Fantasy Football · 2026
Draft Return
Full PPR · 169 drafted players with a qualifying benchmark
Draft Return compares where the draft market took a player with where he ranks at his position now. The preseason side is Fantasy Football Calculator's aggregate ADP from 2026-09-09 -- the last aggregate draft market published before the season's first kickoff; it is fixed for the season and is never assembled from more than one day -- and the current side is what each player has actually scored, ranked within his position.
Both sides are positional ranks in Full PPR, because an ADP is a pick number and a projection board is an ordering of expected points, and the two share no unit. Preseason positional rank - current positional rank; positive means the player has outperformed the position he was drafted at.
Draft Return deltas are ordinal rank differences. They describe one player against one position and may not be summed, averaged or compared across positions without a value curve that converts a rank into a quantity.
Preseason market against the board now
RB Draft Return
Scoring
Where each player actually ranks at his position on what he has scored so far, against where the draft market took him.
Biggest outperformers vs draft slot
- Chuba Hubbard RB30 → RB8 +22
- Jonah Coleman RB52 → RB31 +21
- Kyle Monangai RB37 → RB17 +20
- Rachaad White RB43 → RB26 +17
- Tank Bigsby RB57 → RB41 +16
- Kaelon Black RB63 → RB48 +15
- D'Andre Swift RB19 → RB5 +14
- Brian Robinson RB59 → RB45 +14
Biggest underperformers vs draft slot
- Dylan Sampson RB58 → RB101 -43
- Saquon Barkley RB9 → RB42 -33
- J.K. Dobbins RB31 → RB58 -27
- Kenny Gainwell RB33 → RB56 -23
- Rico Dowdle RB29 → RB49 -20
- Jonathon Brooks RB32 → RB51 -19
- RJ Harvey RB35 → RB53 -18
- Mike Washington Jr. RB49 → RB66 -17
Every drafted RB
| Player | Preseason | ADP | Season to date | Return | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahmyr Gibbs | RB1 | 1.4 | RB2 | -1 | Held |
| Bijan Robinson | RB2 | 2.3 | RB7 | -5 | Down |
| Christian McCaffrey | RB3 | 5.4 | RB9 | -6 | Down |
| Jonathan Taylor | RB4 | 7.4 | RB3 | +1 | Held |
| De'Von Achane | RB5 | 9.7 | RB21 | -16 | Down |
| James Cook | RB6 | 11.5 | RB15 | -9 | Down |
| Chase Brown | RB7 | 13.1 | RB16 | -9 | Down |
| Derrick Henry | RB8 | 15.5 | RB4 | +4 | Up |
| Saquon Barkley | RB9 | 18.3 | RB42 | -33 | Down |
| Ashton Jeanty | RB10 | 21.0 | RB6 | +4 | Up |
| Kenneth Walker III | RB11 | 21.1 | RB1 | +10 | Up |
| Omarion Hampton | RB12 | 22.2 | RB18 | -6 | Down |
| Jeremiyah Love | RB13 | 28.3 | RB23 | -10 | Down |
| Breece Hall | RB14 | 30.5 | RB10 | +4 | Up |
| Javonte Williams | RB15 | 31.1 | RB13 | +2 | Held |
| Kyren Williams | RB16 | 31.8 | RB14 | +2 | Held |
| Travis Etienne | RB17 | 36.3 | RB22 | -5 | Down |
| Cam Skattebo | RB18 | 36.6 | RB20 | -2 | Held |
| D'Andre Swift | RB19 | 42.4 | RB5 | +14 | Up |
| Bucky Irving | RB20 | 46.2 | RB12 | +8 | Up |
| Quinshon Judkins | RB21 | 48.7 | RB29 | -8 | Down |
| David Montgomery | RB22 | 52.0 | RB11 | +11 | Up |
| Bhayshul Tuten | RB23 | 53.1 | RB19 | +4 | Up |
| Rhamondre Stevenson | RB24 | 60.4 | RB28 | -4 | Down |
| Jaylen Warren | RB25 | 63.1 | RB25 | 0 | Held |
| Jadarian Price | RB26 | 63.5 | RB38 | -12 | Down |
| TreVeyon Henderson | RB27 | 63.7 | RB34 | -7 | Down |
| Tony Pollard | RB28 | 69.7 | RB43 | -15 | Down |
| Rico Dowdle | RB29 | 76.6 | RB49 | -20 | Down |
| Chuba Hubbard | RB30 | 77.7 | RB8 | +22 | Up |
| J.K. Dobbins | RB31 | 85.5 | RB58 | -27 | Down |
| Jonathon Brooks | RB32 | 88.5 | RB51 | -19 | Down |
| Kenny Gainwell | RB33 | 92.4 | RB56 | -23 | Down |
| RJ Harvey | RB35 | 94.1 | RB53 | -18 | Down |
| Aaron Jones | RB36 | 101.6 | RB24 | +12 | Up |
| Kyle Monangai | RB37 | 108.8 | RB17 | +20 | Up |
| Jordan Mason | RB38 | 111.6 | RB44 | -6 | Down |
| MarShawn Lloyd | RB39 | 112.3 | RB40 | -1 | Held |
| Jacory Croskey-Merritt | RB40 | 115.5 | RB27 | +13 | Up |
| Blake Corum | RB41 | 122.4 | RB30 | +11 | Up |
| Tyjae Spears | RB42 | 129.8 | RB36 | +6 | Up |
| Rachaad White | RB43 | 130.0 | RB26 | +17 | Up |
| Woody Marks | RB44 | 140.9 | RB35 | +9 | Up |
| Alvin Kamara | RB48 | 148.7 | RB57 | -9 | Down |
| Mike Washington Jr. | RB49 | 151.4 | RB66 | -17 | Down |
| Tyler Allgeier | RB50 | 154.9 | RB37 | +13 | Up |
| Jonah Coleman | RB52 | 155.6 | RB31 | +21 | Up |
| Chris Rodriguez Jr. | RB54 | 156.3 | RB70 | -16 | Down |
| Keaton Mitchell | RB56 | 158.7 | RB63 | -7 | Down |
| Tank Bigsby | RB57 | 159.1 | RB41 | +16 | Up |
| Dylan Sampson | RB58 | 159.6 | RB101 | -43 | Down |
| Brian Robinson | RB59 | 161.9 | RB45 | +14 | Up |
| Kaelon Black | RB63 | 166.2 | RB48 | +15 | Up |
Based on players with a qualifying preseason draft-market benchmark: 163 of the 249 the Fantasy Football Calculator board of 2026-09-09 priced. Everyone else is listed below with the reason rather than shown at zero.
Who is not on the chart
- 44
- Kickers and team defences are priced by the draft market and ranked by no board we publish.
- 36
- The market priced him off too few drafts for the comparison to mean anything.
- 6
- This board does not rank him.
Sources
Where these numbers come from
Preseason ranks are positional ranks over Fantasy Football Calculator's aggregate ADP board of 2026-09-09, counted over that board's own order. A price behind fewer than 25 drafts is not used.
Preseason positional rank - current positional rank; positive means the player has outperformed the position he was drafted at.
Draft Return deltas are ordinal rank differences. They describe one player against one position and may not be summed, averaged or compared across positions without a value curve that converts a rank into a quantity.