Players — 2026 Week 5
Scoring: Full PPR · 6-pt pass TD
DEF fantasy football rankings for Week 5, 2026: projected points with calibrated floor and ceiling ranges and boom/bust odds, sortable by any column.
This archived week lists every player we projected that week, whatever his team or status today.
Week 5: 16 of 30 DEF with a recorded result finished inside their 80% range (53%).
This season through Week 5: 97 of 158 (61%).
An 80% range is meant to miss about one time in five, so a week near 80% is on target. Every played week is listed, the bad ones too.
Results as recorded on 2026-10-15 (UTC); an NFL stat correction can still move one.
This is a played week, shown for the record. This week's projections are for subscribers.
This is a played week, shown as it stood at each game's kickoff. Rest-of-season and season-ahead rankings are shown for the live week only: this page cannot yet show them as they stood that week, and today's would be a later ranking under this week's label.
| # | Player | Pos | Mean ↓ | Floor | Ceiling | Result | In range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEF1 | Chicago Bears | DEF | 8.4 | 3.7 | 13.7 | 1.0 | Missed |
| DEF2 | New England Patriots | DEF | 8.0 | 3.2 | 14.0 | 6.0 | Landed |
| DEF3 | Green Bay Packers | DEF | 7.4 | 2.5 | 12.8 | 18.0 | Missed |
| DEF4 | Detroit Lions | DEF | 7.4 | 3.0 | 12.8 | 7.0 | Landed |
| DEF5 | New York Jets | DEF | 7.3 | 3.0 | 12.4 | 14.0 | Missed |
| DEF6 | Houston Texans | DEF | 6.8 | 2.5 | 11.9 | 15.0 | Missed |
| DEF7 | Los Angeles Chargers | DEF | 6.8 | 2.3 | 11.7 | 3.0 | Landed |
| DEF8 | Minnesota Vikings | DEF | 6.7 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 9.0 | Landed |
| DEF9 | Philadelphia Eagles | DEF | 6.6 | 2.7 | 10.9 | 5.0 | Landed |
| DEF10 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DEF | 6.6 | 2.1 | 11.6 | 1.0 | Missed |
| DEF11 | Cincinnati Bengals | DEF | 6.6 | 2.6 | 11.0 | 9.0 | Landed |
| DEF12 | Cleveland Browns | DEF | 6.3 | 2.2 | 10.6 | 9.0 | Landed |
| DEF13 | Baltimore Ravens | DEF | 6.1 | 2.7 | 9.6 | 5.0 | Landed |
| DEF14 | Seattle Seahawks | DEF | 6.0 | 1.9 | 10.7 | 6.0 | Landed |
| DEF15 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DEF | 5.9 | 1.6 | 10.5 | 4.0 | Landed |
| DEF16 | Dallas Cowboys | DEF | 5.7 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 1.0 | Missed |
| DEF17 | Washington Commanders | DEF | 5.7 | 1.9 | 9.9 | 6.0 | Landed |
| DEF18 | New Orleans Saints | DEF | 5.4 | 1.8 | 9.1 | 12.0 | Missed |
| DEF19 | Tennessee Titans | DEF | 5.3 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 2.0 | Landed |
| DEF20 | Denver Broncos | DEF | 5.3 | 1.6 | 9.3 | 12.0 | Missed |
| DEF21 | Los Angeles Rams | DEF | 5.2 | 1.1 | 9.5 | 1.0 | Missed |
| DEF22 | Indianapolis Colts | DEF | 5.0 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 0.0 | Missed |
| DEF23 | Las Vegas Raiders | DEF | 4.8 | -0.3 | 10.0 | -1.0 | Missed |
| DEF24 | New York Giants | DEF | 4.6 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 5.0 | Landed |
| DEF25 | San Francisco 49ers | DEF | 4.4 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 18.0 | Missed |
| DEF26 | Arizona Cardinals | DEF | 4.2 | 0.5 | 7.9 | -1.0 | Missed |
| DEF27 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DEF | 4.0 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 5.0 | Landed |
| DEF28 | Atlanta Falcons | DEF | 4.0 | -0.2 | 8.5 | 11.0 | Missed |
| DEF29 | Miami Dolphins | DEF | 3.9 | -0.1 | 7.9 | 1.0 | Landed |
| DEF30 | Buffalo Bills | DEF | 3.8 | -0.1 | 7.9 | 2.0 | Landed |
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DEF1 · DEF8.4 mean
- Floor
- 3.7
- Ceiling
- 13.7
- Result
- 1.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF2 · DEF8.0 mean
- Floor
- 3.2
- Ceiling
- 14.0
- Result
- 6.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF3 · DEF7.4 mean
- Floor
- 2.5
- Ceiling
- 12.8
- Result
- 18.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF4 · DEF7.4 mean
- Floor
- 3.0
- Ceiling
- 12.8
- Result
- 7.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF5 · DEF7.3 mean
