2005 Player Rankings

Is Kerry Collins a better fantasy quarterback than Brett Favre now that Randy Moss is in Oakland? Will Ashley Lelie post better numbers than Denver teammate Rod Smith? And where do the rookie running backs fit into this year’s fantasy picture? There’s no better way to answer these questions than by looking at the latest player rankings.

To create these composite rankings, each player was assigned a rank by all eight of the fantasy buffs who shared their cheat sheets with us; the lower this score compared with other players at the same position, the better. By combining these lists, we can see both individual preferences and the overall consensus among the rankers.

Average rank indicates the average of the scores assigned to a player by each person (for this calculation, players not appearing in an individual list were assigned a score of 26 for QBs and TEs, 31 for RBs and WRs, and 11 for Ks). Each ranker’s individual list can be seen in the eight columns at the right.

Please note that this is a tool for draft preparation; it will not be updated throughout the season. Enjoy, and good luck in your drafts!

QB RB WR TE K D

QUARTERBACKS	Avg Rank	T i t a n	D u r a n	W e a s e	A t o g	b o o t h	D i r t	b a s s	M C G
Peyton Manning – Ind	1.00	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Daunte Culpepper – Min	2.00	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Donovan McNabb – Phi	4.00	3	3	11	3	3	3	3	3
Trent Green – KC	4.75	4	4	6	6	4	4	6	4
Marc Bulger – StL	5.38	6	5	7	4	7	5	4	5
Kerry Collins – Oak	6.63	5	8	3	5	13	6	7	6
Brett Favre – GB	7.50	7	7	5	8	11	7	5	10
Tom Brady – NE	8.00	10	6	4	9	6	8	8	13
Matt Hasselbeck – Sea	8.63	8	10	8	11	5	9	11	7
Michael Vick – Atl	11.50	9	19	12	10	8	14	12	8
Jake Plummer – Den	11.63	12	13	17	12	9	10	9	11
Carson Palmer – Cin	13.25	16	12	26	7	12	11	10	12
Aaron Brooks – NO	13.63	14	18	14	14	14	13	13	9
Jake Delhomme – Car	13.75	11	9	16	13	20	12	14	15
Drew Brees – SD	14.13	13	11	9	15	10	26	15	14
Chad Pennington – NYJ	17.25	15	14	18	26	15	15	17	18
Byron Leftwich – Jax	18.63	20	16	26	16	17	21	16	17
Brian Griese – TB	18.75	18	15	25	19	21	18	18	16
Kurt Warner – Ari	20.00	25	20	13	18	26	16	21	21
David Carr – Hou	20.25	19	21	20	26	18	17	22	19
Joey Harrington – Det	20.63	22	17	15	17	26	22	20	26
Ben Roethlisberger – Pit	20.88	24	23	10	20	22	23	25	20
Steve McNair – Ten	21.75	17	24	26	26	19	19	19	24
Kyle Boller – Bal	22.88	21	26	19	23	25	20	26	23
Drew Bledsoe – Dal	23.25	26	22	26	26	16	24	24	22
Eli Manning – NYG	24.13	26	25	21	22	23	25	26	25
Patrick Ramsey – Was	25.00	23	26	24	25	24	26	26	26
Gus Ferrotte – Mia	25.63	26	26	26	26	26	26	23	26
JP Losman – Buf	25.75	26	26	26	24	26	26	26	26
Philip Rivers – SD	25.63	26	26	23	26	26	26	26	26

