Fantasy Football IDP Draft Rankings & Tiers (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	1.6	0.8
2	1	Jack Campbell	DET	LB2	1	7	2.9	1.4
3	1	Carson Schwesinger	CLE	LB3	2	7	3.9	1.9
4	1	Roquan Smith	BAL	LB4	2	9	4.4	1.8
5	1	Ernest Jones IV	SEA	LB5	5	14	7.4	2.3
6	1	Foyesade Oluokun	JAC	LB6	5	14	8.7	2.7
7	1	Fred Warner	SF	LB7	6	15	8.8	2.8
8	1	Blake Cashman	MIN	LB8	5	18	9.9	3.7
9	2	Myles Garrett	LAR	DE1	1	47	11.4	11.5
10	2	Zack Baun	PHI	LB9	8	21	12.7	3.9
11	2	Jamien Sherwood	NYJ	LB10	9	19	13.1	3.3
12	2	Nate Landman	LAR	LB11	11	22	14	3.2
13	2	Nick Bolton	KC	LB12	6	25	14.8	4.6
14	2	Quay Walker	LV	LB13	11	24	15.4	4.6
15	2	Aidan Hutchinson	DET	DE2	4	62	16.8	14.6
16	2	Cedric Gray	TEN	LB14	5	55	19.4	12.7
17	2	Sonny Styles	WAS	LB15	13	33	22.3	6.3
18	2	Zaire Franklin	GB	LB16	16	40	22.4	6.8
19	2	Maxx Crosby	LV	DE3	9	50	23.5	11
20	2	Edgerrin Cooper	GB	LB17	16	35	25.2	5.6
21	2	Alex Singleton	DEN	LB18	17	42	25.5	8.7
22	2	Tremaine Edmunds	NYG	LB19	12	43	25.9	9.5
23	3	Will Anderson Jr.	HOU	DE4	5	93	26.4	23.6
24	3	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	S1	16	58	30.1	12.1
25	3	Robert Spillane	NE	LB20	19	49	31.4	10
26	3	T.J. Edwards	CHI	LB21	22	57	35.2	10.1
27	3	CJ Allen	IND	LB22	17	56	36.1	11.9
28	3	Devin Lloyd	CAR	LB23	22	76	36.5	14.9
29	3	Kaden Elliss	NO	LB24	23	89	38.5	16.8
30	3	Daiyan Henley	LAC	LB25	28	54	39.8	9.1
31	3	Nick Emmanwori	SEA	S2	20	310	52.8	77.8
32	3	Derwin James Jr.	LAC	S3	15	60	29.9	12.1
33	3	Devin Bush Jr.	CHI	LB26	30	71	42.3	12.6
34	3	Azeez Al-Shaair	HOU	LB27	22	102	45.7	22.2
35	3	Nick Cross	WAS	S4	25	69	35	11.3
36	3	Nakobe Dean	LV	LB28	29	86	48.1	14.6
37	3	Budda Baker	ARI	S5	25	60	36.9	9.4
38	4	Nick Bosa	SF	DE5	17	76	39.4	18.7
39	4	Jessie Bates III	ATL	S6	27	73	40	13.2
40	4	Tykee Smith	TB	S7	30	70	41	10.7
41	4	Terrel Bernard	BUF	LB29	31	105	51.9	19.1
42	4	Kam Curl	LAR	S8	34	63	42.5	7.8
43	4	Divine Deablo	ATL	LB30	35	82	54.9	16.3
44	4	Patrick Queen	PIT	LB31	40	74	55	12.4
45	4	Jeremy Chinn	LV	S9	37	71	46.2	10.6
46	4	Quincy Williams	CLE	LB32	40	90	58.4	17.3
47	4	Demario Davis	NYJ	LB33	43	93	66.3	17.6
48	4	Xavier McKinney	GB	S10	38	75	56.7	11.6
49	4	Alex Anzalone	TB	LB34	38	99	66.5	19.9
50	4	Barrett Carter	CIN	LB35	44	73	57.3	9.7
51	4	Tre’von Moehrig	CAR	S11	39	78	57.4	10.7
52	4	Talanoa Hufanga	DEN	S12	44	85	58.6	11.1
53	4	Quentin Lake	LAR	S13	39	100	58.9	19
54	4	Antoine Winfield Jr.	TB	S14	48	85	59.4	11
55	4	Kevin Byard III	NE	S15	51	96	60.3	13
56	4	Mack Wilson Sr.	ARI	LB36	46	107	69.8	18.9
57	4	Jordan Battle	CIN	S16	29	122	61.6	23.7
58	4	Brian Branch	DET	S17	31	217	72.3	49.1
59	4	Tyrel Dodson	MIA	LB37	47	128	78.3	24.2
60	5	Dee Winters	DAL	LB38	50	149	79.2	28.2
61	5	Danielle Hunter	HOU	DE6	25	77	49.8	16.9
62	5	DeShon Elliott	PIT	S18	46	119	72	24.7
63	5	Brian Burns	NYG	DE7	23	98	51.2	23.2
64	5	Chamarri Conner	KC	S19	49	114	65.8	17.1
65	5	Jeffery Simmons	TEN	DT1	43	87	59.2	11.7

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.