2026 Fantasy Football Week 9 Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

The 2026 Fantasy Football Week 9 Trade Value Chart is built from The Wolf’s Rest of Season 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings, which ranked 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 9 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 9 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

Running Back Riser – Tony Pollard (at CIN, 21 carries for 117 yards and 2 TDs, 3 catches on 5 targets for 20 yards)

Do it once, and it could be a fluke, but twice in a row? Through the first six games, Pollard failed to eclipse 76 rushing yards or 5 yards per carry, with only one total score. Over the last two weeks, he’s combined for 246 yards rushing, 5 scores, and over 5 ypc in each game. The Browns and the Bengals, their last two opponents, have each held other offenses to under 100 yards rushing three separate times, so Pollard’s success wasn’t a given going in. Combine that with Tennessee’s passing game being one of the worst in the league, and it’s hard to imagine the pendulum not swinging the other way for Pollard and the Titans’ run game as defenses dial in more on the run. Maybe it won’t, or maybe he’s in the sell-high conversation this week.

Running Back Faller – Ashton Jeanty (at NYJ, 2 carries for 9 yards, 3 catches on 4 targets for 64 yards)

This stat line wouldn’t look so horrific if the Raiders didn’t really run the ball at all as a team. Instead, Mike Washington Jr. got twenty-three more carries than Jeanty, a galaxy away from an even split, in the opposite direction that those who drafted Jeanty were not only banking on, but received early in the season. Since his 23-carry day in Week 1, Jeanty’s carry total each subsequent week has either been the same or less. The spiral is a nightmare that gives fantasy players near-impossible odds of trading him, but they can’t drop him even though he’s untrustworthy in starting lineups.

Other Running Backs Of Interest – Jonathan Taylor (@ JAX, 8 carries for 23 yards, 4 catches on 5 targets for 24 yards)

The Colts have until November 10th to see if they can find a suitor worth trading JT to. It seems likely to happen, and easy to imagine a sizable workload wherever he goes, considering the talent is still there. But there are only two options. Either his workload on a new team remains around the same (and possibly more efficient), or it goes down depending on who else is in the RB room. I would bank on the former, but it might be worth testing the market to see if a RB or a trade package is out there that includes more stable player situations.

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 9 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

QB | RB | WR | TE