Dynasty & keeper values

NFL dynasty values

What each player is worth over the next three seasons: his production rate, how players his age at his position have aged in our logs, and how many games players like him actually play — on a 0–100 scale above replacement.

2026–28
rest of 2026 + 2 seasons
258
players valued
0.55 / 0.61
backtest rank corr. (2022, 2023)
2015-2026
our game logs
3Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR1SEAage 24.7
85.5T1 · Cornerstone
2026 rest · age 24.5
168
17.2 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 25.5
238
17.2 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 26.5
215
17 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 17.2 half-PPR ppg = production 17.2 blended with opportunity-implied 16.9. Sample: 2026: 6g 23.4, 2025: 17g 17.7, 2024: 17g 11.9 (40 games). Draft: 2023 R1.20. Expected weighted points: 488.

5Puka Nacua
Puka Nacua
WR2LAage 25.4
66.9T2 · Elite
2026 rest · age 25.3
147
15 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 26.3
206
14.9 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 27.3
184
14.6 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 15 half-PPR ppg = production 15 blended with opportunity-implied 15.4. Sample: 2026: 3g 20.8, 2025: 16g 19.4, 2024: 11g 15.2 (30 games). Draft: 2023 R5.177. Expected weighted points: 423.

10Ja'Marr Chase
Ja'Marr Chase
WR3CINage 26.6
54.8T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 26.5
135
13.8 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 27.5
185
13.4 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 28.5
161
12.8 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 13.8 half-PPR ppg = production 13.9 blended with opportunity-implied 13.3. Sample: 2026: 5g 13.3, 2025: 16g 15.7, 2024: 17g 20.0 (38 games). Draft: 2021 R1.5. Expected weighted points: 380.

11Amon-Ra St. Brown
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR4DETage 27
52.4T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 26.9
133
13.6 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 27.9
181
13.1 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 28.9
156
12.4 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 13.6 half-PPR ppg = production 13.3 blended with opportunity-implied 15. Sample: 2026: 5g 17.1, 2025: 17g 15.6, 2024: 17g 15.2 (39 games). Draft: 2021 R4.112. Expected weighted points: 372.

14Chris Olave
Chris Olave
WR5NOage 26.3
49.3T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 26.2
128
13 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 27.2
176
12.7 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 28.2
154
12.2 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 13 half-PPR ppg = production 13 blended with opportunity-implied 13.6. Sample: 2026: 5g 15.8, 2025: 16g 13.6, 2024: 8g 7.6 (29 games). Draft: 2022 R1.11. Expected weighted points: 361.

18Drake London
Drake London
WR6ATLage 25.2
46.9T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 25.1
122
12.5 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 26.1
172
12.4 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 27.1
153
12.1 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 12.5 half-PPR ppg = production 12.3 blended with opportunity-implied 14.1. Sample: 2026: 5g 12.5, 2025: 12g 14.0, 2024: 17g 13.6 (34 games). Draft: 2022 R1.8. Expected weighted points: 352.

19CeeDee Lamb
CeeDee Lamb
WR7DALage 27.5
46.7T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 27.4
130
13.9 ppg × 9.3 g
2027 · age 28.4
176
13.3 ppg × 13.2 g
2028 · age 29.4
135
12.5 ppg × 10.9 g

Rate 13.9 half-PPR ppg = production 14.1 blended with opportunity-implied 12.9. Sample: 2026: 5g 19.1, 2025: 13g 12.6, 2024: 15g 14.2 (33 games). Draft: 2020 R1.17. Expected weighted points: 352.

20Zay Flowers
Zay Flowers
WR8BALage 26.1
46.6T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 26
124
12.7 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 27
172
12.4 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 28
150
11.9 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 12.7 half-PPR ppg = production 12.4 blended with opportunity-implied 14.2. Sample: 2026: 4g 17.2, 2025: 17g 11.8, 2024: 17g 10.1 (38 games). Draft: 2023 R1.22. Expected weighted points: 351.

