NFL Value-Based Drafting (VBD) Rankings

2026 Defense & Special Teams Projections

What is Value-Based Drafting (VBD) Rankings?
Value-based drafting (VBD) is a strategy that assigns a value to every player by comparing that player's fantasy points to the fantasy points of a baseline player at the same position. A high VBD means a player offers strong incremental value at his position and is therefore valuable overall in fantasy. Check out our Value-Based Drafting Guide for more VBD insight.

Rank	Player	VBD	VORP	VOLS	ADP	vs ADP
1	Houston Texans (HOU)	36	18	18	1	-
2	Denver Broncos (DEN)	32	16	16	3	+ 1
3	Minnesota Vikings (MIN)	22	11	11	7	+ 4
4	Pittsburgh Steelers (PIT)	20	10	10	8	+ 4
5	Seattle Seahawks (SEA)	18	9	9	4	-1
6	Los Angeles Chargers (LAC)	14	7	7	12	+ 6
7	Los Angeles Rams (LAR)	10	5	5	2	-5
8	Detroit Lions (DET)	10	5	5	11	+ 3
9	Buffalo Bills (BUF)	10	5	5	16	+ 7
10	Philadelphia Eagles (PHI)	2	1	1	5	-5
11	Baltimore Ravens (BAL)	0	0	0	9	-2
12	Atlanta Falcons (ATL)	0	0	0	21	+ 9
13	Cleveland Browns (CLE)	0	0	0	18	+ 5
14	Chicago Bears (CHI)	0	0	0	17	+ 3
15	New Orleans Saints (NO)	0	0	0	22	+ 7
16	Jacksonville Jaguars (JAC)	0	0	0	10	-6
17	Cincinnati Bengals (CIN)	0	0	0	28	+ 11
18	New England Patriots (NE)	0	0	0	6	-12
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (TB)	0	0	0	23	+ 4
20	Tennessee Titans (TEN)	0	0	0	24	+ 4
21	Green Bay Packers (GB)	0	0	0	13	-8
22	Washington Commanders (WAS)	0	0	0	27	+ 5
23	Indianapolis Colts (IND)	0	0	0	25	+ 2
24	Kansas City Chiefs (KC)	0	0	0	15	-9
25	Dallas Cowboys (DAL)	0	0	0	14	-11
26	New York Giants (NYG)	0	0	0	20	-6
27	Miami Dolphins (MIA)	0	0	0	30	+ 3
28	Arizona Cardinals (ARI)	0	0	0	31	+ 3
29	Las Vegas Raiders (LV)	0	0	0	29	-
30	San Francisco 49ers (SF)	0	0	0	19	-11
31	Carolina Panthers (CAR)	0	0	0	26	-5
32	New York Jets (NYJ)	0	0	0	32	-