Fantasy football keeper leagues are a fun hybrid of the traditional redraft and dynasty formats where you get to carry over players from one season to the next. While these leagues come in all shapes and sizes, the decision on which player to keep can often be a tricky one. If you’re faced with fantasy football keeper decisions this year, I have a few tips that can really help you out.
For starters, don’t be too concerned with age. Since you typically decide on which players to keep each year, age isn’t as big of a factor as in dynasty leagues. For example, Julio Jones is a player who is getting close to the end of his dynasty window at 31 years old. Dynasty owners may want to look to trade him heading into this season. However, Jones is a strong option in keeper leagues.
If you’re in a league where there’s no penalty for keeping players, your decision is fairly easy. Simply keep the players who are ranked the highest. To help you figure all of that out, I broke down my top 100 fantasy football keeper rankings below.
These are a general set of rankings that should help you across any format with one starting quarterback. Simply find the player who is ranked highest and keep that player. If two players are close in rankings, you don’t always have to keep the highest-ranked player, though it is recommended.
If you’re in a league where you lose a specific round pick for keeping a player, we have you covered with the FTN Keeper Value Chart.
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Rk |
Player |
Pos |
1 |
Christian McCaffrey |
RB |
2 |
Saquon Barkley |
RB |
3 |
Ezekiel Elliott |
RB |
4 |
Alvin Kamara |
RB |
5 |
Michael Thomas |
WR |
6 |
Dalvin Cook |
RB |
7 |
Davante Adams |
WR |
8 |
Julio Jones |
WR |
9 |
Derrick Henry |
RB |
10 |
Joe Mixon |
RB |
11 |
Tyreek Hill |
WR |
12 |
DeAndre Hopkins |
WR |
13 |
Kenyan Drake |
RB |
14 |
Josh Jacobs |
RB |
15 |
Nick Chubb |
RB |
16 |
Chris Godwin |
WR |
17 |
Travis Kelce |
TE |
18 |
George Kittle |
TE |
19 |
Allen Robinson II |
WR |
20 |
Miles Sanders |
RB |
21 |
Aaron Jones |
RB |
22 |
Austin Ekeler |
RB |
23 |
Kenny Golladay |
WR |
24 |
Patrick Mahomes |
QB |
25 |
Mike Evans |
WR |
26 |
D.J. Moore |
WR |
27 |
Adam Thielen |
WR |
28 |
Odell Beckham Jr. |
WR |
29 |
Lamar Jackson |
QB |
30 |
Amari Cooper |
WR |
31 |
Cooper Kupp |
WR |
32 |
A.J. Brown |
WR |
33 |
Mark Andrews |
TE |
34 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster |
WR |
35 |
Robert Woods |
WR |
36 |
Todd Gurley II |
RB |
37 |
Leonard Fournette |
RB |
38 |
Tyler Lockett |
WR |
39 |
Chris Carson |
RB |
40 |
Zach Ertz |
TE |
41 |
David Johnson |
RB |
42 |
Le'Veon Bell |
RB |
43 |
James Conner |
RB |
44 |
Calvin Ridley |
WR |
45 |
Keenan Allen |
WR |
46 |
D.J. Chark Jr. |
WR |
47 |
Terry McLaurin |
WR |
48 |
Melvin Gordon III |
RB |
49 |
DeVante Parker |
WR |
50 |
Courtland Sutton |
WR |
51 |
D.K. Metcalf |
WR |
52 |
Stefon Diggs |
WR |
53 |
Deshaun Watson |
QB |
54 |
Darren Waller |
TE |
55 |
Mark Ingram II |
RB |
56 |
Dak Prescott |
QB |
57 |
Russell Wilson |
QB |
58 |
T.Y. Hilton |
WR |
59 |
David Montgomery |
RB |
60 |
Devin Singletary |
RB |
61 |
Kyler Murray |
QB |
62 |
Michael Gallup |
WR |
63 |
Raheem Mostert |
RB |
64 |
Jarvis Landry |
WR |
65 |
Julian Edelman |
WR |
66 |
Marvin Jones Jr. |
WR |
67 |
Marquise Brown |
WR |
68 |
Tyler Boyd |
WR |
69 |
Evan Engram |
TE |
70 |
Kareem Hunt |
RB |
71 |
Josh Allen |
QB |
72 |
Ronald Jones |
RB |
73 |
A.J. Green |
WR |
74 |
Tyler Higbee |
TE |
75 |
Tom Brady |
QB |
76 |
Brandin Cooks |
WR |
77 |
Hunter Henry |
TE |
78 |
Diontae Johnson |
WR |
79 |
Matt Ryan |
QB |
80 |
James White |
RB |
81 |
Matt Breida |
RB |
82 |
Drew Brees |
QB |
83 |
Will Fuller V |
WR |
84 |
Emmanuel Sanders |
WR |
85 |
John Brown |
WR |
86 |
Tarik Cohen |
RB |
87 |
Rob Gronkowski |
TE |
88 |
Aaron Rodgers |
QB |
89 |
Latavius Murray |
RB |
90 |
Jamison Crowder |
WR |
91 |
Carson Wentz |
QB |
92 |
Anthony Miller |
WR |
93 |
Kerryon Johnson |
RB |
94 |
Matthew Stafford |
QB |
95 |
Christian Kirk |
WR |
96 |
Jared Cook |
TE |
97 |
Preston Williams |
WR |
98 |
Hayden Hurst |
TE |
99 |
Mike Gesicki |
TE |
100 |
Austin Hooper |
TE |