2026 Fantasy Football Rankings: Combined Offense + IDP
A 2026 fantasy football draft walkthrough and strategy for offense & IDP formats, identifying the best values and ranges to target specific IDPs among the top QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs.
A common barrier preventing fantasy football gamers from playing in IDP leagues is uncertainty about how to value defensive players relative to the offensive players they already know. Consider this a strategy guide for the optimal approach to drafting IDP leagues, with summarized reasoning and walkthroughs throughout a typical 30-round 2026 draft.
This walkthrough combines consensus average draft position (ADP) from FantasyPros with my own combined IDP rankings. This guide will highlight a path to building the ideal 2026 roster by leveraging the best values in the typical ADP and identifying the best ranges to target specific IDP positions.
Scoring is standard on offense and Big-3 Scoring for IDP.
Roster requirements are as follows:
Be sure to check out our 2026 IDP positional rankings:
DEFENSIVE BACKS | LINEBACKERS | DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
COMBINED IDP RANKINGS | 2026 IDP PROJECTIONS
Rounds 1 - 4
The first important thing to note when drafting a combined offense + IDP roster is that you still typically want to target offense early and often to get a starting lineup together there first, as the stars on offense will be the first to be drafted by the rest of your league. Fantasy drafters are typically more well-versed on the offensive side of the ball, though at the same time, their scoring and projections are often much more stable and trustworthy to bet on, regardless of league scoring.
Personally, I’m looking at running back and/or wide receiver first, to ensure I have at least a few true difference-makers at the top of my draft that I’ll be able to leave locked into lineups every week. When you have this many more positions to consider, an underrated aspect of team-building and management is having those locked-in starters that you don’t have to think about each week.
Through the first four rounds, there’s also typically still many quarterbacks and tight ends to wait on, so getting running back and wide receiver at the top is going to be the general consensus. And for IDP managers who want a true elite difference maker in the EDGE spot, it could make sense (dependent on scoring) to make the end of Round 4 the first real range to look at those elite players, but not mandatory by any means.
Ideal starting lineup through the first four rounds:
QB: 0-1
RB: 1-3
WR: 1-3
TE: 0-1
ED: 0-1