- Stock up for Barkley: New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley moves into the top five after leading all running backs in fantasy points last week.
- Start Henderson: Los Angeles Rams RB Darrell Henderson becomes a starting fantasy running back after taking the starting job in Week 1, and a strong matchup this week.
- Nathan Jahnke’s fantasy rankings have been the most accurate in season rankings over the last three seasons combined, per FantasyPros‘ rankings accuracy competition.
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
These are my fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season for PPR leagues, including some notes about players to help you make your weekly decisions. Rankings in other formats can be found here.
According to FantasyPros, my rankings were fifth-most accurate in 2021, second-most in 2020 and third-most in 2019. I was the only analyst to rank top-five all three seasons, making these the most consistently-accurate rankings of the last three seasons.
Last Updated: 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Sep. 18
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Quarterbacks
Rank | Name | Team | Opp | Notes |
1 | Josh Allen | BUF | TEN | |
2 | Jalen Hurts | PHI | MIN | |
3 | Patrick Mahomes | KC | LAC | |
4 | Lamar Jackson | BLT | MIA | |
5 | Justin Herbert | LAC | @KC | BM |
6 | Kyler Murray | ARZ | @LV | |
7 | Russell Wilson | DEN | HST | |
8 | Derek Carr | LV | ARZ | GM |
9 | Joe Burrow | CIN | @DAL | BM |
10 | Matthew Stafford | LA | ATL | |
11 | Trey Lance | SF | SEA | |
12 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | CHI | |
13 | Tom Brady | TB | @NO | BM |
14 | Carson Wentz | WAS | @DET | GM |
15 | Kirk Cousins | MIN | @PHI | |
16 | Tua Tagovailoa | MIA | @BLT | GM |
17 | Trevor Lawrence | JAX | IND | |
18 | Jared Goff | DET | WAS | FA |
19 | Jameis Winston | NO | TB | |
20 | Marcus Mariota | ATL | @LA | BM, FA |
21 | Daniel Jones | NYG | CAR | FA |
22 | Justin Fields | CHI | @GB | BM |
23 | Matt Ryan | IND | @JAX | |
24 | Baker Mayfield | CAR | @NYG | FA |
25 | Ryan Tannehill | TEN | @BUF | FA |
26 | Mitchell Trubisky | PIT | NE | GM, FA |
27 | Mac Jones | NE | @PIT | FA |
28 | Davis Mills | HST | @DEN | FA |
29 | Jacoby Brissett | CLV | NYJ | FA |
30 | Geno Smith | SEA | @SF | BM, FA |
31 | Cooper Rush | DAL | CIN | FA |
32 | Joe Flacco | NYJ | @CLV | BM, FA |
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