Fantasy Football Week 3 Trade Value for This Year's Top 50 NFL Players

The 2026 fantasy football season has already been upended by an unfortunate amount of injuries, perhaps leaving your team in tatters—or perhaps giving you the opportunity to strike a favorable deal with an opposing player who suddenly has a huge need you can fill.

Either way, the trade value chart exists to help ensure you don't get ripped off in prospective deals. It may feel early to be wheeling and dealing, but if the injury gods have already been unkind, well, you might not have much of a choice.

Players who would be ranked in the 51-100 range have a trade value between six and two. Players below the top-100 range have a value of one. Trade values are based on PPR scoring, so adjust according to your league's particular scoring settings. May the fantasy points be with you!

Rank	Value	Player
1	20	Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, Detroit Lions
2	20	Bijan Robinson, RB, Atlanta Falcons
3	19	Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Seattle Seahawks
4	18	Ja'Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
5	18	Puka Nacua, WR, Los Angeles Rams
6	17	Kenneth Walker III, RB, Kansas City Chiefs
7	17	Jonathan Taylor, RB, Indianapolis Colts
8	16	Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, Detroit Lions
9	16	Justin Jefferson, WR, Minnesota Vikings
10	16	Derrick Henry, RB, Baltimore Ravens
11	16	Christian McCaffrey, RB, San Francisco 49ers
12	15	CeeDee Lamb, WR, Dallas Cowboys
13	15	Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills
14	14	James Cook, RB, Buffalo Bills
15	14	Ashton Jeanty, RB, Las Vegas Raiders
16	13	Chris Olave, WR, New Orleans Saints
17	13	Drake London, WR, Atlanta Falcons
18	13	DeVonta Smith, WR, Philadelphia Eagles
19	13	Garrett Wilson, WR, New York Jets
20	12	Trey McBride, TE, Arizona Cardinals
21	11	Chase Brown, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
22	11	Saquon Barkley, RB, Philadelphia Eagles
23	11	Breece Hall, RB, New York Jets
24	10	Nico Collins, WR, Houston Texans
25	10	Zay Flowers, WR, Baltimore Ravens
26	10	Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Carolina Panthers
27	10	Brock Bowers, TE, Las Vegas Raiders
28	9	Javonte Williams, RB, Dallas Cowboys
29	9	Bucky Irving, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
30	9	De'Von Achane, RB, Miami Dolphins
31	9	Kyren Williams, RB, Los Angeles Rams
32	9	Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens
33	8	Malik Nabers, WR, New York Giants
34	8	Ladd McConkey, WR, Los Angeles Chargers
35	8	Jaylen Waddle, WR, Denver Broncos
36	8	Rashee Rice, WR, Kansas City Chiefs
37	8	Tee Higgins, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
38	8	George Pickens, WR, Dallas Cowboys
39	8	Dalton Kincaid, TE, Buffalo Bills
40	8	Patrick Mahomes, QB, Kansas City Chiefs
41	7	D'Andre Swift, RB, Chicago Bears
42	7	Omarion Hampton, RB, Los Angeles Chargers
43	7	David Montgomery, RB, Houston Texans
44	7	Chuba Hubbard, RB, Carolina Panthers
45	7	Bhayshul Tuten, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars
46	7	Jalen Coker, WR, Carolina Panthers
47	7	Parker Washington, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars
48	7	Jeremiyah Love, RB, Arizona Cardinals
49	7	Jalen Hurts, QB, Philadelphia Eagles
50	7	Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals

We cannot ignore that injuries to players like Jayden Daniels, Jaxson Dart and Caleb Williams will have a ripple effect throughout fantasy football.

You have to immediately downgrade the skill players on the Giants, for instance. Going from Dart to Jameis Winston is a major downgrade, and the Los Angeles Rams were not scared to pack the box and shot down the run game. Cam Skattebo naturally gets a downgrade out of the top 50, while Malik Nabers stays on the chart—Winston has never been afraid to let it rip downfield—but loses some value.

Isaiah Likely didn't quite make the top-50 cut but he's still very much a TE1 going forward. The tight end position tends to weather backup quarterback situations a bit better than other positions and Likely leads the team in literally every receiving category, including targets (18).

Most of Washington's skill players weren't cracking the top 50 anyway, though Stefon Diggs was showing fantastic chemistry with Daniels. He remains more of a flex consideration with Daniels set for what seems likely to be a lengthy stint on the bench.

There's a bit more uncertainty with just how long Williams will be out, so you should be in a bit of a holding pattern when considering trades involving any of Chicago's fantasy options.

As for this week's climbers, keep in mind that we are very early into the season. But boy, does Josh Allen look like a potential fantasy MVP—and NFL MVP, for that matter—after two weeks. Averaging 38.2 points per game is wild work, and while torching Detroit's defense in Week 2 was hardly a surprise, he also put up obscene numbers against an elite Houston unit.

If Allen can sustain anything close to this level of production, he's going to quickly become one of the most valuable players in fantasy, if not most valuabe.

Kenneth Walker has also catapulted himself into the conversation for being one of the five most valuable players in all of fantasy. He currently leads the NFL in carries (47) and rushing yards (290), but it's also promising that Andy Reid and the Chiefs are involving him through the air (nine receptions for 79 yards and a score).

The Chiefs seem likely to keep pounding the rock with Walker, which has opened up the passing game in the process. Players like Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson still have higher ceilings considering how involved they'll remain in the passing game, but Walker's usage is extremely promising.