2026 Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

The 2026 Fantasy Football Week 5 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 5 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 5 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

Running Back Risers – Kyren Williams (at PHI, 16 carries for 80 yards and 2 TDs, 10 catches on 13 targets for 67 yards)

No one had 13 targets in the script for Kyren, but with a seven-target game the week before, it brings the receiving value of his fantasy stock to the forefront and could make him a sell-high this week. The chances of that aren’t high, fantasy players have seen good games out of Kyren for awhile now. Plus the real X-factor is in why he’s seen such a high workload (71-percent in week 3, 83-percent in Week 4 per Pro Football Reference) when Blake Corum looked to be not just a high-quality handcuff, but a back that could have some standalone value coming into the season. My personal bet is that Corum is back to being an injury-dependent handcuff, and Kyren is once again cemented as a trusted weekly RB1 play.

Running Back Faller – Omarion Hampton (at SEA, 9 carries for 45 yards and 1 TD, 2 catches on 2 targets for 8 yards)

While Hampton saw a season-low 35-percent snap share in week 4, Kimani Vidal saw his season-high at the same 35-percent, and Keaton Mitchell outcarried Hampton for the first time 10-to-9. “When someone tells you who they are, believe them” works out frequently in real life, not so much when listening to coachspeak. But in this case, it looks like we should have taken McDaniel at his word.

Other Running Backs Of Interest – Kyle Monangai (vs NYJ, 30 carries for 146 yards and 2 TDs, 1 catch on 1 target for 40 yards)

Bears coach Ben Johnson iterated that D’Andre Swift‘s benching in the third quarter was not due to injury, which leaves the only reason as the fumble he committed, his second in three weeks. That likely still leaves him at the top of the Bears’ depth chart moving forward, but it does put a lot of eyes back on Monangai as he put up the kind of numbers that a lot of people think he can regularly if given the role sustainably. To try and trade for Monangai now would essentially mean that you think he can usurp Swift, and your trade partner doesn’t. That kind of thing I would prefer to see at least one more time before assuming it confidently, but by then it would be too late to get a good deal for him.

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 5 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

QB | RB | WR | TE