Scouting report · RB · Buffalo
James Cook III
A top-12 back in Best ball half PPR leagues.
#14 overall · age 27 · 2022 round 2, pick 63 · 5th season
BUFRunning back · RB6
PPR points a game
Value · Best ball
6,187
▲ 263 · 3 weeks
Rank
#14 · RB6
Overall · position
2026 PPR / game
18.9
RB7 at the position
Age
27
5 seasons in
In a year
—
Not enough value to age
Every format
12-team leagues. Tap a format to see him in it.
Splits
Regular season · week 7 of 2026
| Season | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR / G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 207 | 1,009 | 16 | 38 | 32 | 258 | 2 | 16.7 |
| 2025 | 17 | 309 | 1,621 | 12 | 40 | 33 | 291 | 2 | 17.8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 117 | 627 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 18.9 |
2026 week by week · PPR points
What he's worth in a trade
Best ball
Real trades · 148 in the last year · 14 in redraft one-QB leagues
Real trades back this value
In 6 Best ball trades since September where he went alone, what changed hands came to about 0.94× his value here (the middle half of them 0.31× to 1.12×).
What managers actually gave for James in completed trades in public Sleeper leagues, leagues like Best ball first. Each shows the date and the league's settings; the price is what was agreed then, and the line under it is today's value, a different thing. Two-team trades of up to four pieces a side; none is left out for disagreeing with Swindlr. No league or manager names. 2 of them look lopsided at today's values (an injury or a role change since often explains it); none is left out.
- Oct 22, 2026 · 12-team redraft 1QBJames Cook III for Blake Corum + Malik NabersToday on the Redraft PPR board: 5,000 for his side, 5,592 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 20, 2026 · 12-team redraft 1QBJames Cook III for MarShawn LloydToday on the Redraft PPR board: 5,000 for his side, 612 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 19, 2026 · 18-team redraft 1QBJames Cook III + Emeka Egbuka for Rhamondre Stevenson + Chris OlaveToday on the Redraft PPR board: 6,866 for his side, 6,541 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 12, 2026 · 8-team redraft 1QBNico Collins + James Cook III + Emeka Egbuka for Davante Adams + Aaron Jones Sr. + Tee Higgins + Cam SkatteboToday on the Redraft PPR board: 10,393 for his side, 10,132 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 8, 2026 · 12-team redraft 1QB, half PPRJames Cook III + Christian Watson + Zach Charbonnet for Kenneth Walker IIIToday on the Redraft PPR board: 9,085 for his side, 5,578 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 6, 2026 · 12-team redraft 1QBJames Cook III for Braelon AllenToday on the Redraft PPR board: 5,000 for his side, 1,541 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate
Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of James's value in Best ball now. Open one in the calculator to see who wins it.
Head to head
- Week 8 start/sitJames vs Jonathan Taylor
- Week 8 start/sitJames vs Josh Jacobs
- DynastyJames vs Jeremiyah Love
- DynastyJames vs Bhayshul Tuten
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Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 7 of 2026). Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).
Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 7 of 2026 (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Oct 27. Where the numbers come from.