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Fantasy Football IDP Draft Rankings & Targets (2026)

Fantasy Football IDP Draft Rankings & Targets (2026)

NFL teams are beginning summer practices and the NFL preseason is here! 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 3 1.4 0.8
    2 1 Jack Campbell DET LB2 1 7 2.7 1.5
    3 1 Carson Schwesinger CLE LB3 2 7 3.6 1.7
    4 1 Roquan Smith BAL LB4 3 9 4.5 1.6
    5 1 Ernest Jones IV SEA LB5 5 14 7.3 2.4
    6 1 Foyesade Oluokun JAC LB6 5 14 7.7 2.8
    7 1 Blake Cashman MIN LB7 5 14 8.6 2.7
    8 1 Fred Warner SF LB8 6 15 8.8 2.7
    9 1 Myles Garrett LAR DE1 1 14 9.6 4.1
    10 2 Zack Baun PHI LB9 8 16 11.4 2.6
    11 2 Jamien Sherwood NYJ LB10 9 19 12.7 3.4
    12 2 Quay Walker LV LB11 10 24 14.3 4.5
    13 2 Nate Landman LAR LB12 11 22 14.4 3.3
    14 2 Nick Bolton KC LB13 6 25 15.1 5.2
    15 2 Cedric Gray TEN LB14 8 33 17.1 6.3
    16 2 Aidan Hutchinson DET DE2 4 62 18.7 14.4
    17 2 Will Anderson Jr. HOU DE3 5 32 20.3 7.2
    18 2 Sonny Styles WAS LB15 13 32 21.6 5.4
    19 2 Maxx Crosby LV DE4 9 30 21.6 6
    20 2 Alex Singleton DEN LB16 13 37 21.6 7.4
    21 2 Zaire Franklin GB LB17 17 40 21.8 7.1
    22 2 Edgerrin Cooper GB LB18 16 32 22.6 4
    23 3 Tremaine Edmunds NYG LB19 13 43 25.2 7.9
    24 3 Robert Spillane NE LB20 16 42 26.6 7.6
    25 3 Kyle Hamilton BAL S1 23 52 29.2 7.8
    26 3 Derwin James Jr. LAC S2 19 60 31.3 10.9
    27 3 T.J. Edwards CHI LB21 22 57 33.4 10.8
    28 3 Kaden Elliss NO LB22 23 46 34.3 6.6
    29 3 Devin Lloyd CAR LB23 22 54 34.6 9.6
    30 3 Nick Cross WAS S3 25 69 35.2 11.2
    31 3 CJ Allen IND LB24 26 56 35.6 10.3
    32 3 Daiyan Henley LAC LB25 28 52 36.2 7.3
    33 3 Devin Bush Jr. CHI LB26 30 45 36.3 4.2
    34 3 Budda Baker ARI S4 28 60 37.5 8.7
    35 3 Azeez Al-Shaair HOU LB27 22 70 39.2 12.3
    36 3 Jessie Bates III ATL S5 27 73 39.7 13.3
    37 3 Nick Bosa SF DE5 17 73 40.1 15.3
    38 3 Kam Curl LAR S6 32 47 40.2 5
    39 3 Tykee Smith TB S7 30 70 40.5 10.8
    40 3 Nick Emmanwori SEA S8 20 310 54.2 81
    41 4 Nakobe Dean LV LB28 29 59 44 8.7
    42 4 Jeremy Chinn LV S9 35 71 45.2 11
    43 4 Terrel Bernard BUF LB29 40 73 48 10
    44 4 Patrick Queen PIT LB30 40 69 49.9 10.4
    45 4 Quincy Williams CLE LB31 40 83 51.8 12.1
    46 4 Xavier McKinney GB S10 39 75 53.8 10.6
    47 4 Divine Deablo ATL LB32 36 82 54.7 13.6
    48 4 Barrett Carter CIN LB33 44 72 55.5 7.9
    49 4 Tre’von Moehrig CAR S11 44 78 56.6 10.6
    50 4 Talanoa Hufanga DEN S12 44 85 57 12.1
