No matter how your fantasy football teams have started out, there's still time to improve.
You can study the waiver wire and make the right start-or-sit choices, but the trade market could be the route you need to take.
In a game full of uncertainty, one thing is certain: it's never time to get complacent with your fantasy football teams. You work the waiver wire hard, and you ponder start-sit questions all week. You should be just as active in the trade market.
That can be tricky, of course, as not every fantasy player values the same football player the same way. Plus, sending an insultingly low-ball deal to initiate the back-and-forth is never a good idea. (Seriously, don't do that.)
To help, we'll be offering up our updated trade values to help you figure out whether or not you should send or accept a trade.
Keep in mindthat these are entirely based on rest-of-season projections rather than gut feel or upside. Players with defined roles, frankly, can have more value than players we simply hope break out if things go their way. That especially rings true for running backs right now. The algorithms are here to remind us of that.
Also, keep in mind: these aren't my rankings or values. They're math-based values to help us make optimal decisions stemming from what is most likely to occur based on what we know now.
One more thing to keep in mind: players who already served their byes will hold extra value. You'll start to see those players bumped up the board, and that'll be a big part of why.
With all that said, here is how numberFire's algorithms value players for the rest of the season in a 12-team league.
Player | Position | Standard | Half-PPR | PPR |
Austin Ekeler | RB | 44 | 48 | 52 |
Derrick Henry | RB | 60 | 54 | 48 |
Christian McCaffrey | RB | 45 | 46 | 47 |
Stefon Diggs | WR | 37 | 40.5 | 44 |
Saquon Barkley | RB | 50 | 46 | 42 |
A.J. Brown | WR | 36 | 39 | 42 |
Josh Jacobs | RB | 47 | 44 | 41 |
Joe Mixon | RB | 42 | 41.5 | 41 |
Justin Jefferson | WR | 31 | 34 | 37 |
Tyreek Hill | WR | 32 | 34 | 36 |
Davante Adams | WR | 29 | 32 | 35 |
Rhamondre Stevenson | RB | 34 | 34 | 34 |
CeeDee Lamb | WR | 29 | 31.5 | 34 |
Josh Allen | QB | 43 | 38 | 33 |
Travis Etienne | RB | 38 | 35.5 | 33 |
Dalvin Cook | RB | 36 | 34 | 32 |
Alvin Kamara | RB | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Jonathan Taylor | RB | 35 | 32.5 | 30 |
Dameon Pierce | RB | 33 | 31 | 29 |
Travis Kelce | TE | 26 | 27.5 | 29 |
Jalen Hurts | QB | 36 | 32 | 28 |
Nick Chubb | RB | 34 | 31 | 28 |
Deebo Samuel | WR | 27 | 27.5 | 28 |
DeAndre Hopkins | WR | 22 | 25 | 28 |
Kenneth Walker III | RB | 29 | 27.5 | 26 |
Cooper Kupp | WR | 22 | 24 | 26 |
Mark Andrews | TE | 23 | 24 | 25 |
Patrick Mahomes | QB | 31 | 27.5 | 24 |
Leonard Fournette | RB | 25 | 24.5 | 24 |
Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | 18 | 20.5 | 23 |
Miles Sanders | RB | 26 | 24 | 22 |
Aaron Jones | RB | 24 | 23 | 22 |
D'Andre Swift | RB | 21 | 21.5 | 22 |
Ja'Marr Chase | WR | 20 | 21 | 22 |
Tee Higgins | WR | 20 | 21 | 22 |
Lamar Jackson | QB | 26 | 23.5 | 21 |
Gabriel Davis | WR | 20 | 20.5 | 21 |
Amari Cooper | WR | 18 | 19.5 | 21 |
Diontae Johnson | WR | 16 | 18.5 | 21 |
Michael Carter | RB | 22 | 21 | 20 |
Najee Harris | RB | 21 | 20.5 | 20 |
Devin Singletary | RB | 20 | 20 | 20 |
James Conner | RB | 22 | 20.5 | 19 |
Tony Pollard | RB | 22 | 20.5 | 19 |
Jeff Wilson | RB | 21 | 20 | 19 |
Dallas Goedert | TE | 17 | 18 | 19 |
Tyler Lockett | WR | 16 | 17.5 | 19 |
Christian Kirk | WR | 16 | 17.5 | 19 |
DeVonta Smith | WR | 16 | 17.5 | 19 |
Michael Pittman Jr. | WR | 15 | 17 | 19 |
Courtland Sutton | WR | 16 | 17 | 18 |
D.K. Metcalf | WR | 15 | 16.5 | 18 |
Jakobi Meyers | WR | 14 | 16 | 18 |
Ezekiel Elliott | RB | 21 | 19 | 17 |
Jaylen Waddle | WR | 15 | 16 | 17 |
Joe Burrow | QB | 20 | 18 | 16 |
Mike Evans | WR | 15 | 15.5 | 16 |
Tyler Boyd | WR | 14 | 15 | 16 |
D.J. Moore | WR | 14 | 15 | 16 |
George Pickens | WR | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Brandin Cooks | WR | 13 | 14.5 | 16 |
Cordarrelle Patterson | RB | 19 | 17 | 15 |
James Robinson | RB | 18 | 16.5 | 15 |
Melvin Gordon | RB | 16 | 15.5 | 15 |
Allen Lazard | WR | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Garrett Wilson | WR | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Chris Olave | WR | 12 | 13.5 | 15 |
A.J. Dillon | RB | 15 | 14.5 | 14 |
Donovan Peoples-Jones | WR | 12 | 12.5 | 13 |
Adam Thielen | WR | 11 | 12 | 13 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Chris Godwin | WR | 10 | 11.5 | 13 |
Jerick McKinnon | RB | 9 | 11 | 13 |
Jamaal Williams | RB | 16 | 14 | 12 |
David Montgomery | RB | 15 | 13.5 | 12 |
Darrell Henderson | RB | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Antonio Gibson | RB | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Brandon Aiyuk | WR | 11 | 11.5 | 12 |
Keenan Allen | WR | 9 | 10.5 | 12 |
Justin Herbert | QB | 14 | 12.5 | 11 |
D'Onta Foreman | RB | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Terry McLaurin | WR | 10 | 10.5 | 11 |
