Fantasy Football IDP Draft Rankings & Tiers (2026)

NFL teams are beginning summer practices. It’s not long before preseason action begins. Now is the time to prepare for your fantasy football drafts. We’ll have you covered with our fantasy football IDP draft rankings and Fantasy Football Draft Kit to help you dominate your leagues. And be sure to sync your league to practice with fast and free fantasy football mock drafts. Below we dive into 2026 IDP fantasy football draft rankings from some of our fantasy football expert community.

Fantasy Football IDP Draft Rankings & Tiers

Here are our latest Fantasy Football IDP Draft Rankings from our consensus of fantasy football experts. You can find the latest IDP rankings here and sync your league for specific advice.

IDP Draft Rankings & Tiers

RK	TIERS	PLAYER NAME	TEAM	POS	BEST	WORST	AVG.	STD.DEV
1	1	Jordyn Brooks	MIA	LB1	1	6	2.6	1.9
2	1	Jack Campbell	DET	LB2	1	7	4	2.2
3	1	Carson Schwesinger	CLE	LB3	3	8	5	2.1
4	1	Roquan Smith	BAL	LB4	4	12	7.4	2.8
5	1	Foyesade Oluokun	JAC	LB5	2	19	9	5.8
6	1	Ernest Jones IV	SEA	LB6	1	25	9.6	8.3
7	1	Blake Cashman	MIN	LB7	3	18	11.4	5.5
8	1	Zack Baun	PHI	LB8	8	17	11.6	3.4
9	1	Fred Warner	SF	LB9	7	20	13.2	4.5
10	1	Quay Walker	LV	LB10	8	24	13.6	6.2
11	1	Jamien Sherwood	NYJ	LB11	9	20	14.2	4.2
12	2	Myles Garrett	LAR	DE1	1	52	17.2	18.7
13	2	Alex Singleton	DEN	LB12	9	36	20.6	11.1
14	2	Cedric Gray	TEN	LB13	6	40	21	11.6
15	2	Nate Landman	LAR	LB14	14	64	26.2	19.2
16	2	Robert Spillane	NE	LB15	16	46	26.6	11.7
17	2	Zaire Franklin	GB	LB16	19	40	28.8	7.6
18	2	Nick Emmanwori	SEA	S1	22	68	36.8	16.5
19	2	T.J. Edwards	CHI	LB17	13	66	38.2	18.4
20	2	Sonny Styles	WAS	LB18	12	97	38.4	30.4
21	3	Nick Bolton	KC	LB19	7	38	17.8	12.1
22	3	Aidan Hutchinson	DET	DE2	2	55	19.8	21.3
23	3	Maxx Crosby	LV	DE3	3	51	21.5	18
24	3	Edgerrin Cooper	GB	LB20	13	35	21.8	8.3
25	3	Tremaine Edmunds	NYG	LB21	6	43	24.5	14.4
26	3	Derwin James Jr.	LAC	S2	19	41	30.3	8.7
27	3	Will Anderson Jr.	HOU	DE4	5	99	34.8	38.5
28	3	CJ Allen	IND	LB22	17	132	58.4	38.9
29	3	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	S3	21	59	35.3	14.3
30	3	Nick Cross	WAS	S4	20	69	36.8	19
31	3	Kam Curl	LAR	S5	32	48	39.5	7.1
32	3	Jessie Bates III	ATL	S6	23	73	39.8	20
33	3	Devin Bush Jr.	CHI	LB23	21	74	40.8	20.2
34	3	Budda Baker	ARI	S7	27	52	41	9
35	3	Tykee Smith	TB	S8	24	70	41.5	17.2
36	3	Daiyan Henley	LAC	LB24	28	52	43.3	9.2
37	4	Jeremy Chinn	LV	S9	33	71	46.5	14.7
38	4	Kaden Elliss	NO	LB25	24	89	48.3	24.5
39	4	Xavier McKinney	GB	S10	32	67	49.8	13.3
40	4	Nick Bosa	SF	DE5	15	100	50	33.9
41	4	Jeffery Simmons	TEN	DT1	17	84	50	24.8
42	4	Azeez Al-Shaair	HOU	LB26	19	102	50.5	32.4
43	4	Patrick Queen	PIT	LB27	39	67	52.5	12.6
44	4	Talanoa Hufanga	DEN	S11	26	72	53.3	17
45	4	Devin Lloyd	CAR	LB28	29	80	53.5	18.1
46	4	Mack Wilson Sr.	ARI	LB29	14	106	57.3	33.5
47	4	Alex Anzalone	TB	LB30	29	86	58.8	20.2
48	4	Tre’von Moehrig	CAR	S12	42	74	59	14.6
49	4	Nakobe Dean	LV	LB31	47	86	59	15.7
50	4	Quincy Williams	CLE	LB32	37	79	59.3	14.9
51	4	Jordan Battle	CIN	S13	31	123	60.5	37.5
52	4	Demario Davis	NYJ	LB33	22	87	61.8	26.6
53	4	Terrel Bernard	BUF	LB34	37	104	61.8	25.3
54	4	Cooper DeJean	PHI	CB1	15	95	62.3	30.3
55	4	Xavier Watts	ATL	S14	46	78	63.5	11.9
56	4	Chamarri Conner	KC	S15	40	115	64.8	29.5
57	4	Kevin Byard III	NE	S16	55	75	64.8	7.5
58	4	Divine Deablo	ATL	LB35	35	134	67	40.5
59	4	Danielle Hunter	HOU	DE6	11	83	39.3	31.3
60	4	Brian Branch	DET	S17	21	190	78.3	65.7
61	4	Quentin Lake	LAR	S18	51	81	70	11.9
62	5	Brian Burns	NYG	DE7	4	98	43.3	39.9
63	5	Antoine Winfield Jr.	TB	S19	66	76	72	4.2
64	5	Barrett Carter	CIN	LB36	36	57	45.7	8.7
65	5	T.J. Watt	PIT	LB37	10	120	47.3	51.4
66	5	Tyrel Dodson	MIA	LB38	27	128	74.5	37.5
67	5	Andrew Van Ginkel	MIN	LB39	26	77	54	21.1
68	5	DeMarvion Overshown	DAL	LB40	58	107	79	19.8
69	5	Arvell Reese	NYG	LB41	42	165	83.8	48.6
70	5	Byron Young	LAR	DE8	21	114	58	40.3
71	5	DeShon Elliott	PIT	S20	50	120	83.5	25.8
72	5	Laiatu Latu	IND	DE9	47	130	87.3	31
73	5	Payton Wilson	PIT	LB42	62	111	87.3	19.3
74	5	Eric Wilson	MIN	LB43	45	91	67.3	18.8
75	5	Tuli Tuipulotu	LAC	DE10	23	113	68	36.7
76	5	Dee Winters	DAL	LB44	18	148	68.7	56.8
77	5	Jalen Pitre	HOU	S21	70	124	89.8	22
78	5	DeForest Buckner	IND	DT2	69	101	90.3	12.6
79	5	Nik Bonitto	DEN	DE11	27	209	90	84.2
80	5	Josh Hines-Allen	JAC	DE12	41	118	72	33.2
81	5	Frankie Luvu	WAS	LB45	56	96	72.3	17.1
82	5	Jared Verse	CLE	DE13	22	255	106.3	105.4
83	5	Alex Highsmith	PIT	LB46	28	129	73	42
84	5	Demetrius Knight Jr.	CIN	LB47	63	88	76	10.2
85	5	Jaquan Brisker	PIT	S22	69	99	80.3	13.3
86	6	Abdul Carter	NYG	DE14	48	292	130	114.5
87	6	Kamari Lassiter	HOU	CB2	78	95	84.3	7.6
88	6	Alontae Taylor	TEN	CB3	62	112	86.3	20.4
89	6	Julian Love	SEA	S23	83	95	88	5.1
90	6	Tatum Bethune	SF	LB48	34	81	57.5	23.5
91	6	Caleb Downs	DAL	S24	44	210	108.3	72.7
92	6	Drue Tranquill	KC	LB49	67	127	92	25.5
93	6	Paulson Adebo	NYG	CB4	73	131	92.7	27.1
94	6	Dillon Thieneman	CHI	S25	45	170	99	52.4
95	6	Dallas Turner	MIN	DE15	60	216	117	70.3
96	6	Trey Hendrickson	BAL	DE16	59	223	119.3	73.6
97	6	Drake Thomas	SEA	LB50	82	106	96.3	10.3
98	6	Josh Sweat	ARI	DE17	46	335	157	127.1
99	6	Cody Simon	ARI	LB51	67	75	71	4
100	6	Montez Sweat	CHI	DE18	58	154	98.7	40.5