22Garrett Wilson
Garrett Wilson
WR9NYJage 26.2
44.4T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 26.1
122
12.4 ppg × 9.8 g
2027 · age 27.1
168
12.1 ppg × 13.9 g
2028 · age 28.1
146
11.6 ppg × 12.6 g

Rate 12.4 half-PPR ppg = production 12 blended with opportunity-implied 15. Sample: 2026: 5g 14.2, 2025: 7g 11.6, 2024: 17g 11.8 (29 games). Draft: 2022 R1.10. Expected weighted points: 344.

23Tetairoa McMillan
Tetairoa McMillan
WR10CARage 23.5
44.2T3 · Core starter
2026 rest · age 23.4
119
11.8 ppg × 10.1 g
2027 · age 24.4
159
12 ppg × 13.2 g
2028 · age 25.4
161
12.1 ppg × 13.3 g

Rate 11.8 half-PPR ppg = production 11.6 blended with opportunity-implied 12.7. Sample: 2026: 4g 15.4, 2025: 17g 10.5 (21 games). Draft: 2025 R1.8. Expected weighted points: 343.

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How good is this?

We rebuilt the values as of the start of past seasons using only data available then (curves, weights and draft priors refitted on earlier seasons) and compared the order with what players actually scored over the next three seasons (PPR, weighted 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.6). Rank correlation (Spearman): 1 = perfect order, 0 = random. Baseline = ranking by last season's total points.

As ofOur top 200Baseline's top 200Top-24 hits
2022 (2022-2024)0.55 vs 0.500.69 vs 0.6010/24 vs 12
2023 (2023-2025)0.61 vs 0.410.61 vs 0.5311/24 vs 9

Read: ours vs baseline on the same players. By position (our top 40 QB / 60 RB / 80 WR / 40 TE): 2022 QB 0.53 vs 0.48, RB 0.64 vs 0.36, WR 0.61 vs 0.60, TE 0.61 vs 0.53; 2023 QB 0.61 vs 0.49, RB 0.65 vs 0.25, WR 0.67 vs 0.47, TE 0.41 vs 0.50. Incoming rookies (valued from draft slot only): 2022 0.52 (n=79), 2023 0.69 (n=82). Summary: Overall better than the baseline (avg +0.08); clearly better at QB/RB/WR; about even at TE; top-24 hits about even (avg +0.0). 2 backtest seasons is a small sample — treat values as a well-reasoned starting point, not a guarantee.

How the values are built

Inputs. Our NFL game logs (nflverse weekly stats, regular season, 2015-2026 (through week 5)); birth dates and NFL draft slot from the nflverse player file. A “game” is a week with a stat line. QB/RB/WR/TE only.

1. Production rate. Points per game over his last three seasons weighted 1 / 0.35 / 0.1 (newest first), plus 4 pseudo-games at the average for his position and draft round in years 1–3 (so a 3-game sample can't look like a star). Blended 15% with an opportunity-implied rate — points per game predicted from target share (WR/TE), carry share + target share (RB) or pass attempts + carries (QB); R² QB 0.69, RB 0.89, WR 0.86, TE 0.82. The weights, prior size and blend were chosen to best predict next-season points per game on past seasons (error ±2.89 ppg).

2. Age curve. For every player with 6+ games in back-to-back seasons we measured the change in points per game by age, per position (2015–2025), and smoothed it with a Gaussian kernel. Examples (RB): 22: +0.57, 24: -0.01, 26: -0.43, 28: -0.76, 30: -1 ppg per year. Only survivors are in this curve, so it understates decline; retirement and lost jobs live in step 3.

3. Expected games. How many games players at his position, age band and quality level actually logged 1, 2 and 3 seasons later in our data — zero if they vanished. For 2026 we count only his team's remaining games (week 5 done).

4. Value. Expected points per season, weighted 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.6 across 2026, 2027, 2028, counted only above replacement (12-team 1QB: QB13, RB30, WR42, TE13 in that season), then scaled so #1 = 100. Tiers: Tier 1 ≥ 80 · 2 ≥ 60 · 3 ≥ 40 · 4 ≥ 25 · 5 ≥ 12 · 6 > 0. Superflex, TE premium and longer horizons aren't modelled yet.

Not in the number: injuries in progress, contracts, depth-chart changes, coaching. Rookies with no NFL games are valued from their draft slot only. Updated 2026-10-16.