Fantasy: 2012 Long-Term Dynasty Rankings

Final Update: August 6, 2012

Click here for our 2012 Consensus Dynasty Rankings for future updates.

These dynasty rankings are geared towards rebuilding dynasty teams and owners looking to build a true dynasty over the next three-plus fantasy seasons. Youth and potential upside are valued highly and players with few remaining high-level seasons ranking lower on the positional lists. Unless a player is a clear difference-maker at a position in terms of fantasy points per game, they have limited long-term value because of their age. Every season new crop of rookies will quickly pass them in terms of production and trade value with their youth and upside.

Beginning with this update, these long-term rankings will be driven by value metrics I have established for dynasty purposes. A player's ranking is determined by their cumulative score based on production, potential, and number of productive seasons remaining.

These rankings are based on PPR scoring formats.

Ages are reflective as of September 1, 2012.

(On most browsers, you can hit ctrl-F and type a player’s name to find them quickly.)

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Quarterback								Running Back
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Tier	Age	Chg		Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Tier	Age	Chg
1	QB	Cam Newton	CAR	1	23.3	0		1	RB	Trent Richardson	CLE	1	21.2	0
2	QB	Aaron Rodgers	GB	1	28.8	0		2	RB	LeSean McCoy	PHI	1	24.2	0
3	QB	Matthew Stafford	DET	1	24.6	0		3	RB	Ryan Mathews	SD	1	24.9	0
4	QB	Andrew Luck	IND	2	23.0	0		4	RB	Arian Foster	HOU	2	26.0	0
5	QB	Drew Brees	NO	2	33.7	1		5	RB	Ray Rice	BAL	2	25.6	0
6	QB	Robert Griffin III	WAS	2	22.6	1		6	RB	Darren McFadden	OAK	3	25.0	0
7	QB	Jake Locker	TEN	2	24.2	-2		7	RB	Chris Johnson	TEN	3	27.0	0
8	QB	Tom Brady	NE	3	35.1	1		8	RB	David Wilson	NYG	4	21.2	1
9	QB	Philip Rivers	SD	3	30.8	-1		9	RB	Doug Martin	TB	4	23.6	1
10	QB	Matt Ryan	ATL	3	27.3	1		10	RB	Jamaal Charles	KC	4	25.7	1
11	QB	Tony Romo	DAL	4	32.4	1		11	RB	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	4	25.5	-3
12	QB	Sam Bradford	SL	4	24.8	-2		12	RB	C.J. Spiller	BUF	4	25.1	0
13	QB	Josh Freeman	TB	4	24.7	0		13	RB	Mark Ingram	NO	5	22.7	3
14	QB	Eli Manning	NYG	4	31.7	0		14	RB	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	5	21.0	-1
15	QB	Michael Vick	PHI	4	32.2	1		15	RB	Demarco Murray	DAL	5	24.6	-1
16	QB	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	4	30.5	-1		16	RB	Ryan Williams	ARI	5	22.4	-1
17	QB	Tim Tebow	NYJ	5	25.1	0		17	RB	Matt Forte	CHI	5	26.7	5
