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    FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Jul 24th 2026, 3:16am EDT

Fantasy Football IDP Draft Rankings & Tiers (2026)

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 4 1.6 1
    2 1 Jack Campbell DET LB2 2 7 3.3 1.6
    3 1 Carson Schwesinger CLE LB3 3 8 4.3 1.9
    4 1 Roquan Smith BAL LB4 1 9 4.8 2.2
    5 1 Ernest Jones IV SEA LB5 4 9 6.4 1.5
    6 1 Foyesade Oluokun JAC LB6 2 11 6.5 2.9
    7 1 Blake Cashman MIN LB7 6 18 9.3 3.8
    8 1 Fred Warner SF LB8 6 13 9.3 2.3
    9 2 Jamien Sherwood NYJ LB9 9 14 11.5 1.7
    10 2 Zack Baun PHI LB10 8 19 11.8 4
    11 2 Quay Walker LV LB11 8 23 12.9 4.3
    12 2 Myles Garrett LAR DE1 1 53 15.3 14.7
    13 2 Nick Bolton KC LB12 10 21 15.5 3.7
    14 2 Aidan Hutchinson DET DE2 4 23 16.3 6.7
    15 2 Nate Landman LAR LB13 14 22 16.4 3
    16 2 Alex Singleton DEN LB14 13 36 19.9 9.2
    17 2 Zaire Franklin GB LB15 13 33 21.6 6.8
    18 2 Tremaine Edmunds NYG LB16 12 33 23.1 6.5
    19 2 Edgerrin Cooper GB LB17 17 35 24.3 5.8
    20 2 Cedric Gray TEN LB18 13 50 24.8 14.3
    21 3 Robert Spillane NE LB19 16 49 25.1 10.4
    22 3 Maxx Crosby LV DE3 9 51 26.3 11.5
    23 3 Derwin James Jr. LAC S1 18 41 27.4 6.6
    24 3 Sonny Styles WAS LB20 16 56 28.9 12
    25 3 T.J. Edwards CHI LB21 19 47 28.9 10.3
    26 3 Kyle Hamilton BAL S2 20 62 31.8 11.9
    27 3 Nick Emmanwori SEA S3 19 65 33.1 14.7
    28 3 Will Anderson Jr. HOU DE4 5 94 34.3 26.3
    29 3 Jessie Bates III ATL S4 23 73 34.6 15.3
    30 3 Nick Cross WAS S5 28 69 35 12.9
    31 3 Budda Baker ARI S6 27 52 35.4 7.8
    32 3 Kam Curl LAR S7 32 59 39.6 8.9
    33 3 CJ Allen IND LB22 22 58 40.4 11.9
    34 3 Tykee Smith TB S8 35 70 40.8 11.3
    35 3 Devin Bush Jr. CHI LB23 29 67 41.6 12.6
    36 3 Daiyan Henley LAC LB24 33 52 42 7.4
    37 3 Kaden Elliss NO LB25 24 89 42.1 19
    38 3 Jeremy Chinn LV S9 34 71 42.4 11.3
    39 4 Azeez Al-Shaair HOU LB26 27 102 47.4 23.7
    40 4 Xavier McKinney GB S10 38 73 48 11.3
    41 4 Nick Bosa SF DE5 21 81 49 20
    42 4 Patrick Queen PIT LB27 39 72 49.4 12.2
    43 4 Devin Lloyd CAR LB28 36 84 50.1 13.8
    44 4 Terrel Bernard BUF LB29 31 104 52.8 20.7
    45 4 Divine Deablo ATL LB30 29 82 53 16.5
    46 4 Tre’von Moehrig CAR S11 40 74 53.3 11.5
    47 4 Talanoa Hufanga DEN S12 43 72 53.3 9
    48 4 Quincy Williams CLE LB31 39 83 54.1 12.9
    49 4 Jordan Battle CIN S13 32 123 54.4 27.6
    50 4 Kevin Byard III NE S14 50 75 58.9 7.8
    51 4 Nakobe Dean LV LB32 49 86 59.3 12.3