    51 4 Alex Anzalone TB LB34 38 96 58.2 15.3
    52 4 Antoine Winfield Jr. TB S13 48 85 60.2 10.6
    53 4 Demario Davis NYJ LB35 43 87 60.3 13.8
    54 4 Kevin Byard III NE S14 51 96 60.4 12.9
    55 4 Quentin Lake LAR S15 44 100 60.9 18
    56 4 Mack Wilson Sr. ARI LB36 46 105 62.1 15.9
    57 4 Danielle Hunter HOU DE6 25 77 52.2 15.3
    58 4 Jordan Battle CIN S16 41 122 63.4 22.3
    59 4 Chamarri Conner KC S17 49 114 65.5 16.8
    60 4 Brian Burns NYG DE7 23 98 55.5 22.8
    61 5 Tyrel Dodson MIA LB37 47 111 69.7 18.8
    62 5 Dee Winters DAL LB38 50 116 70.4 18.9
    63 5 Xavier Watts ATL S18 55 118 71.2 16.2
    64 5 DeShon Elliott PIT S19 52 119 74.5 23.2
    65 5 DeMarvion Overshown DAL LB39 39 108 75.5 17
    66 5 Eric Wilson MIN LB40 52 119 78.5 17.8
    67 5 T.J. Watt PIT LB41 10 111 58.4 28
    68 5 Payton Wilson PIT LB42 62 124 80.5 17.1
    69 5 Cooper DeJean PHI CB1 54 97 71.5 12.2
    70 5 Andrew Van Ginkel MIN LB43 29 80 61.4 14.6
    71 5 Brian Branch DET S20 46 217 77.2 49.1
    72 5 Jalen Pitre HOU S21 65 123 83 18.5
    73 5 Byron Young LAR DE8 30 103 68.1 21.5
    74 5 Caleb Downs DAL S22 68 193 89.1 33.8
    75 5 Jeffery Simmons TEN DT1 43 66 55.9 6.8
    76 5 Josh Hines-Allen JAC DE9 39 105 72.9 18.1
    77 5 Drue Tranquill KC LB44 66 139 92.7 21.1
    78 5 Nik Bonitto DEN DE10 29 208 80.7 49.2
    79 5 Julian Love SEA S23 75 122 86.3 13.4
    80 5 Tuli Tuipulotu LAC DE11 53 109 77 15.3
    81 5 Demetrius Knight Jr. CIN LB45 77 122 87.6 12.9
    82 5 Jared Verse CLE DE12 27 161 80.6 35.7
    83 5 Alex Highsmith PIT LB46 59 120 83.2 18
    84 5 Arvell Reese NYG LB47 57 157 85 26.7
    85 5 Dillon Thieneman CHI S24 72 213 99.2 40.6
    86 5 Laiatu Latu IND DE13 56 100 76.8 12.6
    87 5 Jihaad Campbell PHI LB48 45 231 95.7 51.3
    88 5 Paulson Adebo NYG CB2 81 130 99 16.3
    89 6 Drake Thomas SEA LB49 48 128 93.6 20
    90 6 DeForest Buckner IND DT2 69 123 87.3 15.9
    91 6 Jaquan Brisker PIT S25 71 125 91.3 15.9
    92 6 Cody Simon ARI LB50 53 135 93.5 22
    93 6 Dallas Turner MIN DE14 57 204 98 42.9
    94 6 Trey Hendrickson BAL DE15 63 211 99 44.2
    95 6 Anthony Hill Jr. TEN LB51 74 116 94.3 13.8
    96 6 Abdul Carter NYG DE16 49 269 101.3 70.6
    97 6 Frankie Luvu WAS LB52 72 501 143.5 136.4
    98 6 Montez Sweat CHI DE17 64 126 92.6 18.2
    99 6 AJ Haulcy IND S26 79 169 103.3 30.9
    100 6 Devon Witherspoon SEA CB3 94 139 106.4 14.2

    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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