18	QB	Jay Cutler	CHI	5	29.4	0		18	RB	Adrian Peterson	MIN	5	27.5	-1
19	QB	Russell Wilson	SEA	5	23.1	3		19	RB	Lamar Miller	MIA	6	21.4	2
20	QB	Christian Ponder	MIN	5	24.5	-1		20	RB	Shane Vereen	NE	6	23.5	-1
21	QB	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	5	24.1	-1		21	RB	Jahvid Best	DET	6	23.6	-1
22	QB	Peyton Manning	DEN	6	36.5	2		22	RB	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAC	6	27.5	-4
23	QB	Andy Dalton	CIN	6	24.9	-2		23	RB	Isaiah Pead	STL	7	22.7	11
24	QB	Ryan Mallett	NE	6	24.3	-1		24	RB	Jacquizz Rodgers	ATL	7	22.6	2
25	QB	Matt Schaub	HOU	7	31.2	0		25	RB	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	7	26.4	-2
26	QB	Joe Flacco	BAL	7	27.6	0		26	RB	Ben Tate	HOU	7	24.0	-2
27	QB	Carson Palmer	OAK	7	32.7	0		27	RB	LaMichael James	SF	7	22.9	4
28	QB	Blaine Gabbert	JAC	7	22.8	0		28	RB	Mikel LeShoure	DET	7	22.4	-3
29	QB	Matt Flynn	SEA	7	27.2	0		29	RB	Roy Helu	WAS	7	23.8	-2
30	QB	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	7	29.8	0		30	RB	Kendall Hunter	SF	8	24.0	10
31	QB	Alex Smith	SF	8	28.3	1		31	RB	Alex Green	GB	8	22.8	4
32	QB	Brandon Weeden	CLE	8	28.9	1		32	RB	Donald Brown	IND	8	25.4	-4
33	QB	Colin Kaepernick	SF	8	24.8	1		33	RB	Darren Sproles	NO	8	29.2	-4
34	QB	Brian Hoyer	NE	8	26.9	1		34	RB	Steven Jackson	SL	8	29.1	-4
35	QB	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	8	25.8	3		35	RB	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	8	26.5	-2
39	QB	Ryan Lindley	ARI	8	23.2	NR		36	RB	Rashard Mendenhall	PIT	9	25.2	-4
36	QB	Kevin Kolb	ARI	8	28.0	-5		37	RB	Stevan Ridley	NE	9	23.6	-1
37	QB	Matt Cassel	KC	8	30.3	-1		38	RB	Fred Jackson	BUF	9	31.6	-1
38	QB	T.J. Yates	HOU	8	25.3	-1		39	RB	Beanie Wells	ARI	9	24.1	-1
40	QB	B.J. Coleman	GB	8	24.0	NR		40	RB	Peyton Hillis	KC	10	26.6	2
								41	RB	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	CIN	10	27.2	0
Wide Receiver								42	RB	Daniel Thomas	MIA	10	24.8	1
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Tier	Age	Chg		43	RB	Reggie Bush	MIA	10	27.5	1
1	WR	Calvin Johnson	DET	1	26.9	0		44	RB	Jonathan Dwyer	PIT	10	23.1	1
2	WR	A.J. Green	CIN	1	24.1	0		45	RB	Michael Turner	ATL	10	30.6	1
3	WR	Dez Bryant	DAL	1	23.8	0		46	RB	Frank Gore	SF	10	29.3	1
4	WR	Julio Jones	ATL	1	23.6	1		47	RB	Bernard Pierce	BAL	11	21.3	11
5	WR	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	1	24.6	-1		48	RB	Pierre Thomas	NO	11	27.7	0
6	WR	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	1	24.7	1		49	RB	Toby Gerhart	MIN	11	25.4	0
7	WR	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	2	29.0	1		50	RB	Robert Turbin	SEA	11	22.8	9
