Week 5 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Justin Fields In The Top 10

Michael Fabiano | Oct 2, 2025

Jets QB Justin Fields has a great fantasy matchup against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5. / Rich Storry-Imagn Images

The fifth week of the fantasy football season is here, and with it come the first batch of byes. In fact, nine of the next 10 weeks on the league’s slate will include at least two bye-week teams. This week, the Bears, Falcons Packers, and Steelers are all off the board, so countless managers will need some lineup replacements.

The Week 5 quarterback rankings have a few new players among the top 10, including Justin Fields who has a great matchup against the Cowboys. I also have Drake Maye, who is in the midst of a breakout season, ranked as a starter.  

On the flip side, quarterbacks like Geno Smith, Bo Nix and Baker Mayfield have slipped a bit this week, based on either a bad matchup, poor play or a combination of both scenarios. The same goes for Tua Tagovailoa and Trevor Lawrence.

With that said, here are my complete fantasy football quarterback rankings for the fifth week of the NFL season.

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Week 5 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings

RK	Player	TM	Opponent
1	Josh Allen	BUF	vs. NE
2	Jalen Hurts	PHI	vs. DEN
3	Jayden Daniels	WAS	at LAC
4	Patrick Mahomes	KC	at JAC
5	Justin Herbert	LAC	vs. WAS
6	Justin Fields	NYJ	vs. DAL
7	Drake Maye	NE	at BUF
8	Kyler Murray	ARI	vs. TEN
9	Daniel Jones	IND	vs. LV
10	Jared Goff	DET	at CIN
11	Dak Prescott	DAL	at NYJ
12	Baker Mayfield	TB	at SEA
13	Jaxson Dart	NYG	at NO
14	Bo Nix	DEN	at PHI
15	Matthew Stafford	LAR	vs. SF
16	Trevor Lawrence	JAC	vs. KC
17	C.J. Stroud	HOU	at BAL
18	Bryce Young	CAR	vs. MIA
19	Geno Smith	LV	at IND
20	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	at CAR
21	Spencer Rattler	NO	vs. NYG
22	Sam Darnold	SEA	vs. TB
23	Mac Jones	SF	at LAR
24	Carson Wentz	MIN	at CLE
25	Jake Browning	CIN	vs. DET
26	Cam Ward	TEN	at ARI
27	Dillon Gabriel	CLE	vs. MIN
28	Cooper Rush	BAL	vs. HOU