RUNNING BACKS	Avg Rank	Titan	Duran	Wease	Atog	booth	Dirt	bass	MCG
LaDanian Tomlinson – SD	1.00	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Shaun Alexander – Sea	2.25	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Priest Holmes – KC	3.13	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	5
Edgerrin James – Ind	4.13	4	4	5	4	4	3	5	4
Jamal Lewis – Bal	6.25	7	5	6	7	8	5	6	6
Deuce McAllister – NO	6.63	8	6	11	5	6	6	4	7
Willis McGahee – Buf	6.75	9	10	4	6	5	8	9	3
Corey Dillon – NE	9.00	6	7	12	12	9	7	7	12
Domanick Davis – Hou	9.88	5	11	15	8	13	9	8	10
Kevin Jones – Det	11.00	14	9	9	11	14	11	11	9
Rudi Johnson – Cin	11.25	13	8	7	13	10	12	16	11
Clinton Portis – Was	12.00	10	14	20	10	7	10	12	13
Tiki Barber – NYG	12.25	11	12	8	17	11	14	10	15
Julius Jones – Dal	12.38	15	15	14	9	12	13	13	8
Ahman Green – GB	15.00	16	16	10	14	18	15	17	14
Curtis Martin – NYJ	15.38	12	13	16	18	17	16	15	16
LaMont Jordan – Oak	17.50	17	17	21	16	15	18	19	17
Brian Westbrook – Phi	18.38	18	22	11	27	16	20	14	19
Steven Jackson – StL	18.88	19	18	18	19	24	17	18	18
Carnell Williams – TB	21.13	22	20	17	21	21	24	23	21
Tatum Bell – Den	23.00	21	19	26	26	19	22	31	20
Michael Bennett – Min	23.63	25	25	28	23	20	19	25	24
JJ Arrington – Ari	23.88	27	21	22	28	23	23	22	25
Warrick Dunn – Atl	24.63	30	23	25	25	26	25	21	22
DeShaun Foster – Car	24.88	20	28	31	22	22	21	24	31
Fred Taylor – Jax	26.63	24	26	31	31	27	27	20	27
Kevan Barlow – SF	27.88	23	29	29	30	25	31	27	29
Chris Brown – Ten	28.63	26	27	27	31	29	30	31	28
Ronnie Brown – Mia	29.13	31	31	31	24	31	31	31	23
Lee Suggs – Cle	29.25	29	30	31	29	31	26	28	30
Travis Henry – Ten	29.88	31	31	23	31	31	30	31	31
Cedric Benson – Chi	30.25	31	31	30	31	31	31	31	26
Mike Anderson – Den	30.38	31	31	31	31	31	31	26	31
Ricky Williams – Mia	30.75	31	31	31	31	31	31	29	31
Duce Staley – Pit	30.75	31	31	31	31	31	29	31	31
Thomas Jones – Chi	30.88	31	31	31	31	30	31	31	31
Larry Johnson – KC	30.88	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	31

WIDE RECEIVERS	Avg Rank	T i t a n	D u r a n	W e a s e	A t o g	b o o t h	D i r t	b a s s	M C G
Randy Moss – Oak	1.00	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Terrell Owens – Phi	2.50	2	3	5	2	2	2	2	2
Marvin Harrison – Ind	3.25	3	2	2	4	4	5	3	3
Torry Holt – StL	3.75	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5
Chad Johnson – Cin	4.50	5	5	4	5	5	3	5	4
Javon Walker – GB	6.63	6	6	10	6	7	6	6	6
Joe Horn – NO	7.38	9	7	7	7	6	8	7	8
Andre Johnson – Hou	8.88	7	9	8	8	10	7	8	14
Reggie Wayne – Ind	8.50	8	8	6	9	8	10	9	10
Darrell Jackson – Sea	10.88	12	10	11	12	9	11	10	12
Hines Ward – Pit	11.63	10	19	9	10	13	14	11	7
Michael Clayton – TB	12.25	11	12	14	15	11	12	12	11
Nate Burleson – Min	12.63	15	11	21	11	12	9	13	9
Steve Smith – Car	16.50	13	13	22	13	21	18	14	18
Roy Williams – Det	16.50	14	14	31	14	14	15	15	15
Anquan Boldin – Ari	17.00	21	15	12	16	20	13	16	23
Laveranues Coles – NYJ	17.25	16	18	20	18	17	16	17	16
Donald Driver – GB	20.13	29	16	19	19	16	22	18	22
Larry Fitzgerald – Ari	22.13	17	20	31	22	19	20	19	29
Chris Chambers – Mia	21.13	19	24	15	28	26	17	20	20
Drew Bennett – Ten	21.63	18	27	31	21	15	23	21	17
Issac Bruce – StL	22.25	26	21	26	20	18	21	22	24
Ashley Lelie – Den	22.50	20	17	23	24	23	29	23	21
Jerry Porter – Oak	22.25	28	26	13	31	24	19	24	13
Jimmy Smith – Jax	25.25	24	23	31	23	22	26	25	28
Muhsin Muhamad – Chi	26.38	23	28	30	27	27	24	26	26
Derrick Mason – Bal	26.63	30	31	16	26	28	25	27	30
Lee Evans – Buf	27.63	22	25	31	31	31	28	28	25
Plaxico Burress – NYG	29.13	25	31	31	30	25	31	29	31
Rod Smith – Den	28.63	27	22	31	31	31	30	30	27
Deion Branch – NE	28.00	31	31	31	25	29	27	31	19
Brandon Stokley – Ind	28.88	31	29	18	29	31	31	31	31
Eric Moulds – Buf	29.25	31	31	17	31	31	31	31	31
Eddie Kenninson – KC	29.88	31	30	24	31	30	31	31	31
TJ Houshmandzadeh – Cin	30.50	31	31	27	31	31	31	31	31
David Givens – NE	30.63	31	31	28	31	31	31	31	31
Justin McCareins – NYJ	30.75	31	31	29	31	31	31	31	31

