Week 6 Fantasy Football QB Rankings 2025

​

  • By Patrick Leary

    Last Updated on October 9, 2025 10:53 am by Jon Mosales | Published: October 9, 2025

    Injuries still linger over the QB landscape, though we get a few key quarterbacks back from their bye weeks in Week 6.

    Let’s go through the rankings for Week 6 as the fantasy season kicks into high gear.

    Rank Player Team Opponent Notes
    1 Josh Allen BUF ATL Allen remains the king despite Sunday’s loss. He’s QB1 and projects to be QB1 going forward.
    2 Patrick Mahomes KC DET Mahomes is now the clear QB2 so far by double digits, and this Detroit matchup is a smash. He’s definitely QB2 this week for me.
    3 Jayden Daniels WAS CHI Daniels gets a cake matchup and is getting healthier. This should be a huge day for him.
    4 Jalen Hurts PHI NYG Hurts is in the same tier as the two above, but his offense isn’t high-volume enough right now for me to put him QB2.
    5 Drake Maye NE NO Although he didn’t have a big fantasy day, Maye rose to the occasion big time last week. This is a great matchup for this year’s QB7 in Week 6.
    6 Justin Herbert LAC MIA I’m a tad worried about Harbaugh starting to reign Herbert in with both tackles out. Still, the Miami matchup is a slam dunk, so Herbert gets the final top-half QB1 spot.
    7 Dak Prescott DAL CAR Prescott is cruising, the QB4 on the year. The Panthers matchup is a tricky one, because four quarters of passing aren’t guaranteed. Still, he’s a comfy start.
    8 Baker Mayfield TB SF Mayfield went to war in Seattle last week, and gets a trickier matchup this week. He’s the QB3 though, and this high-powered pass attack won’t let up.
    9 Caleb Williams CHI WAS Williams is 6th in PPG at QB, and this should be a shootout of sorts. He’s a clear starter this week.
    10 Daniel Jones IND ARI Jones has been an extremely steady QB1 for five weeks now. Arizona shouldn’t change that.
    11 Matthew Stafford LAR BAL Time to give Stafford his QB1 respect. He’s QB6 so far, and this Ravens defense will give him anything McVay chooses to scheme up.
    12 Justin Fields NYJ DEN Fields is straddling the line of a good fantasy QB who may lose his job because he’s so bad in real life. For now, it’s worth leaning into his rushing upside.
    13 Bo Nix DEN NYJ The flipside of this matchup has another struggling real life QB who is also producing in fantasy. Nix is doing enough to be on the QB1 borderline.
    14 Jordan Love GB CIN Great matchup for Love. His viability will depend on who scores the touchdowns, Josh Jacobs or the Packers’ pass catchers.
    15 Jared Goff DET KC Have a feeling this game will be a shootout, which is the sort of game that makes Goff viable.
    16 Sam Darnold SEA JAC An incredible performance has rocketed Darnold right to the edge of QB1 status. He’s fully in consideration as a week-to-week streamer.
    17 Bryce Young CAR DAL The stoppable force meets the movable object, as Young draws the easiest matchup on the board. If you’re desperate, this should work out.
    18 Kyler Murray ARI IND Murray isn’t practicing so far this week, and he’s not putting up much upside performance even so. He’d be off my radar this week.
    19 Trevor Lawrence JAC SEA Lawrence really popped against KC last week, and this Seattle defense is very banged up. He could be a sneaky great start, but this could also backfire significantly.
    20 Spencer Rattler NO NE Rattler has been an extremely steady QB2 so far, and this a good matchup for him. He’s sneaky appealing.
    21 Geno Smith LVR TEN It’s tough to trust Smith, but if you hold your nose and squint, he’s been a QB2 despite leading the league in picks, and Tennessee is terrible on both sides of the ball.
    22 Mac Jones SF TB Jones has been successful for fantasy so far when he’s started, despite his own injury issues. It looks like he’s likely to start, so he’s a risky play with some upside.
    23 Michael Penix ATL BUF Penix has a bye week advantage in this game, but he has to start putting up consistent output, particular in the TD department.
    24 Tua Tagovailoa MIA LAC I can think of a lot of things I’d rather do than play Tua against the Chargers, but he’s the QB19 so far, solidly a QB2.
    25 Jaxson Dart NYG PHI Just don’t know how much stock you can put into Dart on a short week against the Eagles, even with his scoring skillset. This feels like a trap.
    26 Dillon Gabriel CLE PIT It’s bullish for Gabriel that he looked decent in London and the Browns immediately axed the previous starter. Still need more proof of concept to play him in fantasy.
    27 Aaron Rodgers PIT CLE Really tough matchup to play a QB like Rodgers with zero rushing upside. Not one I’d consider at all this week.
    28 Joe Flacco CIN KC Flacco’s first start in Cincinnati is probably one week too soon to start streaming him, but there could be serious upside here soon with those receivers.
    29 Cam Ward TEN LVR Ward is one of the worst fantasy QBs in recent memory so far. He’s QB31 despite many leaguewide injuries and QB36 in PPG. He’s not usable yet.
    30 Cooper Rush BAL LAR Ravens Rush is possibly the least interesting fantasy QB I can remember. Please hurry back, Lamar.
    31* Brock Purdy SF TB Purdy didn’t practice Wednesday, Were he to play, I’d rank him right about where I have Mac Jones.
    32* Jacoby Brissett ARI IND Murray didn’t practice Wednesday, so if Brissett starts, I’d rank him in the vicinity of Rodgers and Flacco.
    October 9, 2025, 10:53 am