Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart: Who to Buy and Sell After Week 4

A fantasy football trade value chart ranks players by what they are worth on the trade market. Fantasy managers use it to tell a fair offer from a bad one. The useful question is a little different: who is priced wrong right now? This week’s answer: sell Brock Purdy, Bryce Young and Chuba Hubbard, and buy Chase Brown, Tetairoa McMillan and Justin Jefferson. Everything below is current as of Week 4 of the 2026 season, and the market moves every week.

How to read a trade value chart

A chart tells you a player’s price, not whether the price is right. Most charts, including the weekly ones from FantasyPros and Yahoo, move values based on analyst rankings and recent results. That makes them a good picture of what other managers believe, which is exactly what you need when you are negotiating.

The edge comes from spotting where the market and the projections disagree. FantasyHack’s projections come from the same tiered rankings work behind our rankings page. We compared them with the live FantasyCalc market (1QB, PPR) as of October 3. Below we show tiers and gaps, not a made-up point scale.

Sell high: two quarterbacks and a running back the market is overpaying for

Brock Purdy, QB, 49ers. He has a league-high 9 passing touchdowns and 789 yards through three weeks. FantasyPros calls that pace unsustainable, and FantasyHack ranks him a few spots below where the market prices him (QB7 against the market’s QB4).

Bryce Young, QB, Panthers. FantasyPros notes he led the league in passing yards against weak defenses, and his trade value has jumped. FantasyHack has him QB24 against the market’s QB14.

Chuba Hubbard, RB, Panthers. FantasyCalc shows him as the biggest riser of the past 30 days, yet FantasyHack has him at RB26 against the market’s RB15. That gap makes him the clearest sell on this list.

Hot starts are the best time to sell. If your player’s price has risen and the projections have not, someone else is paying for last week. Cash in before the fantasy playoffs, when every roster is trying to survive.

Buy low: a running back and two receivers with strong roles

Chase Brown, RB, Bengals. He has had 15 or more touches in each of his three starts and just one touchdown. The role is there, and the touchdowns tend to follow.

Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Panthers. He had a 95 percent route share in Week 3 and has produced about 16 fewer points than his opportunities suggest, with five red zone targets and no touchdown (FantasyPros). Production like that usually catches up to the role, and his owner may not be thinking that far ahead.

Justin Jefferson, WR, Vikings. He is out in Week 4 with an ankle sprain, and the next game is October 11 at New Orleans. His owner may be frustrated enough to take less than he is worth.

What about Josh Jacobs?

Jacobs is not injured. He is on the NFL’s Commissioner’s Exempt List after a no contest plea on misdemeanor charges. Ian Rapoport of NBC Sports reported on September 27 that he does not expect an imminent return, with a possible timeline of five to eight games. A discount is fair, but treat him as a risky stash and not a Week 5 buy.

Match your surplus to their need

Identify where you’re weak and where your excess is, then match with another opponent: their weak spot matches your excess, and their strength matches where you’re weak. Sometimes that’s hard to do.

Start with your roster. List the positions where you have more good players than starter spots, and the one slot that hurts you every week. Then scan the league for the manager who is the mirror image. A trade that fixes both rosters is one both managers will accept.

Throw in a free-agent quarterback

In one-quarterback leagues, a manager with an injured or bye-week quarterback will pay for help. Check the waiver wire first: Jacoby Brissett (23 percent rostered on CBS), Geno Smith (19 percent) and Kirk Cousins (28 percent) can be picked up for free. Adding one as a sweetener turns a fair offer into a better one. These are throw-ins, not top-12 options, and rostership changes every week, so check yours before you offer.

Don’t lowball

Don’t offer lowballs. You won’t get counters.

A fair offer starts a conversation. An insulting one ends it. Anchor on the player’s real market price from the trade value chart, then make your case with the ideas above, whether that is a surplus running back or a free quarterback.

Frequently asked questions

How does trade value work in fantasy football? Trade value is what a player is worth to other managers, based on projected production, role, injury status and position scarcity. It changes weekly.

What are some good fantasy football trades to make? Sell players whose price has run ahead of their projection, such as Purdy, Young and Hubbard. Buy players with strong roles and bad touchdown luck, such as Brown and McMillan.

Should I trade for an injured player? Only if the return date is clear and the price is discounted. Jefferson has a short absence. Jacobs does not have a clear one.

Last updated October 3, 2026. Come back each week for the updated fantasy football trade value chart, and check our rankings for the full player board.