Week 18 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Trevor Lawrence In The Top 5

Welcome to Week 18 and the fantasy football championship (for those of you who are bold enough to make this your final week). Let’s talk about the challenges ahead.
The NFL slate doesn’t include a Thursday night game. Instead, it features two games on Saturday. The Carolina Panthers face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 4:30 p.m. ET with the winner taking the NFC South title (unless the Falcons win, then the Panthers clinch either way) and the No. 4 seed in the conference. At 8 p.m. ET, the San Francisco 49ers host the Seattle Seahawks in a battle for the NFC West championship and the No. 1 seed in that conference. Obviously, these games are huge.
The difficulty in playing in Week 18, of course, is the number of players who won’t play. We already know that Justin Herbert and some other Chargers starters won’t play this week, and the Packers are likely to rest players too since they are locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC. Other teams will do the same, and some of those players won’t be known until Sunday. Again, this is the challenge of playing in the NFL’s final week.
With that said, here are my complete fantasy football quarterback rankings for Week 18 of the NFL season! Be sure to check back daily for updates!
All Positions: RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | Ks | DEFs
Week 18 Fantasy Quarterback Rankings
RK | Player | TM | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Drake Maye | NE | vs. MIA |
2 | Trevor Lawrence | JAC | vs. TEN |
3 | Joe Burrow | CIN | vs. CLE |
4 | Dak Prescott | DAL | at NYG |
5 | Caleb Williams | CHI | vs. DET |
6 | Jaxson Dart | NYG | vs. DAL |
7 | Bo Nix | DEN | vs. LAC |
8 | Brock Purdy | SF | vs. SEA |
9 | Matthew Stafford | LAR | vs. ARI |
10 | Lamar Jackson | BAL | at PIT |
11 | Jacoby Brissett | ARI | at LAR |
12 | Sam Darnold | SEA | at SF |
13 | Baker Mayfield | TB | vs. CAR |
14 | C.J. Stroud | HOU | vs. IND |
15 | Jared Goff | DET | at CHI |
16 | Tyler Shough | NO | at ATL |
17 | Bryce Young | CAR | at TB |
18 | J.J. McCarthy | MIN | vs. GB |
19 | Kirk Cousins | ATL | vs. NO |
20 | Mitchell Trubisky | BUF | vs. NYJ |
21 | Tanner McKee | PHI | vs. WAS |
22 | Cam Ward | TEN | at JAC |
23 | Aaron Rodgers | PIT | vs. BAL |
24 | Shedeur Sanders | CLE | at CIN |
25 | Josh Johnson | WAS | at PHI |
26 | Quinn Ewers | MIA | at NE |
27 | Trey Lance | LAC | at DEN |
28 | Clayton Tune | GB | at MIN |
29 | Kenny Pickett | LV | vs. KC |
30 | Chris Oladokun | KC | at LV |
31 | Riley Leonard | IND | at HOU |
32 | Brady Cook | NYJ | at BUF |

Michael Fabiano is a fantasy football analyst for Sports Illustrated. His weekly rankings and Start 'Em, Sit 'Em articles are must-reads for fantasy players. He is also the co-host of the Fantasy Dirt Podcast on SI. Before joining SI in August 2020, he worked for CBS Sports, NFL Network and SiriusXM. He also contributes to Westwood One Radio. Fabiano was the first fantasy analyst to appear on one of the four major TV networks and is a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.
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