We Rated Every 2026 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidate 1-10 (Only One Got a 10)

Everyone has a list of 2026 breakout candidates. Almost nobody puts a number on how confident they actually are.

Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet take the most popular breakout names in fantasy football and rate each one from 1 to 10 on how likely they are to genuinely break out — with a strict definition: a breakout means you'll be drafting that player at least one full tier higher next season. And Pete is only allowed to give one player a 10 all episode.

They work through Luther Burden, Emeka Egbuka, Tetairoa McMillan, Bhayshul Tuten, Jonathon Brooks, Parker Washington, Ladd McConkey, Josh Downs and Matthew Golden, then move to quarterback with Jaxson Dart and Bo Nix before closing on tight end with Kenyon Sadiq. Every player comes with Fantasy Life's projections and the second-half splits that show whether the leap already started last season.

The scores get contentious. There are multiple players where Kendall and Pete are four full points apart, and at least one name where one of them is completely out on a consensus favorite. If you've been staring at a breakout list wondering which names are real, this puts a number on all of them.

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Timecodes:
00:00 - Coming Up
00:26 - Luther Burden
05:19 - Emeka Egbuka
09:22 - Tetairoa McMillan
14:38 - Bhayshul Tuten
18:21 - Jonathon Brooks
22:27 - Parker Washington
27:30 - Ladd McConkey
33:49 - Josh Downs
37:39 - Matthew Golden
42:22 - Jaxson Dart
46:23 - Bo Nix
48:59 - Kenyon Sadiq