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Players — 2024 Week 5

Scoring: Full PPR · 6-pt pass TD · IDP

LB fantasy football rankings for the 2027 season, ordered by the expected total (the projection counted against the “Chance he plays” figure).

Archived example week — 2024 Week 5. These are not current projections. Many of these players are still active, so don't use these numbers to set a lineup. Subscribers get the live week. See plans →

Today's model, trained only on what was known by 2024 Week 5; some calibration settings were measured on later seasons.

Projected fantasy points for the 2027 season · Directional — lower confidence this far out

# Player Team Median Floor (P10) Ceiling (P90) Chance he plays
1 Ernest Jones TEN 224.4 111.6 344.4 62%
2 Quay Walker GB 165.3 52.5 285.3 65%
3 Micah McFadden NYG 161.3 48.5 281.3 63%
4 Devin Lloyd JAX 175.3 62.5 295.3 56%
5 Tremaine Edmunds CHI 186.2 73.4 306.2 54%
6 Jack Sanborn CHI 136.1 32.9 284.8 66%
7 Leo Chenal KC 134.1 30.9 282.8 67%
8 Jordyn Brooks MIA 188.2 75.4 308.2 51%
9 Nathan Landman ATL 169.4 56.6 289.4 57%
10 Ivan Pace MIN 136.3 23.5 256.3 68%
11 YaYa Diaby TB 144.0 40.8 292.7 60%
12 Nik Bonitto DEN 132.1 28.9 280.8 61%
13 Frankie Luvu WAS 198.4 85.6 318.4 45%
14 Jaelan Phillips MIA 135.1 31.9 283.8 60%
15 T.J. Watt PIT 242.2 129.4 362.2 36%
16 Kayvon Thibodeaux NYG 124.3 11.5 244.3 68%
17 Damone Clark DAL 126.3 13.5 246.3 65%
18 Henry To'oTo'o HOU 112.1 8.9 260.8 68%
19 Nick Bolton KC 118.1 14.9 266.8 64%
20 Zaven Collins ARI 119.0 15.8 267.7 60%
21 Azeez Ojulari NYG 86.7 24.9 249.2 65%
22 Divine Deablo LV 134.3 21.5 254.3 55%
23 Jermaine Johnson II NYJ 132.2 19.4 252.2 58%
24 Pete Werner NO 125.3 12.5 245.3 60%
25 Josh Sweat PHI 139.1 35.9 287.8 48%
26 Jonathon Cooper DEN 136.2 23.4 256.2 52%
27 Tuli Tuipulotu LAC 85.3 0.0 205.3 75%
28 Jack Campbell DET 104.4 0.0 224.4 66%
29 Boye Mafe SEA 121.3 8.5 241.3 57%
30 Jahlani Tavai NE 152.4 39.6 272.4 46%
31 Nick Herbig PIT 82.0 0.0 230.7 72%
32 Tony Fields CLE 84.3 22.5 246.8 60%
33 Tavius Robinson BAL 83.7 22.0 246.3 58%
34 Blake Cashman MIN 148.3 35.5 268.3 44%
35 Dorian Williams BUF 75.1 0.0 223.8 70%
36 K'Lavon Chaisson LV 79.7 18.0 242.3 61%
37 Cody Barton DEN 143.3 30.5 263.3 46%
38 Nolan Smith PHI 63.7 2.0 226.3 68%
39 Jack Cochrane KC 81.7 20.0 244.3 58%
40 Jonathan Greenard MIN 130.4 17.6 250.4 49%
41 Baron Browning DEN 99.1 0.0 247.8 58%
42 Tyrel Dodson SEA 106.3 0.0 226.3 55%
43 Joshua Uche NE 82.7 21.0 245.3 56%
44 Trenton Simpson BAL 62.7 0.9 225.2 70%
45 Segun Olubi IND 73.7 12.0 236.3 62%
46 Odafe Oweh BAL 93.1 0.0 241.8 58%
47 Mack Wilson ARI 104.1 0.9 252.8 53%
48 Dre'Mont Jones SEA 117.1 13.9 265.8 47%
49 Alex Highsmith PIT 121.3 8.5 241.3 50%
50 Derick Hall SEA 68.1 0.0 216.8 69%
51 K.J. Britt TB 71.7 10.0 234.3 60%
52 Jack Gibbens TEN 102.4 0.0 222.4 57%
53 Nakobe Dean PHI 71.1 0.0 219.8 68%
54 Jamien Sherwood NYJ 78.1 0.0 226.8 63%
55 Isaiah McDuffie GB 92.4 0.0 212.4 61%
56 Brian Burns NYG 108.3 0.0 228.3 54%
57 Harold Landry TEN 131.4 18.6 251.4 44%
58 Byron Young LAR 112.3 0.0 232.3 53%
59 Christian Elliss NE 70.7 9.0 233.3 58%
60 Derrick Barnes DET 89.4 0.0 209.4 60%
61 Owen Pappoe ARI 56.7 0.0 219.3 67%
62 Dee Winters SF 52.7 0.0 215.3 67%
63 Malcolm Rodriguez DET 65.7 4.0 228.3 59%
64 Patrick Jones II MIN 82.1 0.0 230.8 56%
65 Dennis Gardeck ARI 143.0 39.8 291.7 35%
66 Devin Bush Jr. CLE 76.1 0.0 224.8 55%
67 SirVocea Dennis TB 54.7 0.0 217.3 64%
68 Daiyan Henley LAC 56.7 0.0 219.3 62%
69 Mohamoud Diabate CLE 41.7 0.0 204.3 70%
70 Anthony Nelson TB 100.1 0.0 248.8 48%
71 Isaiah Land IND 53.7 0.0 216.3 63%
72 Arden Key TEN 109.1 5.9 257.8 43%
73 Willie Gay Jr. NO 96.3 0.0 216.3 53%
74 Clelin Ferrell WAS 96.0 0.0 244.7 49%
75 Drue Tranquill KC 127.4 14.6 247.4 40%
76 Andrew Van Ginkel MIN 136.2 23.4 256.2 39%
77 Khalil Mack LAC 240.4 127.6 360.4 21%
78 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo CLE 116.0 12.8 264.7 38%
79 Jamal Adams TEN 114.1 10.9 262.8 41%
80 Malik Harrison BAL 65.7 4.0 228.3 53%
81 Drake Thomas SEA 41.7 0.0 204.3 64%
82 Zack Baun PHI 87.1 0.0 235.8 47%
83 Akeem Davis-Gaither CIN 62.7 1.0 225.3 51%
84 Anfernee Jennings NE 92.3 0.0 212.3 48%
85 Yasir Abdullah JAX 41.7 0.0 204.3 64%
86 D'Marco Jackson NO 53.6 0.0 216.1 55%
87 Christian Rozeboom LAR 96.4 0.0 216.4 47%
88 Troy Dye LAC 69.7 8.0 232.3 45%
89 Thomas Incoom CAR 42.7 0.0 205.3 58%
90 Eku Leota CAR 44.7 0.0 207.3 60%
91 Bud Dupree LAC 131.1 27.9 279.8 28%
92 Amen Ogbongbemiga CHI 40.7 0.0 203.3 56%
93 Jihad Ward MIN 96.0 0.0 244.7 34%
94 Chazz Surratt NYJ 40.7 0.0 203.3 47%
95 Eric Wilson GB 66.7 5.0 229.3 35%
96 Troy Reeder LAR 63.7 2.0 226.3 35%
97 Kyle Van Noy BAL 138.1 34.9 286.8 21%
98 Za'Darius Smith CLE 112.1 8.9 260.8 26%
99 Matt Judon ATL 85.7 24.0 248.3 26%
100 Shaq Thompson CAR 52.7 0.0 215.3 33%
101 Denzel Perryman LAC 95.4 0.0 215.4 27%
102 DeMarcus Lawrence DAL 88.4 0.0 208.4 25%
103 Von Miller BUF 43.7 0.0 206.3 16%
  • TEN
    224.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    111.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    344.4
    Chance he plays
    62%
  • GB
    165.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    52.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    285.3
    Chance he plays
    65%
  • 161.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    48.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    281.3
    Chance he plays
    63%
  • JAX
    175.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    62.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    295.3
    Chance he plays
    56%
  • 186.2 median
    Floor (P10)
    73.4
    Ceiling (P90)
    306.2
    Chance he plays
    54%
  • CHI
    136.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    32.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    284.8
    Chance he plays
    66%
  • KC
    134.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    30.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    282.8
    Chance he plays
    67%
  • MIA
    188.2 median
    Floor (P10)
    75.4
    Ceiling (P90)
    308.2
    Chance he plays
    51%
  • 169.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    56.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    289.4
