Fantasy football playoff draft player rankings

The following set of PPR rankings are geared toward anyone in a draft-n-hold fantasy football playoff league. The forecasted number of games played largely drives each player’s rankings, so feel free to use this as a baseline rather than a be-all, end-all approach to choosing a playoff-long roster.

For weekly lineup rankings and projections, make sure to check out our Start/Bench Tool each Thursday of the postseason.

Playoff draft rankings (entire playoff run)

Positional rankings

Rk	Pos	Player	Team	Proj GP		Rk	Pos	Player	Team	Proj GP
1	QB	Patrick Mahomes	KC	3		1	WR	Ja’Marr Chase	CIN	3
2	QB	Joe Burrow	CIN	3		2	WR	Tee Higgins	CIN	3
3	QB	Josh Allen	BUF	2		3	WR	Deebo Samuel	SF	4
4	QB	Brock Purdy	SF	4		4	WR	Brandon Aiyuk	SF	4
5	QB	Jalen Hurts	PHI	2		5	WR	Stefon Diggs	BUF	2
6	QB	Justin Herbert	LAC	2		6	WR	J. Jefferson	MIN	2
7	QB	Tom Brady	TB	2		7	WR	A.J. Brown	PHI	2
8	QB	Kirk Cousins	MIN	2		8	WR	Keenan Allen	LAC	2
9	QB	Dak Prescott	DAL	1		9	WR	Chris Godwin	TB	2
10	QB	Daniel Jones	NYG	1		10	WR	DeVonta Smith	PHI	2
11	QB	Trevor Lawrence	JAC	1		11	WR	Tyler Boyd	CIN	3
12	QB	Geno Smith	SEA	1		12	WR	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	1
13	QB	T. Bridgewater	MIA	1		13	WR	Mike Evans	TB	2
14	QB	Skylar Thompson	MIA	1		14	WR	J. Smith-Schuster	KC	3
15	QB	Gardner Minshew	PHI	2		15	WR	Tyreek Hill	MIA	1
16	QB	Cooper Rush	DAL	1		16	WR	Mike Williams	LAC	2
17	QB	A. Brown	BAL	1		17	WR	Tyler Lockett	SEA	1
18	QB	Blaine Gabbert	TB	2		18	WR	Gabe Davis	BUF	2
19	QB	Tyrod Taylor	NYG	1		19	WR	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	1
20	QB	Nick Mullens	MIN	2		20	WR	Kadarius Toney	KC	3
21	QB	Chase Daniel	LAC	2		21	WR	Christian Kirk	JAC	1
22	QB	Brandon Allen	CIN	3		22	WR	DK Metcalf	SEA	1
23	QB	C.J. Beathard	JAC	1		23	WR	Isaiah Hodgins	NYG	1
24	QB	Case Keenum	BUF	2		24	WR	Russell Gage Jr.	TB	2
25	QB	Chad Henne	KC	3		25	WR	Zay Jones	JAC	1
26	QB	Josh Johnson	SF	4		26	WR	K.J. Osborn	MIN	2
27	QB	Drew Lock	SEA	1		27	WR	Adam Thielen	MIN	2
INJ	QB	Lamar Jackson	BAL	1		28	WR	Darius Slayton	NYG	1
INJ	QB	Tyler Huntley	BAL	1		29	WR	M. Valdes-Scantling	KC	3
INJ	QB	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	1		30	WR	Richie James	NYG	1
INJ	QB	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	4		31	WR	Mecole Hardman	KC	3
Rk	Pos	Player	Team	Proj GP		32	WR	Trenton Irwin	CIN	3
1	RB	Christian McCaffrey	SF	4		33	WR	Quez Watkins	PHI	2
2	RB	Jerick McKinnon	KC	3		34	WR	Joshua Palmer	LAC	2
3	RB	Austin Ekeler	LAC	2		35	WR	Jauan Jennings	SF	4
4	RB	Joe Mixon	CIN	3		36	WR	Isaiah McKenzie	BUF	2
5	RB	Isiah Pacheco	KC	3		37	WR	Julio Jones	TB	2
6	RB	Dalvin Cook	MIN	2		38	WR	Michael Gallup	DAL	1
7	RB	Leonard Fournette	TB	2		39	WR	Marvin Jones	JAC	1
8	RB	D. Singletary	BUF	2		40	WR	T.Y. Hilton	DAL	1
9	RB	Miles Sanders	PHI	2		41	WR	D. Robinson	BAL	1
10	RB	Elijah Mitchell	SF	4		42	WR	Jamal Agnew	JAC	1
11	RB	Saquon Barkley	NYG	1		43	WR	DeAndre Carter	LAC	2
12	RB	Rachaad White	TB	2		44	WR	Justin Watson	KC	3
13	RB	Tony Pollard	DAL	1		45	WR	Sammy Watkins	BAL	1
14	RB	Travis Etienne	JAC	1		46	WR	Trent Sherfield	MIA	1
15	RB	James Cook	BUF	2		47	WR	Skyy Moore	KC	3
16	RB	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	1		48	WR	John Brown	BUF	2
17	RB	Samaje Perine	CIN	3		49	WR	Scotty Miller	TB	2
18	RB	J.K. Dobbins	BAL	1		50	WR	Cole Beasley	BUF	2
19	RB	Jeff Wilson Jr.	MIA	1		51	WR	Khalil Shakir	BUF	2
