEN	13.9	11.7
17	P2	Javonte Williams	DAL	TB	13.8	11.4
18	P2	Cam Skattebo	NYG	WAS	13.5	10.7
19	P2	Jaylen Warren	PIT	IND	13.1	10.0
20	P2	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	NYJ	12.5	10.7
21	P2	Rico Dowdle	PIT	IND	12.3	9.7
22	P2	D'Andre Swift	CHI	GB	12.2	10.0
23	P2	Travis Etienne Jr.	NO	MIN	12.1	9.9
24	P2	Bucky Irving	TB	DAL	12.1	9.8
25	P3	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	LV	11.8	9.7
26	P3	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	LV	11.0	9.2
27	P3	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	PHI	10.8	9.0
28	P3	RJ Harvey	DEN	LAC	10.3	7.7
29	P3	Rachaad White	WAS	NYG	10.2	7.1
30	P3	Tony Pollard	TEN	HOU	10.1	8.3
31	P3	Kenny Gainwell	TB	DAL	9.5	6.8
32	P3	Jadarian Price	SEA	SF	9.2	8.1
33	P3	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	NYG	9.0	7.8
34	P4	Blake Corum	LAR	BUF	8.8	8.1
35	P4	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	NO	8.2	6.6
36	P4	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	LAC	8.1	7.0
37	P4	Kyle Monangai	CHI	GB	8.1	6.8
38	P5	MarShawn Lloyd	GB	CHI	4.4	3.4
39	P5	Kenneth Walker III	KC		0.0	0.0
40	P5	Jonathon Brooks	CAR		0.0	0.0
41	P5	Chuba Hubbard	CAR		0.0	0.0

Wide receivers

The 50 wide receivers on the board with a Week 5 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	SF	21.0	13.7
2	P1	Puka Nacua	LAR	BUF	20.5	13.2
3	P1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	ARI	20.0	12.8
4	P1	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	MIA	19.8	13.1
5	P1	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	TB	17.6	11.4
6	P1	Nico Collins	HOU	TEN	17.5	11.7
7	P1	Justin Jefferson	MIN	NO	16.6	10.8
8	P1	Drake London	ATL	BAL	16.4	10.9
9	P1	A.J. Brown	NE	LV	16.3	11.0
10	P2	Chris Olave	NO	MIN	15.6	9.9
11	P2	Tee Higgins	CIN	MIA	15.6	11.0
12	P2	George Pickens	DAL	TB	15.5	10.5
13	P2	Zay Flowers	BAL	ATL	15.3	9.9
14	P2	DeVonta Smith	PHI	JAX	14.9	9.5
15	P2	Jaylen Waddle	DEN	LAC	14.7	9.6
16	P2	Jameson Williams	DET	ARI	14.0	9.9
17	P2	Terry McLaurin	WAS	NYG	13.9	9.0
18	P2	Christian Watson	GB	CHI	13.8	9.9
19	P2	Luther Burden III	CHI	GB	13.4	8.7
20	P2	Jayden Reed	GB	CHI	13.3	8.8
21	P2	Mike Evans	SF	SEA	13.1	9.1
22	P2	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	CLE	12.9	8.4
23	P2	Malik Nabers	NYG	WAS	12.9	8.2
24	P2	Ladd McConkey	LAC	DEN	12.7	8.2
25	P2	Alec Pierce	IND	PIT	12.5	9.0
26	P2	Davante Adams	LAR	BUF	12.2	8.4
27	P2	Josh Downs	IND	PIT	12.1	7.6
28	P3	DK Metcalf	PIT	IND	11.8	8.2
29	P3	Emeka Egbuka	TB	DAL	11.7	8.2
30	P3	DJ Moore	BUF	LAR	11.4	7.5
31	P3	Rome Odunze	CHI	GB	11.4	7.7
32	P3	Michael Wilson	ARI	DET	11.4	7.4
33	P3	Parker Washington	JAX	PHI	11.3	7.5
34	P3	Stefon Diggs	WAS	NYG	11.2	6.7
35	P3	Jordan Addison	MIN	NO	11.1	7.6
36	P3	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	DAL	11.0	6.8
37	P3	Khalil Shakir	BUF	LAR	11.0	6.6
38	P3	Carnell Tate	TEN	HOU	10.9	7.2
39	P3	Marvin Harrison Jr.	ARI	DET	10.8	7.4
40	P3	Quentin Johnston	LAC	DEN	10.8	7.4
41	P3	Brian Thomas Jr.	JAX	PHI	10.7	7.2
42	P3	Michael Pittman Jr.	PIT	IND	10.6	6.5
43	P3	Courtland Sutton	DEN	LAC	10.6	7.0
44	P3	Jakobi Meyers	JAX	PHI	10.2	6.4
45	P3	Matthew Golden	GB	CHI	10.0	6.7
46	P3	Wan'Dale Robinson	TEN	HOU	9.9	5.9
47	P4	De'Zhaun Stribling	SF	SEA	7.1	4.7
48	P4	Makai Lemon	PHI	JAX	6.9	4.4
49	P5	Rashee Rice	KC		0.0	0.0
50	P5	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR		0.0	0.0

Tight ends

The 14 tight ends on the board with a Week 5 projection, ranked by expected points.

Pos rank	Pos tier	Player	Team	Opp	Exp PPR	Exp Std
1	P1	Brock Bowers	LV	NE	16.2	9.5
2	P1	Trey McBride	ARI	DET	15.7	8.8
3	P1	Colston Loveland	CHI	GB	14.0	8.9
4	P2	Tyler Warren	IND	PIT	12.7	7.9
5	P2	Tucker Kraft	GB	CHI	12.5	8.2
6	P2	Sam LaPorta	DET	ARI	12.2	7.5
7	P2	George Kittle	SF	SEA	11.8	7.4
8	P2	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	BAL	11.3	6.9
9	P2	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	NYJ	10.5	6.4
10	P2	Mark Andrews	BAL	ATL	10.4	6.6
11	P3	Jake Ferguson	DAL	TB	9.9	5.5
12	P3	Isaiah Likely	NYG	WAS	9.8	5.7
13	P3	Dallas Goedert	PHI	JAX	9.6	5.9
14	P4	Travis Kelce	KC		0.0	0.0

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.