    Chance he plays
    57%
  • MIN
    136.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    23.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    256.3
    Chance he plays
    68%
  • TB
    144.0 median
    Floor (P10)
    40.8
    Ceiling (P90)
    292.7
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • DEN
    132.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    28.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    280.8
    Chance he plays
    61%
  • WAS
    198.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    85.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    318.4
    Chance he plays
    45%
  • MIA
    135.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    31.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    283.8
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • PIT
    242.2 median
    Floor (P10)
    129.4
    Ceiling (P90)
    362.2
    Chance he plays
    36%
  • 124.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    11.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    244.3
    Chance he plays
    68%
  • DAL
    126.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    13.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    246.3
    Chance he plays
    65%
  • HOU
    112.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    8.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    260.8
    Chance he plays
    68%
  • KC
    118.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    14.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    266.8
    Chance he plays
    64%
  • ARI
    119.0 median
    Floor (P10)
    15.8
    Ceiling (P90)
    267.7
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • NYG
    86.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    24.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    249.2
    Chance he plays
    65%
  • LV
    134.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    21.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    254.3
    Chance he plays
    55%
  • 132.2 median
    Floor (P10)
    19.4
    Ceiling (P90)
    252.2
    Chance he plays
    58%
  • NO
    125.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    12.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    245.3
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • PHI
    139.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    35.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    287.8
    Chance he plays
    48%
  • DEN
    136.2 median
    Floor (P10)
    23.4
    Ceiling (P90)
    256.2
    Chance he plays
    52%
  • LAC
    85.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    205.3
    Chance he plays
    75%
  • DET
    104.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    224.4
    Chance he plays
    66%
  • SEA
    121.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    8.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    241.3
    Chance he plays
    57%
  • NE
    152.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    39.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    272.4
    Chance he plays
    46%
  • PIT
    82.0 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    230.7
    Chance he plays
    72%
  • CLE
    84.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    22.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    246.8
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • BAL
    83.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    22.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    246.3
    Chance he plays
    58%
  • MIN
    148.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    35.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    268.3
    Chance he plays
    44%
  • BUF
    75.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    223.8
    Chance he plays
    70%
  • 79.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    18.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    242.3
    Chance he plays
    61%
  • DEN
    143.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    30.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    263.3
    Chance he plays
    46%
  • PHI
    63.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    2.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    226.3
    Chance he plays
    68%
  • KC
    81.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    20.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    244.3
    Chance he plays
    58%
  • 130.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    17.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    250.4
    Chance he plays
    49%
  • DEN
    99.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    247.8
    Chance he plays
    58%
  • SEA
    106.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    226.3
    Chance he plays
    55%
  • NE
    82.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    21.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    245.3
    Chance he plays
    56%
  • BAL
    62.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    225.2
    Chance he plays
    70%
  • IND
    73.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    12.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    236.3
    Chance he plays
    62%
  • BAL
    93.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    241.8
    Chance he plays
    58%
  • ARI
    104.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    252.8
    Chance he plays
    53%
  • SEA
    117.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    13.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    265.8
    Chance he plays
    47%
  • PIT
    121.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    8.5
    Ceiling (P90)
    241.3
    Chance he plays
    50%
  • SEA
    68.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    216.8
    Chance he plays
    69%
  • TB
    71.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    10.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    234.3
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • TEN