20	RB	Kenneth Walker III	SEA	1		52	WR	B. Perriman	TB	2
21	RB	Gus Edwards	BAL	1		53	WR	Devin Duvernay	BAL	1
22	RB	JaMycal Hasty	JAC	1		54	WR	Noah Brown	DAL	1
23	RB	Kyle Juszczyk	SF	4		55	WR	River Cracraft	MIA	1
24	RB	Alexander Mattison	MIN	2		56	WR	Cedrick Wilson	MIA	1
25	RB	Kenyan Drake	BAL	1		57	WR	Kenny Golladay	NYG	1
INJ	RB	Raheem Mostert	MIA	1		58	WR	L. Treadwell	SEA	1
27	RB	K. Gainwell	PHI	2		59	WR	Ray-Ray McCloud	SF	4
28	RB	Joshua Kelley	LAC	2		60	WR	Jalen Reagor	MIN	2
29	RB	Boston Scott	PHI	2		61	WR	Zach Pascal	PHI	2
30	RB	Nyheim Hines	BUF	2		62	WR	Cade Johnson	SEA	1
31	RB	DeeJay Dallas	SEA	1		63	WR	Marcus Johnson	NYG	1
32	RB	Matt Breida	NYG	1	64	WR	James Proche	BAL	1
33	RB	Ronald Jones	KC	3	65	WR	Penny Hart	SEA	1
34	RB	C.J. Ham	MIN	2	66	WR	Danny Gray	SF	4
35	RB	Isaiah Spiller	LAC	2	67	WR	KaVontae Turpin	DAL	1
36	RB	Larry Rountree	LAC	2	68	WR	Dareke Young	SEA	1
37	RB	Jordan Mason	SF	4	69	WR	Jalen Tolbert	DAL	1
38	RB	Chris Evans	CIN	3	70	WR	Erik Ezukanma	MIA	1
39	RB	Michael Burton	KC	3	71	WR	Tylan Wallace	BAL	1
40	RB	Reggie Gilliam	BUF	2	72	WR	Trent Taylor	CIN	3
41	RB	Zander Horvath	LAC	2	73	WR	Jalen Nailor	MIN	2
42	RB	Trayveon Williams	CIN	3	74	WR	Stanley Morgan	CIN	3
43	RB	Tyrion Davis-Price	SF	4	75	WR	Michael Bandy	LAC	2
44	RB	Justice Hill	BAL	1	Rk	Pos	Player	Team	Proj GP
45	RB	Malik Davis	DAL	1	1	TE	Travis Kelce	KC	3
46	RB	Alec Ingold	MIA	1	2	TE	George Kittle	SF	4
47	RB	Trey Sermon	PHI	2	3	TE	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	2
48	RB	Ke’Shawn Vaughn	TB	2	4	TE	Dawson Knox	BUF	2
49	RB	Ty Chandler	MIN	2	5	TE	Dallas Goedert	PHI	2
50	RB	Giovani Bernard	TB	2	6	TE	Cade Otton	TB	2
51	RB	Duke Johnson	BUF	2	7	TE	Mark Andrews	BAL	1
52	RB	Kene Nwangwu	MIN	2	8	TE	Evan Engram	JAC	1
53	RB	Gary Brightwell	NYG	1	9	TE	Dalton Schultz	DAL	1
54	RB	Snoop Conner	JAC	1	10	TE	Hayden Hurst	CIN	3
55	RB	Patrick Ricard	BAL	1	11	TE	Gerald Everett	LAC	2
56	RB	Salvon Ahmed	MIA	1	12	TE	Noah Fant	SEA	1
57	RB	G. Igwebuike	SEA	1	13	TE	Colby Parkinson	SEA	1
58	RB	Nick Bellore	SEA	1	14	TE	Daniel Bellinger	NYG	1
INJ	RB	C. Edwards-Helaire	KC	3	15	TE	Mike Gesicki	MIA	1
Rk	Pos	Player	Team	Proj GP	16	TE	Noah Gray	KC	3
1	PK	Robbie Gould	SF	4	17	TE	Cameron Brate	TB	2
2	PK	Evan McPherson	CIN	3	18	TE	Isaiah Likely	BAL	1
3	PK	Harrison Butker	KC	3	19	TE	Blake Bell	KC	3
4	PK	Ryan Succop	TB	2	20	TE	Johnny Mundt	MIN	2
5	PK	Tyler Bass	BUF	2	21	TE	Irv Smith	MIN	2
6	PK	Greg Joseph	MIN	2	22	TE	Donald Parham	LAC	2
7	PK	Cameron Dicker	LAC	2	23	TE	Jake Ferguson	DAL	1
8	PK	Justin Tucker	BAL	1	24	TE	Durham Smythe	MIA	1
9	PK	Jake Elliott	PHI	2	25	TE	Jack Stoll	PHI	2
10	PK	Brett Maher	DAL	1	26	TE	Ko Kieft	TB	2
11	PK	Jason Myers	SEA	1	27	TE	Tre’ McKitty	LAC	2
12	PK	Riley Patterson	JAC	1	28	TE	Tyler Kroft	SF	4
13	PK	Graham Gano	NYG	1	29	TE	Kyle Rudolph	TB	2
14	PK	Jason Sanders	MIA	1	30	TE	Josh Oliver	BAL	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Tm	Proj GP	31	TE	Tommy Sweeney	BUF	2
1	DT	49ers	SF	4	32	TE	Mitchell Wilcox	CIN	3
2	DT	Chiefs	KC	3	33	TE	P. Hendershot	DAL	1
3	DT	Eagles	PHI	2	34	TE	Dan Arnold	JAC	1
4	DT	Bengals	CIN	3	35	TE	Quintin Morris	BUF	2
5	DT	Buccaneers	TB	2	36	TE	Nick Vannett	NYG	1
6	DT	Bills	BUF	2	37	TE	G. Calcaterra	PHI	2
7	DT	Chargers	LAC	2	38	TE	Devin Asiasi	CIN	3
8	DT	Cowboys	DAL	1	39	TE	Chris Manhertz	JAC	1
9	DT	Vikings	MIN	2
10	DT	Jaguars	JAC	1
11	DT	Giants	NYG	1
12	DT	Ravens	BAL	1
13	DT	Dolphins	MIA	1
14	DT	Seahawks	SEA	1

