24 Players Experts Love to Draft (2026 Fantasy Football)

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and which to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football players below.

2026 Fantasy Football Draft Advice

RK	TIERS	PLAYER NAME	TEAM	POS	BEST	WORST	AVG.	STD.DEV	ECR VS. ADP
6	1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR4	5	12	7.2	1.3	2
9	2	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR5	7	17	9.4	2.3	2
13	2	Drake London	ATL	WR7	8	23	14.1	3.7	6
15	2	Nico Collins	HOU	WR8	11	30	17.6	4.7	8
16	3	A.J. Brown	NE	WR9	9	34	18.8	5.1	5
20	3	George Pickens	DAL	WR10	9	33	21.3	5.1	5
24	3	Chris Olave	NO	WR11	14	41	25.7	6.1	3
30	4	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR14	18	53	33.7	7.3	11
31	4	Tee Higgins	CIN	WR15	21	49	34.2	5.7	6
34	4	Drake Maye	NE	QB2	26	69	37	11.7	23
35	4	Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB3	26	62	37.1	11.3	9
49	5	Davante Adams	LAR	WR24	39	68	47.8	6.2	7
50	5	Jameson Williams	DET	WR25	34	70	51.8	7.6	9
56	5	Christian Watson	GB	WR27	32	83	56.3	11.2	8
68	6	Justin Herbert	LAC	QB8	53	103	69.9	11.7	15
72	6	Alec Pierce	IND	WR32	46	106	76	10.3	12
74	6	DK Metcalf	PIT	WR33	50	106	78.2	11	12
97	7	Jakobi Meyers	JAC	WR42	71	127	99.2	11.4	15
107	7	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	RB37	82	141	107.4	13.7	17
123	7	Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR50	95	148	125.5	9.8	10
132	8	Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB43	79	224	135.2	22.2	10
134	8	Tyler Allgeier	ARI	RB45	102	232	136.8	22.3	20
140	8	Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB48	114	215	145.4	15.3	10
141	8	Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB49	121	188	147.8	14	22

Amon-Ra St. Brown continued his remarkable consistency in 2025, finishing as a top-3 fantasy WR for the third straight season. The Lions star once again dominated high-value usage, leading the NFL in red-zone targets. Even with Detroit transitioning to a new offensive coordinator in 2026, St. Brown’s elite target share and reliable weekly production give him one of the safest floor/ceiling combos at the position. Expect another top-5 fantasy finish from the Sun God.
– Andrew Erickson

I absolutely understand the concern regarding the Falcons’ quarterback situation, but that won’t stop me from drafting Drake London. London is a bet on talent that I’ll continue to make. Despite Michael Penix and Kirk Cousins, London was cooking last year before a PCL injury derailed his season in Week 11. In Weeks 1-10 last year, London was the WR6 in fantasy points per game. During that stretch, he was fourth in target share (30.3%), fourth in receiving yards per game (86.4), sixth in yards per route run (2.74), fifth in first-read share (37.6%), and seventh in first downs per route run (0.135, per Fantasy Points Data). London should be a locked-in WR1 this season with top-five upside if the quarterback situation works itself out.
– Derek Brown

In only his second NFL season, Drake Maye finished QB2 in fantasy scoring, averaging 21.1 fantasy points per game. Maye was sublime as a passer last year, leading the NFL in completion percentage (72.0%), yards per pass attempt (8.9) and passer rating (113.5). Maye finished a close second in the MVP balloting behind the Rams’ Matthew Stafford. Aided by the tailwinds of a favorable regular-season schedule, Maye produced 4,394 passing yards and 31 TD passes. He also chipped in as a runner with 450 rushing yards and four TD runs – and his bountiful college rushing stats suggest there’s still more meat on that bone. Maye got a rude wakeup call in the playoffs, completing 58.3% of his throws and averaging 207 passing yards per game and 6.9 yards per attempt in a four-game run against the Chargers, Texans, Broncos and Seahawks – all among the best pass defenses in the league. Despite the sour ending, Maye’s second NFL season was a triumph. He’s a top-five fantasy quarterback moving forward.
– Pat Fitzmaurice

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