8	WR	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	2	24.3	2		51	RB	Felix Jones	DAL	12	25.3	-12
9	WR	Torrey Smith	BAL	2	23.6	0		52	RB	Michael Bush	CHI	12	28.2	-2
10	WR	Brandon Marshall	CHI	2	28.5	2		53	RB	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	12	29.4	-2
11	WR	Mike Wallace	PIT	2	26.1	0		54	RB	LeGarrette Blount	TB	12	25.8	-2
12	WR	Percy Harvin	MIN	3	24.3	2		55	RB	Kevin Smith	DET	12	25.7	5
13	WR	Randall Cobb	GB	3	22.0	2		56	RB	Rashad Jennings	JAC	12	27.5	5
14	WR	Kenny Britt	TEN	3	24.0	-8		57	RB	Bilal Powell	NYJ	12	23.9	6
15	WR	Greg Little	CLE	3	23.3	2		58	RB	Cyrus Gray	KC	13	22.8	-4
16	WR	Justin Blackmon	JAC	3	22.7	-3		59	RB	Vick Ballard	IND	13	22.1	-6
17	WR	Jordy Nelson	GB	4	27.3	1		60	RB	Terrance Ganaway	NYJ	13	23.9	5
18	WR	Michael Floyd	ARI	4	22.8	-2		61	RB	Delone Carter	IND	13	25.2	1
19	WR	Kendall Wright	TEN	4	22.8	1		62	RB	Dion Lewis	PHI	13	22.0	2
20	WR	Antonio Brown	PIT	4	24.2	1	63	RB	Dexter McCluster	KC	13	24.0	3
21	WR	Miles Austin	DAL	4	28.2	2	64	RB	Isaac Redman	PIT	13	27.8	-8
22	WR	Jonathan Baldwin	KC	5	23.1	3	65	RB	Bryce Brown	PHI	13	21.3	NR
23	WR	Victor Cruz	NYG	5	25.8	3	66	RB	Chris Polk	PHI	13	22.7	1
24	WR	Dwayne Bowe	KC	5	28.0	3	67	RB	Bobby Rainey	BAL	14	24.9	5
25	WR	Leonard Hankerson	WAS	5	23.6	-3	68	RB	Shonn Greene	NYJ	14	27.0	-13
26	WR	Roddy White	ATL	5	30.9	7	69	RB	James Starks	GB	14	26.5	-12
27	WR	Stevie Johnson	BUF	5	26.1	1	70	RB	Mike Goodson	OAK	14	25.3	-2
28	WR	Eric Decker	DEN	5	25.5	2	71	RB	Michael Smith	TB	14	24.1	-2
29	WR	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	5	25.5	-5	72	RB	Chad Spann	FA	14	24.1	-2
30	WR	Wes Welker	NE	5	31.4	-1	73	RB	Joe McKnight	NYJ	14	24.4	-2
31	WR	Greg Jennings	GB	5	29.0	0	74	RB	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	14	25.1	-1
32	WR	Denarius Moore	OAK	6	23.7	0	75	RB	Lance Dunbar	DAL	14	22.7	NR
33	WR	Marques Colston	NO	6	29.3	1	76	RB	Da'Rel Scott	NYG	14	24.3	-1
34	WR	Andre Johnson	HOU	6	31.2	1	77	RB	Taiwan Jones	OAK	14	24.1	-1
35	WR	DeSean Jackson	PHI	6	25.8	1	78	RB	Baron Batch	PIT	14	24.7	-1
36	WR	Pierre Garcon	WAS	6	26.1	10	79	RB	Montario Hardesty	CLE	14	25.6	-1
37	WR	Ryan Broyles	DET	7	24.4	5	80	RB	Mike Tolbert	CAR	14	26.8	-1
38	WR	Brandon Lloyd	NE	7	31.2	-1
39	WR	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	7	22.6	-20	Tight End
40	WR	Reuben Randle	NYG	7	21.3	1	Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Tier	Age	Chg
41	WR	Sidney Rice	SEA	7	26.0	-2	1	TE	Jimmy Graham	NO	1	25.9	0
42	WR	Reggie Wayne	IND	7	33.8	-2	2	TE	Rob Gronkowski	NE	1	23.4	0
43	WR	Michael Crabtree	SF	8	25.0	0	3	TE	Aaron Hernandez	NE	2	22.8	0