 

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Mixed positional rankings

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Rk	Pos	Player	Team	Proj GP		Rk	Pos	Player	Team	Proj GP
1	RB	Christian McCaffrey	SF	4		34	WR	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	1
2	QB	Patrick Mahomes	KC	3		35	WR	Mike Evans	TB	2
3	QB	Joe Burrow	CIN	3		36	WR	J. Smith-Schuster	KC	3
4	RB	Jerick McKinnon	KC	3		37	RB	Rachaad White	TB	2
5	QB	Josh Allen	BUF	2		38	TE	Dallas Goedert	PHI	2
6	RB	Austin Ekeler	LAC	2		39	TE	Cade Otton	TB	2
7	RB	Joe Mixon	CIN	3		40	RB	Tony Pollard	DAL	1
8	TE	Travis Kelce	KC	3		41	RB	Travis Etienne	JAC	1
9	TE	George Kittle	SF	4		42	RB	James Cook	BUF	2
10	RB	Isiah Pacheco	KC	3		43	RB	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	1
11	WR	Ja’Marr Chase	CIN	3		44	WR	Tyreek Hill	MIA	1
12	WR	Tee Higgins	CIN	3		45	WR	Mike Williams	LAC	2
13	WR	Deebo Samuel	SF	4		46	WR	Tyler Lockett	SEA	1
14	RB	Dalvin Cook	MIN	2		47	WR	Gabe Davis	BUF	2
15	WR	Brandon Aiyuk	SF	4		48	WR	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	1
16	WR	Stefon Diggs	BUF	2		49	TE	Mark Andrews	BAL	1
17	WR	J. Jefferson	MIN	2		50	WR	Kadarius Toney	KC	3
18	RB	Leonard Fournette	TB	2		51	PK	Robbie Gould	SF	4
19	TE	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	2		52	TE	Evan Engram	JAC	1
20	TE	Dawson Knox	BUF	2		53	TE	Dalton Schultz	DAL	1
21	RB	D. Singletary	BUF	2		54	RB	J.K. Dobbins	BAL	1
22	RB	Miles Sanders	PHI	2		55	RB	Samaje Perine	CIN	3
23	DT	49ers	SF	4		56	DT	Chiefs	KC	3
24	WR	A.J. Brown	PHI	2		57	DT	Eagles	PHI	2
25	WR	Keenan Allen	LAC	2		58	RB	Jeff Wilson Jr.	MIA	1
26	WR	Chris Godwin	TB	2		59	WR	Christian Kirk	JAC	1
27	QB	Brock Purdy	SF	4		60	WR	DK Metcalf	SEA	1
28	QB	Jalen Hurts	PHI	2		61	PK	Evan McPherson	CIN	3
29	QB	Justin Herbert	LAC	2		62	TE	Hayden Hurst	CIN	3
30	RB	Elijah Mitchell	SF	4		63	WR	Isaiah Hodgins	NYG	1
31	RB	Saquon Barkley	NYG	1		64	RB	Kenneth Walker III	SEA	1
32	WR	DeVonta Smith	PHI	2		65	RB	Gus Edwards	BAL	1
33	WR	Tyler Boyd	CIN	3