    102.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    222.4
    Chance he plays
    57%
  • PHI
    71.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    219.8
    Chance he plays
    68%
  • NYJ
    78.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    226.8
    Chance he plays
    63%
  • 92.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    212.4
    Chance he plays
    61%
  • NYG
    108.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    228.3
    Chance he plays
    54%
  • TEN
    131.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    18.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    251.4
    Chance he plays
    44%
  • LAR
    112.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    232.3
    Chance he plays
    53%
  • 70.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    9.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    233.3
    Chance he plays
    58%
  • DET
    89.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    209.4
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • ARI
    56.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    219.3
    Chance he plays
    67%
  • SF
    52.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    215.3
    Chance he plays
    67%
  • 65.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    4.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    228.3
    Chance he plays
    59%
  • 82.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    230.8
    Chance he plays
    56%
  • ARI
    143.0 median
    Floor (P10)
    39.8
    Ceiling (P90)
    291.7
    Chance he plays
    35%
  • CLE
    76.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    224.8
    Chance he plays
    55%
  • 54.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    217.3
    Chance he plays
    64%
  • LAC
    56.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    219.3
    Chance he plays
    62%
  • 41.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    204.3
    Chance he plays
    70%
  • 100.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    248.8
    Chance he plays
    48%
  • IND
    53.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    216.3
    Chance he plays
    63%
  • TEN
    109.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    5.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    257.8
    Chance he plays
    43%
  • 96.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    216.3
    Chance he plays
    53%
  • WAS
    96.0 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    244.7
    Chance he plays
    49%
  • 127.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    14.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    247.4
    Chance he plays
    40%
  • 136.2 median
    Floor (P10)
    23.4
    Ceiling (P90)
    256.2
    Chance he plays
    39%
  • LAC
    240.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    127.6
    Ceiling (P90)
    360.4
    Chance he plays
    21%
  • 116.0 median
    Floor (P10)
    12.8
    Ceiling (P90)
    264.7
    Chance he plays
    38%
  • TEN
    114.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    10.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    262.8
    Chance he plays
    41%
  • BAL
    65.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    4.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    228.3
    Chance he plays
    53%
  • SEA
    41.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    204.3
    Chance he plays
    64%
  • PHI
    87.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    235.8
    Chance he plays
    47%
  • 62.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    1.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    225.3
    Chance he plays
    51%
  • 92.3 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    212.3
    Chance he plays
    48%
  • JAX
    41.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    204.3
    Chance he plays
    64%
  • 53.6 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    216.1
    Chance he plays
    55%
  • 96.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    216.4
    Chance he plays
    47%
  • LAC
    69.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    8.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    232.3
    Chance he plays
    45%
  • CAR
    42.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    205.3
    Chance he plays
    58%
  • CAR
    44.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    207.3
    Chance he plays
    60%
  • LAC
    131.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    27.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    279.8
    Chance he plays
    28%
  • 40.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    203.3
    Chance he plays
    56%
  • MIN
    96.0 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    244.7
    Chance he plays
    34%
  • NYJ
    40.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    203.3
    Chance he plays
    47%
  • GB
    66.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    5.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    229.3
    Chance he plays
    35%
  • LAR
    63.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    2.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    226.3
    Chance he plays
    35%
  • BAL
    138.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    34.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    286.8
    Chance he plays
    21%
  • CLE
    112.1 median
    Floor (P10)
    8.9
    Ceiling (P90)
    260.8
    Chance he plays
    26%
  • ATL
    85.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    24.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    248.3
    Chance he plays
    26%
  • CAR
    52.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    215.3
    Chance he plays
    33%
  • LAC
    95.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    215.4
    Chance he plays
    27%
  • 88.4 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    208.4
    Chance he plays
    25%
  • BUF
    43.7 median
    Floor (P10)
    0.0
    Ceiling (P90)
    206.3
    Chance he plays
    16%

