Dynasty Trade Value Rankings 2026: Top 10 QB, RB, WR, TE

This is the companion to our 2026 season projections. That list ranks who scores the most points next year. This one ranks who's worth the most in a trade: Dynasty Value Score (DVS), which blends past production, age, draft capital, and next year's projection into one number. The two lists disagree in places, and those gaps are the most useful part of this post.

Top 10 QB

Josh Allen is the clear No. 1 by trade value—30 years old and still the position's highest score, on the strength of a rushing floor and a production track record no one else at the position matches. After him the board is young: Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, and Drake Maye sit 2–4. Two accrued seasons, real rushing production, and starting jobs already in hand.

Matthew Stafford is the opposite story. He is the highest-projected passer for 2026, and he is not on this list. He is 38. A great year does not add years to his career, and DVS discounts him hard for that.

Jalen Hurts, Baker Mayfield, Jaxson Dart, Jared Goff, and Trevor Lawrence close the ten. Dart is the new name: 23, already a starter, and already priced like a long-term QB1. Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, and Brock Purdy all sit just outside this group now.

Top 10 RB

This is the biggest swing on the board. Christian McCaffrey is the top-projected running back in football for 2026, and he is 12th here. Saquon Barkley is 16th. Running back value falls off faster than any other position, and both are past that point even with a big year still ahead.

Ashton Jeanty sits third, right behind Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs — a real vote of confidence given his rookie season came behind one of the league's worst offensive lines. Omarion Hampton is fifth now, not a name waiting just outside the ten. Age 23, a cleared depth chart, and a healthier line are already in the model. James Cook holds ninth on four seasons of proven production — a plainer path than the rookies above him took.

Jeremiyah Love shows how DVS treats a player with next to no NFL snaps yet. His production score is barely off the floor, and he is still seventh at the position, because draft capital and age are maxed out. At 21, his ceiling matters more than his sample — for now.

Top 10 WR

Ja'Marr Chase still leads. Puka Nacua is second — the cleanest overlap on the whole board, because he also sits near the top of the 2026 points list. Amon-Ra St. Brown, CeeDee Lamb, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba fill 3–5. Lamb is still a top asset after a down, injury-shortened 2025. A.J. Brown misses this list. He projects as a top-10 receiver in New England, but at 29 that projection counts for less in a trade than it does in season points — the same gap that hit Stafford at quarterback.

Tetairoa McMillan and George Pickens crack the ten on youth and role more than last year's box score. Justin Jefferson holds 10th. Malik Nabers and Marvin Harrison Jr. fall just outside this group now — both still young, both priced below the names who already have a full, healthy sample.

Top 10 TE

Tight end now rewards youth as much as any position on this board. Nine of these 10 are 26 or younger, and four rookie-contract names — Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren, Kenyon Sadiq, and Harold Fannin Jr. — all made this list. The only veteran in the ten is George Kittle at 32, and he is there on production, not draft capital. T.J. Hockenson no longer holds a top-10 trade-value spot.

Trey McBride is the headline. He leads the position outright, ahead of Brock Bowers and Kittle. McBride was a Day 2 pick. A full, productive season has caught his score up to and past the first-round names who used to sit above him.

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