2025-2026 NFL Week 1: Data Summary

Hello everyone!

Week 1 of the 2025-2026 NFL Season is in the books and what a wild week it was! It was definitely a mixed bag for the popular picks with Derrick Henry having a great game, Saquon Barkley having an average game, and the most picked player last week, Ja’Marr Chase scoring only 2.6 points. The top 5 in overall picks were Chase, Barkley, the Denver D/ST, Bijan Robinson, and Chase Brown. The highest scoring player last week was Josh Allen, who came in as the 5th most picked QB.

As we go week to week, we wanted to share just a quick, overall data summary of the previous week including the most picked players by position, the most played cards, and the most popular combos. This are not in terms of points but in terms of popularity of picks. Without further ado, here are the stats for the players by position.

Players by Position

QB	RB	WR	TE	K	DEF
Joe Burrow	Saquon Barkley	Ja’Marr Chase	George Kittle	Jake Elliott	DEN D/ST
Lamar Jackson	Bijan Robinson	Brian Thomas Jr.	David Njoku	Chase McLaughlin	PIT D/ST
Jayden Daniels	Chase Brown	Nico Collins	Brock Bowers	Jake Bates	ARI D/ST
Jalen Hurts	Derrick Henry	Drake London	Trey McBride	Wil Lutz	PHI D/ST
Josh Allen	Jahmyr Gibbs	Justin Jefferson	Tyler Warren	Evan McPherson	MIN D/ST

Looking at SmashCards, here are the top 10 played cards last week.

Top 10 SmashCards

SmashCard
A Seabird’s Confidence
12th Man
Golden Arm
Run CMC
Moneyball Capologist
Extra Credit
Divided Loyalties
Starting RB
Starting WR
Chess Piece

Let’s take a look at the top played combos.

Top Played Combos

Player	Card	Points
Ja’Marr Chase	Starting WR	1.3pts
Saquon Barkley	A Seabird’s Confidence	3pts
Joe Burrow	Golden Arm	4pts
Christian McCaffrey	Run CMC	0pts
Saquon Barkley	Unstoppable Freight Train	0pts
Saquon Barkley	Starting RB	7.2pts
Ja’Marr Chase	A Seabird’s Confidence	3pts
Lamar Jackson	Mr. Relevant	0pts
Ja’Marr Chase	Speed Demon	0pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	Run CMC	0pts

And now, we’re on to Week 2! Set your lineups before games start and good luck!