George Kittle | TE | 10 | 10.5 | 11 |
Kareem Hunt | RB | 10 | 10.5 | 11 |
Curtis Samuel | WR | 10 | 10.5 | 11 |
Michael Gallup | WR | 10 | 10.5 | 11 |
Elijah Mitchell | RB | 14 | 12 | 10 |
Kirk Cousins | QB | 13 | 11.5 | 10 |
Dak Prescott | QB | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Latavius Murray | RB | 11 | 10.5 | 10 |
Jerry Jeudy | WR | 9 | 9.5 | 10 |
Pat Freiermuth | TE | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Allen Robinson | WR | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Zay Jones | WR | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Tyler Higbee | TE | 7 | 8.5 | 10 |
Isiah Pacheco | RB | 13 | 11 | 9 |
Damien Harris | RB | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Kyle Pitts | TE | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
Kadarius Toney | WR | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
K.J. Osborn | WR | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
Marvin Jones | WR | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
David Njoku | TE | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
Drake London | WR | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
T.J. Hockenson | TE | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Robert Woods | WR | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Brian Robinson | RB | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Chuba Hubbard | RB | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Jaylen Warren | RB | 9 | 8.5 | 8 |
Mike Williams | WR | 7 | 7.5 | 8 |
Nico Collins | WR | 7 | 7.5 | 8 |
Josh Palmer | WR | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Raheem Mostert | RB | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Tua Tagovailoa | QB | 8 | 7.5 | 7 |
Dalton Schultz | TE | 6 | 6.5 | 7 |
Treylon Burks | WR | 6 | 6.5 | 7 |
Rondale Moore | WR | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR | 7 | 6.5 | 6 |
Russell Wilson | QB | 7 | 6.5 | 6 |
Rachaad White | RB | 6 | 6 | 6 |
D.J. Chark | WR | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Noah Brown | WR | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
Darnell Mooney | WR | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
Isaiah McKenzie | WR | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
Parris Campbell | WR | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
Wan'Dale Robinson | WR | 4 | 5 | 6 |
J.K. Dobbins | RB | 8 | 6.5 | 5 |
Cam Akers | RB | 8 | 6.5 | 5 |
Geno Smith | QB | 6 | 5.5 | 5 |
Daniel Jones | QB | 6 | 5.5 | 5 |
Jimmy Garoppolo | QB | 6 | 5.5 | 5 |
Corey Davis | WR | 6 | 5.5 | 5 |
Julio Jones | WR | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Jarvis Landry | WR | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Dontrell Hilliard | RB | 2 | 3.5 | 5 |
Rex Burkhead | RB | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Dawson Knox | TE | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Tyquan Thornton | WR | 4 | 4 | 4 |
J.D. McKissic | RB | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Gus Edwards | RB | 6 | 4.5 | 3 |
Khalil Herbert | RB | 6 | 4.5 | 3 |
Greg Dulcich | TE | 4 | 3.5 | 3 |
Aaron Rodgers | QB | 4 | 3.5 | 3 |
Devin Duvernay | WR | 4 | 3.5 | 3 |
DeVante Parker | WR | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Mac Jones | QB | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Alexander Mattison | RB | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Zach Wilson | QB | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Chase Edmonds | RB | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Hayden Hurst | TE | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Tyler Conklin | TE | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Demarcus Robinson | WR | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Richie James | WR | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Van Jefferson | WR | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Darius Slayton | WR | 2 | 2.5 | 3 |
Samaje Perine | RB | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Kenny Pickett | QB | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
Mack Hollins | WR | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
Deshaun Watson | QB | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Gerald Everett | TE | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Tom Brady | QB | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Marquise Brown | WR | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
Tyler Allgeier | RB | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mecole Hardman | WR | 2 | 1.5 | 1 |
Derek Carr | QB | 2 | 1.5 | 1 |
Isaiah Likely | TE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Elijah Moore | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Evan Engram | TE | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
Jordan Wilkins | RB | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
James Cook | RB | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |