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Week 9 fantasy rankings and projections

Week 9 2026 fantasy football rankings for every position: half-PPR, PPR and standard projections with Margin's range of outcomes, the easiest matchups, waiver adds and byes.

Week 9 quarterbacks rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Game	Half	80% range	PPR	Std
1	Brock Purdy	SF	vs LV	22.3	10.2–31.3	22.3	22.3
2	Josh Allen	BUF	@ MIN	21.6	10.4–29.7	21.6	21.6
3	Joe Burrow	CIN	@ ATL	21.0	9.8–29.1	21.0	21.0
4	Drake Maye	NE	vs GB	20.7	9.5–28.8	20.7	20.7
5	Patrick Mahomes	KC	vs NYJ	20.7	9.5–28.8	20.7	20.7
6	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	@ BAL	19.5	8.2–27.2	19.5	19.5
7	Dak Prescott	DAL	@ IND	18.9	7.6–26.6	18.9	18.9
8	Sam Darnold	SEA	vs ARI	18.9	7.6–26.6	18.9	18.9
9	Jared Goff	DET	@ MIA	18.6	7.3–26.3	18.6	18.6
10	Matthew Stafford	LAR	@ WAS	18.4	7.7–27.2	18.4	18.4

All 30 quarterbacks in week 9

Week 9 running backs rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Game	Half	80% range	PPR	Std
1	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	@ MIA	24.1	13.7–34.5	26.6	21.6
2	Bijan Robinson	ATL	vs CIN	23.0	12.6–33.4	24.9	21.2
3	Kenneth Walker III	KC	vs NYJ	21.0	10.6–31.4	22.9	19.2
4	Christian McCaffrey	SF	vs LV	20.2	9.8–30.6	22.0	18.4
5	Javonte Williams	DAL	@ IND	18.5	8.1–28.9	19.6	17.3
6	Jonathan Taylor	IND	vs DAL	17.9	7.5–28.3	18.9	16.8
7	Kyren Williams	LAR	@ WAS	17.4	7.0–27.8	18.9	15.9
8	Bucky Irving	TB	@ CHI	17.0	6.6–27.4	18.4	15.6
9	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	vs DEN	15.4	5.0–25.8	16.8	14.0
10	Chase Brown	CIN	@ ATL	14.9	4.5–25.3	16.9	13.0

All 81 running backs in week 9

Week 9 wide receivers rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Game	Half	80% range	PPR	Std
1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	vs ARI	21.9	12.1–31.9	25.3	18.4
2	Puka Nacua	LAR	@ WAS	19.2	9.4–29.2	23.0	15.5
3	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	@ ATL	17.0	7.2–27.0	20.1	13.9
4	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	@ IND	16.8	7.0–26.8	20.1	13.5
5	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	@ MIA	15.6	5.8–25.6	18.9	12.4
6	Drake London	ATL	vs CIN	14.9	5.1–24.9	17.8	12.1
7	Justin Jefferson	MIN	vs BUF	14.2	4.4–24.2	17.2	11.2
8	Mike Evans	SF	vs LV	14.2	4.4–24.2	16.5	12.0
9	Luther Burden III	CHI	vs TB	14.1	4.3–24.1	17.9	10.3
10	Tee Higgins	CIN	@ ATL	13.8	4.0–23.8	16.1	11.4

All 135 wide receivers in week 9

Week 9 tight ends rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Game	Half	80% range	PPR	Std
1	Brock Bowers	LV	@ SF	13.9	6.2–21.7	17.2	10.7
2	George Kittle	SF	vs LV	12.5	4.8–20.3	14.9	10.1
3	Trey McBride	ARI	@ SEA	11.6	3.9–19.4	15.0	8.2
4	Isaiah Likely	NYG	@ PHI	10.9	3.2–18.7	13.3	8.5
5	Travis Kelce	KC	vs NYJ	10.8	3.1–18.6	13.0	8.5
6	Sam LaPorta	DET	@ MIA	10.1	2.4–17.9	12.5	7.8
7	Tyler Warren	IND	vs DAL	10.0	2.3–17.8	12.8	7.2
8	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	@ NO	9.0	1.3–16.8	11.2	6.9
9	Juwan Johnson	NO	vs CLE	8.6	0.9–16.4	10.6	6.6
10	Tucker Kraft	GB	@ NE	8.4	2.0–15.7	10.7	6.2

All 85 tight ends in week 9

Week 9 kickers rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Game	Half	80% range	PPR	Std
1	Brandon Aubrey	DAL	@ IND	10.4	4.3–15.2	10.4	10.4
2	Spencer Shrader	IND	vs DAL	10.0	3.9–14.8	10.0	10.0
3	Evan McPherson	CIN	@ ATL	9.8	3.7–14.6	9.8	9.8
4	Jason Myers	SEA	vs ARI	9.6	3.5–14.4	9.6	9.6
5	Will Reichard	MIN	vs BUF	9.2	3.1–14.0	9.2	9.2
6	Eddy Pineiro	SF	vs LV	9.1	3.0–13.9	9.1	9.1
7	Jake Bates	DET	@ MIA	9.1	3.0–13.9	9.1	9.1
8	Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	@ LAC	9.0	2.9–13.8	9.0	9.0
9	Harrison Butker	KC	vs NYJ	8.9	2.8–13.7	8.9	8.9
10	Tyler Bass	BUF	@ MIN	8.7	2.6–13.5	8.7	8.7

All 30 kickers in week 9

Week 9 team defenses rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Game	Half	80% range	PPR	Std
1	Seattle Seahawks defense	SEA	vs ARI	8.6	2.5–18.0	8.6	8.6
2	Kansas City Chiefs defense	KC	vs NYJ	8.3	2.2–17.7	8.3	8.3
3	San Francisco 49ers defense	SF	vs LV	7.9	2.0–16.3	7.9	7.9
4	Houston Texans defense	HOU	@ LAC	7.8	1.9–16.2	7.8	7.8
5	Denver Broncos defense	DEN	@ CAR	7.6	1.7–16.0	7.6	7.6
6	New Orleans Saints defense	NO	vs CLE	7.4	1.5–15.8	7.4	7.4
7	New York Giants defense	NYG	@ PHI	7.2	1.3–15.6	7.2	7.2
8	Detroit Lions defense	DET	@ MIA	6.8	0.7–14.7	6.8	6.8
9	Jacksonville Jaguars defense	JAX	@ BAL	6.8	0.7–14.7	6.8	6.8
10	Los Angeles Rams defense	LAR	@ WAS	6.8	0.7–14.7	6.8	6.8

All 30 team defenses in week 9

Easiest matchups in week 9 (defense vs position)

The defenses that allow the most fantasy points to each position, schedule-adjusted, per game above the league average (half PPR).

Position	Softest defenses
Quarterbacks	vs DET (+3.1), vs WAS (+2.8), vs DAL (+1.9)
Running backs	vs CAR (+2.8), vs DAL (+2.3), vs BUF (+2.1)
Wide receivers	vs DAL (+3.8), vs DET (+1.9), vs CHI (+1.5)
Tight ends	vs DET (+3.8), vs WAS (+2.9), vs CIN (+2.2)

Week 9 waiver wire: the most added players

Added in the most Sleeper leagues in the last 24 hours, with this week's half-PPR projection.

Player	Pos	Team	Adds	Proj.
Adonai Mitchell	WR	NYJ	601,088	5.1
Gardner Minshew II	QB	ARI	453,636	10.4
Tyler Allgeier	RB	ARI	362,610	9.1
Emmett Johnson	RB	KC	264,069	4.1
Devin Singletary	RB	NYG	158,904	7.2
Detroit Lions defense	DEF	DET	103,482	6.8
Ryan Flournoy	WR	DAL	92,224	6.5
Tyler Bass	K	BUF	89,595	8.7
Houston Texans defense	DEF	HOU	83,720	7.8
Mike Gesicki	TE	CIN	76,412	7.3

Week 9 bye weeks

Teams on bye
Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans

Questions

Which NFL teams are on bye in week 9?

Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans.

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