TIGHT ENDS	Avg Rank	T i t a n	D u r a n	W e a s e	A t o g	b o o t h	D i r t	b a s s	M C G
Antonio Gates – SD	1.63	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2
Tony Gonzalez – KC	1.75	2	1	5	1	2	1	1	1
Jason Witten – Dal	3.50	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	5
Alge Crumpler – Atl	4.50	5	5	3	5	4	3	5	6
Todd Heap – Bal	4.63	3	4	6	3	5	5	8	3
Jeremy Shockey – NYG	6.00	6	6	10	6	6	6	4	4
Randy McMichael – Mia	7.38	7	7	4	8	8	8	9	8
Dallas Clark – Ind	7.88	8	9	12	7	7	7	6	7
LJ Smith – Phi	9.63	9	8	16	9	10	9	7	9
Eric Johnson – SF	10.75	10	14	7	10	13	11	11	10
Jermaine Wiggins – Min	12.75	14	10	8	13	21	10	15	11
Jeb Putzier – Den	13.38	17	19	11	12	11	13	10	14
Marcus Pollard – Det	13.63	11	14	14	16	15	12	14	13
Bubba Franks – GB	14.50	13	17	9	15	12	15	23	12
Chris Cooley – Was	15.63	16	11	19	18	17	16	12	16
Doug Jolley – NYJ	16.00	18	15	17	11	18	18	13	18
Ben Troupe – Ten	16.88	15	18	18	19	9	14	17	25
Heath Miller – Pit	18.38	20	16	22	14	25	19	16	15
Jerramy Stevens – Sea	19.13	19	23	15	21	16	23	19	17
Daniel Graham – NE	19.50	12	26	13	22	20	22	18	23
Ben Watson – NE	22.00	21	24	24	23	26	17	21	20
Erron Kinney – Ten	23.50	26	26	26	26	14	25	26	19
Mark Campbell – Buf	24.00	26	26	26	17	22	26	26	23
Boo Williams – NO	24.38	24	25	21	26	26	26	26	21
Teyo Johnson – Oak	24.50	25	26	23	26	26	20	26	24
Kris Wilson – KC	24.63	26	20	26	26	23	26	24	26
Courtney Anderson – Oak	24.63	26	26	26	25	24	24	20	26
Itula Mili – Sea	24.75	26	22	20	26	26	26	26	26
Jim Kleinsasser – Min	24.75	22	26	26	20	26	26	26	26
Christian Fauria – NE	25.25	26	21	25	26	26	26	26	26
Desmond Clark – Chi	25.38	26	26	26	26	26	21	26	26
Anthony Becht – TB	25.50	26	26	26	26	26	26	22	26
Matt Schobel – Cin	25.38	23	26	26	24	26	26	26	26
Shad Meier – NO	25.88	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26

