2026 Fantasy Football Week 1 Trade Value Chart

The 2026 Fantasy Football Week 1 Trade Value Chart is built from The Wolf’s 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings & Big Board, which finished 2nd out of 172 experts in FantasyPros’ Multi-Year Draft Accuracy rankings from 2022 to 2024.

These values are tailored to a 12-team, full-PPR, 1QB league and factor in positional scarcity and real-world trade dynamics. That means quarterbacks typically carry less trade value than they would in Superflex formats, while elite running backs and wide receivers remain premium assets.

Whether you’re trying to buy low, sell high, or pull off a league-winning blockbuster, this Fantasy Football Week 1 Trade Value Chart is designed to help you make smarter deals. We’ll update player values every week based on rest-of-season outlooks, highlight the biggest risers and fallers, break down key trade targets, and share trade strategy tips to help you stay ahead of your league mates. Use the position-specific charts below to find fair trade offers and gain an edge throughout the 2026 fantasy football season.

QB | RB | WR | TE

FANTASY FOOTBALL WEEK 1 TRADE VALUE CHART: QUARTERBACKS

Quarterback Riser – Trevor Lawrence

QB6 in The Wolf’s 2026 Fantasy Rankings & Big Board, Lawrence was the QB1 from week 5 on last season thanks to a late-season explosion, and has also been the beneficiary of non-stop hype concerning his supporting cast of skill-position players, led by fantasy cult sensation Parker Washington. A late-season surge in ’25, along with continuous praise from coach Liam Coen, has Washington leading the Jags’ hype train heading into 2026. With Coen calling the offense for the Bucs in 2024, Chris Godwin was the WR2 before a season-ending injury, and Washington projects to have a similar role. Jakobi Meyers is reliable, and Brian Thomas Jr. is showing signs of a bounce-back season with improved chemistry with Lawrence.

Tight end Brenton Strange received a vote of confidence from the team with a contract extension; running back Brayshul Tuten is receiving full confidence to take over the RB room after Travis Etienne‘s departure, and oh yeah, just Travis Hunter, who can fill in at WR if need be, to provide four wide receiver options to keep defenses on their toes all season.

Between overhyped and underhyped, the Jaguars’ offense is certainly more likely to be the former, but between the coaching staff and surrounding cast, the No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick from 2021 is out of excuses for a mediocre season.

Quarterback Faller – Patrick Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes is in historically unfamiliar territory, falling just outside the top-12 in Wolf’s Rankings (QB13) and into QB handcuff territory. Unlike Trevor Lawrence, Mahomes’ supporting cast is weighing on his confidence in the fantasy community. Rashee Rice has not been an elite wide receiver talent, but he’s been the Chiefs’ closest thing to one, fortunate to be in a scenario where his QB can maximize his talents. But Rice has to show he can stay out of his own way and stop adding to off-the-field issues, and he hasn’t looked 100 percent so far as we ramp up to the start of the regular season. Xavier Worthy is another good-not-elite talent who Mahomes has been able to maximize too if need be.

But Rice is the preferred alpha-WR, and Travis Kelce is 36, and his numbers have been in steady decline for a few years. For the first time since Kareem Hunt in 2018, the Chiefs stopped getting cute with their RB room and signed Kenneth Walker, who, health permitting, is poised to be leaned on in this offense as we look toward another year of being far away from the 50-touchdown passing seasons that Mahomes had as his ceiling during the prime days of Kelce and Tyreek Hill.

Other Quarterbacks Of Interest – CJ Stroud

Stroud enters the season at an impressively low QB26, fresh off a mediocre 2025 in which his passing YPG has declined in each of his three seasons, down to 217 per game last year, leading a functional but not special Texans offense that looked largely carried by their defense.

Houston retooled at running back with David Montgomery and shuffled their offensive line, both being areas that did Stroud no favors last season, but time will tell if those will be enough to rebound Stroud back to fantasy relevance in 1QB leagues, which he hasn’t seen since his rookie year in ’24. It’s a lot of ground to cover, and he’s likely on waivers in your league rather than even a buy-low QB2 candidate from a league mate. Either way, there’s a much better chance we see the real CJ Stroud please stand up this season.

Fantasy Football Trade Strategy Tips

Trade for Team Needs, Not Just the Best Value

In general, trade offers that clearly benefit both teams’ overall value, not just your own, will make a trade partner more cooperative. However, being mindful of depth concerns with all teams involved in a trade will only increase the chance of that cooperation. Be mindful not just of weak positional depth, but also of surplus positional depth across your league’s rosters. You might have a shortlist of players you’d love to be able to trade for, but if what you have to offer isn’t what your trade partner needs, your offers will likely fall on deaf ears. Say you’re weak at RB and have a surplus at WR. Teams that are strong at RB but weak at WR are naturally more eager to haggle.

Why Trade Calculators Aren’t the Final Word

Charts and calculators are a reference that can help find ideal trades, but they’re not gospel, and trying to make your potential trade partner think otherwise could shut the door on negotiations real quick. Even if your charts/calculators show the trade offer to be in your league mate’s favor, they probably have tools and references of their own, and the next time “But the trade calculator says” changes someone’s mind may be the first time.

How to Avoid Low-Ball Trade Offers

Speaking of bad faith, a trade offer that is too clearly in your favor puts you in danger of potential trade partners shutting you out not just for that particular trade negotiation, but any future ones as well. It’s a great feeling to get those kinds of lopsided trade deals, but the ones so bad they only go through 1 percent of the time likely aren’t worth hitting the send button in the first place. At their core, fantasy players aren’t complete masochists; they just want to have fun with it, and somebody sending them insulting offers isn’t fun.

FANTASY FOOTBALL WEEK 1 TRADE VALUE CHART: QUARTERBACKS

QB | RB | WR | TE