44	WR	Vincent Brown	SD	8	23.6	7	4	TE	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	2	24.1	0
45	WR	Titus Young	DET	8	23.0	-7	5	TE	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	2	22.8	0
46	WR	Austin Collie	IND	8	26.8	-1	6	TE	Vernon Davis	SF	2	28.7	0
47	WR	Stephen Hill	NYJ	8	21.4	1	7	TE	Jermichael Finley	GB	3	25.5	0
48	WR	Nick Toon	NO	9	23.8	1	8	TE	Coby Fleener	IND	3	24.0	0
49	WR	Vincent Jackson	TB	9	29.7	-2	9	TE	Fred Davis	WAS	3	26.7	0
50	WR	Robert Meachem	SD	9	27.9	-6	10	TE	Greg Olsen	CAR	3	27.5	0
51	WR	Lance Moore	NO	9	29.0	-1	11	TE	Antonio Gates	SD	4	32.3	0
52	WR	Brian Quick	SL	9	23.3	3	12	TE	Jason Witten	DAL	4	30.4	2
53	WR	Josh Gordon	CLE	9	21.4	NR	13	TE	Brandon Pettigrew	DET	4	27.6	-1
54	WR	Chris Givens	SL	10	22.8	-1	14	TE	Brent Celek	PHI	5	27.6	-1
55	WR	A.J. Jenkins	SF	10	21.8	-1	15	TE	Ladarius Green	SD	5	22.3	0
56	WR	Emmanuel Sanders	PIT	10	25.5	3	16	TE	Jordan Cameron	CLE	5	24.1	0
57	WR	Steve Smith	CAR	10	33.3	-5	17	TE	Dwayne Allen	IND	5	22.5	2
58	WR	Juron Criner	OAK	11	22.7	NR	18	TE	Taylor Thompson	TEN	5	22.9	2
59	WR	Jacoby Ford	OAK	10	25.1	-3	19	TE	Lance Kendricks	SL	5	24.7	4
60	WR	Brandon LaFell	CAR	10	25.8	-2	20	TE	Julius Thomas	DEN	6	24.3	-2
61	WR	Golden Tate	SEA	10	24.1	1	21	TE	Jared Cook	TEN	6	25.4	-4
62	WR	Laurent Robinson	JAC	10	27.3	-2	22	TE	Adrien Robinson	NYG	6	24.0	0
63	WR	Mike Williams	TB	10	25.3	-6	23	TE	Rob Housler	ARI	6	24.5	3
64	WR	Davone Bess	MIA	11	27.0	-1	24	TE	Tony Moeaki	KC	6	25.3	-3
65	WR	Malcolm Floyd	SD	11	31.0	-1	25	TE	Jacob Tamme	DEN	7	27.5	-1
66	WR	Doug Baldwin	SEA	11	24.0	0	26	TE	Kellen Davis	CHI	7	26.9	-1
67	WR	Danny Coale	DAL	11	24.2	1	27	TE	Ed Dickson	BAL	7	25.2	0
68	WR	Anquan Boldin	BAL	11	31.9	-3	28	TE	Owen Daniels	HOU	8	29.9	1
69	WR	Nate Washington	TEN	11	29.0	-2	29	TE	Heath Miller	PIT	8	29.9	1
70	WR	Mohammed Sanu	CIN	11	23.0	-1	30	TE	Evan Rodriguez	CHI	8	24.0	NR
71	WR	Santonio Holmes	NYJ	11	28.5	-1	31	TE	Orson Charles	CIN	9	21.6	1
72	WR	Devin Wylie	KC	11	24.0	NR	32	TE	Dustin Keller	NYJ	9	28.0	1
73	WR	Jordan White	NYJ	11	24.3	3	33	TE	Niles Paul	WAS	9	23.1	NR
74	WR	Marvin McNutt	PHI	11	23.2	-1	34	TE	Michael Egnew	MIA	9	22.8	0
75	WR	Santana Moss	WAS	11	33.3	-4	35	TE	D.J. Williams	GB	9	24.0	NR
76	WR	Danny Amendola	SL	11	26.8	-4	36	TE	Anthony Fasano	MIA	9	28.4	-8
77	WR	Randy Moss	SF	11	35.6	-3	37	TE	Zach Miller	SEA	10	26.9	-2
78	WR	Arrelious Benn	TB	11	24.0	-17	38	TE	Martellus Bennett	NYG	10	25.5	-2
79	WR	Mario Manningham	SF	11	27.3	-2	39	TE	Scott Chandler	BUF	10	27.1	-2
80	WR	Dale Moss	GB	11	24.0	NR	40	TE	Dennis Pitta	BAL	10	27.2	-2