    52 4 Alex Anzalone TB LB33 46 95 59.4 15.3
    53 4 Demario Davis NYJ LB34 40 93 60.1 17.8
    54 4 Quentin Lake LAR S15 47 85 64 12
    55 4 Antoine Winfield Jr. TB S16 48 78 64.8 9.2
    56 4 Jeffery Simmons TEN DT1 40 84 52.3 14.4
    57 4 Brian Branch DET S17 32 181 69.4 43.2
    58 4 Mack Wilson Sr. ARI LB35 44 106 66.9 19.3
    59 4 Barrett Carter CIN LB36 41 73 61.7 9.3
    60 5 Tyrel Dodson MIA LB37 41 128 74.3 25.1
    61 5 Chamarri Conner KC S18 48 115 65.3 21
    62 5 DeShon Elliott PIT S19 53 120 76.5 21.1
    63 5 Jalen Pitre HOU S20 61 124 78.8 18.5
    64 5 Dee Winters DAL LB38 40 148 80.4 28.8
    65 5 Danielle Hunter HOU DE6 26 80 60.5 18.1
    66 5 Cooper DeJean PHI CB1 54 81 62.5 8.9
    67 5 Xavier Watts ATL S21 53 78 64 9.3
    68 5 Eric Wilson MIN LB39 65 98 76.9 11.9
    69 5 T.J. Watt PIT LB40 10 120 67.5 32.2
    70 5 Arvell Reese NYG LB41 51 171 82.4 36.9
    71 5 Brian Burns NYG DE7 28 103 68.3 23.2
    72 5 DeMarvion Overshown DAL LB42 63 107 81.4 13.3
    73 5 DeForest Buckner IND DT2 64 98 83 12.3
    74 5 Payton Wilson PIT LB43 73 110 83.4 11.4
    75 5 Julian Love SEA S22 60 96 84.3 10.5
    76 5 Laiatu Latu IND DE8 65 125 84.7 19.4
    77 5 Byron Young LAR DE9 30 117 76.2 26
    78 5 Andrew Van Ginkel MIN LB44 44 77 62.8 10.9
    79 5 Demetrius Knight Jr. CIN LB45 66 88 79.7 6.9
    80 5 Jaquan Brisker PIT S23 70 95 79.7 8.5
    81 5 Paulson Adebo NYG CB2 74 131 91.6 18.1
    82 5 Tuli Tuipulotu LAC DE10 58 115 79.2 19
    83 5 Josh Hines-Allen JAC DE11 57 108 79.4 16.4
    84 5 Alontae Taylor TEN CB3 85 112 91.8 9.2
    85 6 Nik Bonitto DEN DE12 29 209 94.4 60.4
    86 6 Caleb Downs DAL S24 72 191 101.3 40.7
    87 6 Dillon Thieneman CHI S25 67 214 106.3 49.1
    88 6 Kamari Lassiter HOU CB4 80 95 85.8 5.1
    89 6 Alex Highsmith PIT LB46 57 131 86.2 24.3
    90 6 Jared Verse CLE DE13 41 201 96.2 54.5
    91 6 Cody Simon ARI LB47 63 99 86.8 15
    92 6 Anthony Hill Jr. TEN LB48 62 108 87 16
    93 6 Frankie Luvu WAS LB49 44 517 161.4 178.8
    94 6 Dre Greenlaw SF LB50 46 751 211.2 272.4
    95 6 Abdul Carter NYG DE14 50 283 117.8 83.7
    96 6 Joshua Metellus MIN S26 83 100 92.4 6.8
    97 6 Tyler Nubin NYG S27 69 155 95.6 31.3
    98 6 Dallas Turner MIN DE15 61 221 111.2 56.2
    99 6 Jalen Thompson DAL S28 40 121 84.8 29.1
    100 6 Drue Tranquill KC LB51 87 127 98.4 14.5
    101 6 Trey Hendrickson BAL DE16 62 224 112.8 56.9

    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.

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