IDP Fantasy Football Draft Strategy & Advice

IDP Draft Strategy: DL

The defensive line is the most rotated position in football, which makes it the thinnest position for Individual Defensive Player (IDP) leagues. There were 38 defensive backs and linebackers apiece who had over 1,000 snaps in 2024, while only 19 defensive linemen recorded 800 snaps (none reached 1,000). Linebackers who are on the field that much are almost guaranteed for floor production, and most defensive backs would receive that, too, with the exception being shutdown cornerbacks, who don’t get thrown at.

IDP Draft Strategy: LB

While linebacker is deep at first glance, we have to treat it like we do wide receivers on the offensive side and stay above water in the ‘arms race’ of starters. We saw 31 linebackers last season average 60+ snaps, and 24 more averaged between 50 and 60 snaps. That number drops to only 16 between 40-50 snaps. Snap counts automatically tier the linebacker position for the most part, so looking more granularly shows us the production gap. Let’s dive into our fantasy football IDP draft primer for linebackers.

IDP Draft Strategy: DB

Patience is the key to success when drafting in fantasy football individual defensive player (IDP) leagues. Travis Hunter might be a difference-maker at the position if you can get his offensive output, but no other defensive back is going to make or break your team. Ninety-eight defensive backs recorded 800+ snaps in 2024, making for a lot of high-floor players. If you are reading this, I want you to be the last person to pick a defensive back unless everyone is playing chicken in your draft.