2026 Fantasy Football Week 3 Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

The 2026 Fantasy Football Week 3 Trade Value Chart is built from The Wolf’s Rest of Season 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings, 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 3 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 3 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

Running Back Risers – TreVeyon Henderson (vs PIT, 16 carries for 76 yards, 1 TD)

Even if TreVeyon Henderson’s other 15 carries did little, his 39-yard TD run against the Steelers shows how hard it is to keep him off the field. Rhamondre Stevenson‘s playing time punishment for fumbling during the game is probably limited to just that game, but as long Hendo keeps showing up with game-breaking plays, the potential fantasy payout is going to keep his value lifted. Let’s see if he can keep it rolling in Week 3 and beyond.

Running Back Faller – De’Von Achane (20 carries for 74 yards, 3 catches on 6 targets for 19 yards)

Miami’s offensive sluggishness has limited De’Von Achane to 79 scrimmage yards per game and no scores, sitting as the RB20 in half-PPR through two weeks. If he’s doomed for this kind of production all year, the window to trade him away to a hopeless romantic league mate is closing fast.

Other Running Backs Of Interest – Jeremiyah Love (vs SEA, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 catches on 3 targets for 16 yards)

Particularly ever since OC Nathaniel Hackett’s “he looks like a rookie” comments about Jeremiyah Love during the preseason, there was concern that his usage would be limited in his rookie year. An ankle tweak in the first week of preseason capped his usage to start the year, and we may not know whether he’ll be fully unleashed once the ankle concern is gone until we see it on the field. It keeps his value floating in between his usage ceiling and the projection of his current usage through the rest of the year. It makes him a frustrating hold, as any trade partner is likely to have those same usage concerns baked into their own valuation of him, and if trying to trade for him, no manager is likely going to want to part with his potential either.

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 3 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

QB | RB | WR | TE