2025-2026 NFL Week 9: Data Summary

Hello everyone!

We are officially halfway through the 2025-26 NFL regular season and there are so many teams still in the mix. Top teams still have holes and bottom teams have shown some incredible flashes – it really is the year for league parity. If Week 8 was blowouts – Week 9 saw a ton of close games. Patriots/Falcons and Jaguars/Raiders both came down to a single point – Broncos/Texans, Panthers/Packers, and Vikings/Lions were all decided by a field goal. 4 other games were within 1 touchdown scores. A ton of great games and close games!

Here is the Week 9 data including the most picked players by position, the most played cards, and the most popular combos. These 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
Lamar Jackson	Jonathan Taylor	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Trey McBride	Brandon Aubrey	LAR D/ST
Drake Maye	Christian McCaffrey	CeeDee Lamb	Tucker Kraft	Cameron Dicker	LAC D/ST
Patrick Mahomes	Jahmyr Gibbs	Ja’Marr Chase	George Kittle	Michael Badgley	GB D/ST
Dak Prescott	Derrick Henry	Rashee Rice	Tyler Warren	Jake Bates	SEA D/ST
Josh Allen	Kimani Vidal	Puka Nacua	Sam LaPorta	Joshua Karty	DET D/ST

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

Top 10 SmashCards

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

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

Top Played Combos

Player	Card	Points
Chimere Dike	Special Teams Ace	61pts
Brandon Aubrey	Extra Credit	4pts
Christian McCaffrey	Run CMC	0pts
Jonathan Taylor	12th Man	0pts
Patrick Mahomes	Golden Arm	0pts
Jonathan Taylor	Starting RB	2.9pts
LAR D/ST	Defense Wins Championships	15pts
Dak Prescott	Golden Arm	4pts
Lamar Jackson	Golden Arm	16pts
Drake Maye	Golden Arm	8pts

And now, we’re on to Week 10! Set your lineups before games start and good luck!