KICKERS	Avg Rank	T i t a n	D u r a n	W e a s e	A t o g	b o o t h	D i r t	b a s s	M C G
Adam Vinateri – NE	1.63	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	4
Mike Vanderjagt – Ind	2.25	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	1
David Akers – Phi	2.63	2	2	5	3	4	2	1	2
Jason Elam – Den	4.00	4	7	3	4	3	4	4	3
Ryan Longwell – GB	6.38	6	8	4	5	7	5	7	9
Sebastian Janikowski – Oak	6.50	5	6	8	10	6	6	6	5
Matt Stover – Bal	7.38	9	4	6	7	5	11	9	8
Jeff Wilkins – StL	8.63	10	9	11	6	11	11	5	6
Shayne Graham – Cin	8.88	8	5	10	11	11	8	8	10
Jeff Reed – Pit	9.63	7	10	7	11	10	10	11	11
Josh Brown – Sea	9.88	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	7
Nate Kaeding – SD	10.50	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11
John Kasay – Car	10.63	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11
Jason Hanson – Det	10.75	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11
John Carney – NO	10.75	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11

TEAM DEFENSE	Avg Rank	T i t a n	D u r a n	W e a s e	A t o g	b o o t h	D i r t	b a s s	M C G
Baltimore	1.13	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buffalo	2.88	1	5	3	4	2	3	3	2
Pittsburgh	3.00	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	4
New England	3.88	3	8	5	3	3	2	4	3
Philadelphia	5.50	5	4	6	5	7	6	6	5
Carolina	7.00	6	3	9	6	10	9	5	8
Atlanta	8.38	7	14	8	8	11	5	7	7
Tampa Bay	9.63	13	12	12	9	5	7	13	6
Washington	10.63	8	9	22	13	6	10	8	9
New York Jets	11.63	14	13	11	14	8	11	9	13
Jacksonville	12.63	20	6	15	15	12	13	10	10
Chicago	12.88	10	7	17	11	16	11	11	20
Indianapolis	13.75	9	11	14	17	17	14	14	14
Minnesota	14.63	11	17	27	10	13	8	20	11
Dallas	14.88	18	10	10	12	23	15	16	15
Cincinnati	15.38	24	16	13	16	9	18	15	12
San Diego	16.75	12	15	4	24	22	24	17	16
Detroit	17.63	15	23	19	7	14	20	19	24
Miami	17.75	19	19	7	18	18	21	21	19
Arizona	17.75	16	22	18	19	15	16	18	18
Denver	19.50	17	20	16	28	24	22	12	17
New York Giants	22.00	23	24	23	25	19	17	24	21
Seattle	23.13	21	27	28	23	21	19	23	23
Kansas City	24.00	22	18	29	20	29	30	22	22
New Orleans	24.63	25	28	26	22	20	25	26	25
Houston	26.00	29	21	20	29	28	26	28	27
Cleveland	27.00	28	29	25	30	26	27	25	26
Green Bay	27.50	30	31	21	21	31	28	29	29
St. Louis	27.63	26	30	24	31	32	23	27	28
Tennessee	29.13	31	25	31	27	30	29	30	30
Oakland	29.38	27	32	30	26	25	31	32	32
San Francisco	30.38	32	26	32	32	27	32	31	31

Legend
Titan = TitaniumTitan
Duran = Dr. Duran Duran
Wease = ScreamingWeasel
booth = BGbootha
Dirt = Dirt Bag
bass = mutantseabass
MCG = MCG321

Assumed League Settings:

Single-season (no keepers), head-to-head with playoffs in weeks 16 and 17, 15-man rosters with the following starters:

1 QB
2 RB
3 WR
1 TE
1 K

along with a seven-man bench (any positions).

Scoring assumed is as follows:

Offense:
1 point per 25 passing yards
1 point per 10 rushing or receiving yards
6 points per passing, rushing, receiving or return touchdown
-2 points per interception or fumble

Kicking:
3 points per field goal up to 39 yards
4 points per field goal between 40 and 49 yards
5 points per field goal over 50 yards
1 point per extra point

Many thanks as always to the fantasy buffs who allowed us to peek at the cheat sheets they’ll be taking to their 2005 drafts!

2005 Player Rankings

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