Key finding
Through Week 8 of the 2026 half-PPR season, FantasyPros consensus rankings have the highest season skill score at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, FLEX and defense. Eric Moody leads the individual rankers at kicker, narrowly ahead of the consensus. The individual leaders vary by position, and their scores generally sit close to FantasyPros, so there is no single individual ranker leading across the board. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Where the 2026 rankings stand
The clearest answer is that FantasyPros consensus is the season-to-date leader at six positions, while Eric Moody holds the individual lead at kicker. FantasyPros ranks first among tracked rankers at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, FLEX and defense; no individual ranker is ahead of it in those categories. Kicker is the exception: Moody’s score is just above the consensus score. So the useful answer depends on whether you want a broad benchmark or a position-specific individual ranking. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Among individual rankers, the leaders are Footballguys at quarterback, Draft Sharks at running back and defense, Yahoo Sports Consensus at wide receiver and FLEX, and Eric Moody at tight end and kicker. That spread matters: a reader looking for one name to follow at every position will not find one in these results. The standings instead favor using FantasyPros as the broad season benchmark and checking the individual leader for the position in question. [1][2][6][3][5][4][7]
What the skill scores measure
These standings measure how closely a ranker’s player order matched actual scoring for the week, expressed as a season skill score: zero represents a random order and 100 represents a perfect one. The reported results are through Week 8 of 2026, and the linked position pages specify half-PPR. Season scores are only reported for rankers with at least six scored weeks and 75% participation, which means the table is about sustained season-to-date results rather than a standout single week. [8][1][2][3][4][5][7][6]
The scale also helps explain why a small lead should not be mistaken for a decisive advantage. Most rankers score between about 5 and 35 because weekly fantasy scoring is noisy. The leaders at quarterback and tight end, for example, sit close to the FantasyPros scores rather than far ahead of them. That makes the leaderboard useful for comparing observed results, but the score is not a service rating or a promise that the same ordering will hold in future weeks. [8][1][4]
How close are the individual leaders?
At quarterback, Footballguys leads the individual rankers with a skill score of 17.4, while FantasyPros consensus is at 17.6. The running back comparison is similar in shape: Draft Sharks leads individual rankers at 34.5, with the consensus at 35.5. These results make Footballguys and Draft Sharks the individual names to note at those positions, but the scores do not show either one beating the consensus over the season so far. [1][2]
Yahoo Sports Consensus leads individual rankers at both wide receiver and FLEX, with scores of 22.5 and 21.4. FantasyPros scores 23.6 at wide receiver and 22.7 at FLEX. At tight end, Eric Moody’s 14.5 is also below the consensus score of 14.9. The same pattern appears across these positions: individual leaders are identifiable, but the supplied season scores put each behind FantasyPros consensus. [3][5][4]
What changes when rankers disagree?
A separate comparison looks only at player pairs where a ranker ordered the players differently from FantasyPros consensus. At quarterback, Footballguys was right on 54% of 224 such pairs, the highest result at the position; two of 14 rankers were right more than half the time. This offers a closer look at where an individual ranker’s calls diverged from the benchmark, but it is not the same measure as the season skill score. [9]
The disagreement results are less favorable at running back: no tracked ranker was right more than half the time, and FFToday led the position at 49% of 660 player pairs. Defense shows a different pattern. Draft Sharks led there with 63% of 136 pairs, and three of 13 rankers were right more than half the time. These contrasts suggest that successful departures from consensus varied by position; they do not establish a single individual approach as best overall. [9]
Tight end had the largest group of rankers with a better-than-half result: six of 15, led by Eric Moody at 54% of 147 pairs. At wide receiver, four of 15 cleared that mark, with Mick Ciallela highest at 53% of 1048 pairs. The number of pairs behind each result differs substantially, so the percentages should be read with their sample counts attached rather than treated as equally supported signals. [9]
Why kicker is the exception
Kicker is the only listed position where an individual ranker sits ahead of FantasyPros consensus in the season skill score. Eric Moody scores 2.9, compared with 2.8 for the consensus, which ranks second among 14 tracked rankers. That makes Moody the individual leader in the supplied results, but the narrow separation is better understood as a close standings result than as evidence of a broad or lasting advantage. [7]
The separate disagreement measure names FF Toolbox as the kicker leader: it was right on 56% of 288 player pairs, and two of 13 rankers were right more than half the time. Moody’s season skill-score lead and FF Toolbox’s disagreement result answer different questions. Keeping those measures distinct avoids turning a position’s overall season ordering into a claim about which ranker made the best calls whenever it differed from consensus. [9][7]
What readers can reasonably take from the standings
For a season-to-date reference, FantasyPros consensus is the strongest answer across most positions in this record, while the individual leaders offer position-specific comparisons. The disagreement results add useful context: some rankers, including Footballguys at quarterback and Draft Sharks at defense, did well when departing from the consensus. But those figures do not replace the season skill scores; they describe a narrower set of calls, only where rankings differed. [1][2][3][4][5][6][9]
The standings remain a record of past accuracy, not a forecast. Fan50’s methodology notes that weekly scoring is noisy and that a single week cannot establish who is best. Readers can use the through-Week-8 results to compare rankers on the supplied half-PPR basis, but the evidence does not show why any ranker led or guarantee that the standings will persist. The soundest conclusion is position-specific and provisional: consensus leads most categories so far, with individual exceptions and differences worth monitoring. [8][7][1][2][3][4][5][6]
Sources
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