Ordered by the expected total — the projection counted against the “Chance he plays” figure beside it. A row can therefore rank above one with a larger “Median”.

About these numbers

Some seasons ahead are not ranked for LB here, because what we have for them doesn't hold up; the seasons offered above are the ones we publish.

No ranking by the rest of the 2024 season and the 2025 season combined is shown. That combined total is tested for only some players at this position, and a ranking that left the rest out would not be a ranking of the position.

Points on this board are scored at: defensive touchdown 6, interception 6, sack 6, forced fumble 3, fumble recovery 3, pass defensed 3, solo tackle 2, tackle for loss 2, quarterback hit 1, assisted tackle 1.

This format also scores a blocked kick (3) and a safety (3), which we do not project at all — that leg is missing from these totals rather than counted as zero.

He was not a full-time starter last season. These figures start from his own most recent season and move every stat he is scored on by how much players at his position and age have actually changed over the same span. The range around them moves those stats together, the way real seasons did, reaches down to the seasons where a player's whole workload fell away, and was widened by exactly as much as we measured it had been too narrow, and the chance he plays is the historical rate for players like him at his age.

This total leaves out quarterback hits, which this scoring format counts at 1 point each: we do not project them past this season yet, because they are only charted from 2021 and no season-ahead projection of them has been checked against what happened. A starting linebacker records a median of 4 quarterback hits a season (2021-2025), about 4 points a season this total does not carry.

What these columns mean

Team
— His club today, from the current roster — not a week's depth chart, because these figures are for the 2027 season rather than for one game.
Median
— The middle of our projected fantasy points for the 2027 season: half of the simulated outcomes come in above it.
Floor (P10)
— The 10th percentile of the same projection: 10% of simulated outcomes come in below it.
Ceiling (P90)
— The 90th percentile: only 10% of simulated outcomes come in above it.
Chance he plays
— The chance he plays at least one game in the 2027 season. The figures to its left are for a season in which he plays at least one game, counting the games he may miss, which is not a promise of his role: on 41 rows here the floor is 0.0, because the range reaches down to seasons where a player's whole workload fell away; where it is a dash, the row carries no such chance and its figures already count the seasons he might not play.
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