- Floor
- 3.0
- Ceiling
- 12.4
- Result
- 14.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF6 · DEF6.8 mean
- Floor
- 2.5
- Ceiling
- 11.9
- Result
- 15.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF7 · DEF6.8 mean
- Floor
- 2.3
- Ceiling
- 11.7
- Result
- 3.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF8 · DEF6.7 mean
- Floor
- 2.8
- Ceiling
- 10.9
- Result
- 9.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF9 · DEF6.6 mean
- Floor
- 2.7
- Ceiling
- 10.9
- Result
- 5.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF10 · DEF6.6 mean
- Floor
- 2.1
- Ceiling
- 11.6
- Result
- 1.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF11 · DEF6.6 mean
- Floor
- 2.6
- Ceiling
- 11.0
- Result
- 9.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF12 · DEF6.3 mean
- Floor
- 2.2
- Ceiling
- 10.6
- Result
- 9.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF13 · DEF6.1 mean
- Floor
- 2.7
- Ceiling
- 9.6
- Result
- 5.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF14 · DEF6.0 mean
- Floor
- 1.9
- Ceiling
- 10.7
- Result
- 6.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF15 · DEF5.9 mean
- Floor
- 1.6
- Ceiling
- 10.5
- Result
- 4.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF16 · DEF5.7 mean
- Floor
- 1.6
- Ceiling
- 10.4
- Result
- 1.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF17 · DEF5.7 mean
- Floor
- 1.9
- Ceiling
- 9.9
- Result
- 6.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF18 · DEF5.4 mean
- Floor
- 1.8
- Ceiling
- 9.1
- Result
- 12.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF19 · DEF5.3 mean
- Floor
- 1.6
- Ceiling
- 9.4
- Result
- 2.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF20 · DEF5.3 mean
- Floor
- 1.6
- Ceiling
- 9.3
- Result
- 12.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF21 · DEF5.2 mean
- Floor
- 1.1
- Ceiling
- 9.5
- Result
- 1.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF22 · DEF5.0 mean
- Floor
- 1.5
- Ceiling
- 8.7
- Result
- 0.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF23 · DEF4.8 mean
- Floor
- -0.3
- Ceiling
- 10.0
- Result
- -1.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF24 · DEF4.6 mean
- Floor
- 1.3
- Ceiling
- 8.3
- Result
- 5.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF25 · DEF4.4 mean
- Floor
- 0.3
- Ceiling
- 8.6
- Result
- 18.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF26 · DEF4.2 mean
- Floor
- 0.5
- Ceiling
- 7.9
- Result
- -1.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF27 · DEF4.0 mean
- Floor
- 0.3
- Ceiling
- 7.7
- Result
- 5.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF28 · DEF4.0 mean
- Floor
- -0.2
- Ceiling
- 8.5
- Result
- 11.0
- In range
- Missed
-
DEF29 · DEF3.9 mean
- Floor
- -0.1
- Ceiling
- 7.9
- Result
- 1.0
- In range
- Landed
-
DEF30 · DEF3.8 mean
- Floor
- -0.1
- Ceiling
- 7.9
- Result
- 2.0
- In range
- Landed
Rank shown is position rank (mean desc), independent of the sort you pick.
About these numbers
CAR and KC were on bye in 2026 Week 5. A team defense scores only in a game, so those 2 clubs have no row on this board.
What these columns mean
- Mean
- — The league-rules-aware fantasy-points mean. It already integrates over playing-time and matchup uncertainty, so it is not a best case.
- Floor
- — The 10th percentile of this player's projected points: 10% of simulated weeks come in below it. It is the lower edge of the calibrated 80% range.
- Ceiling
- — The 90th percentile: only 10% of simulated weeks come in above it. It is the upper edge of the same calibrated 80% range.
- Result
- — the fantasy points he actually scored that week, under the same scoring format as the projection, from his recorded stat line. A dash means no result is recorded for him: he did not play, or his stat line is missing a stat this format scores.
- In range
- — Landed when the result fell inside the printed Floor-to-Ceiling range (the 80% range), Missed when it fell outside. Each row is the projection on the board when his game kicked off, not a later update.