The valuations for week 8 are now updated for each player who played this week. This week’s values are available for free on the valuations page and the full season numbers as well as results from week 1 through 7 are available for premium subscribers. Rather than highlight the top performers for the week I thought it would be better to look at the top players at each position for the season.
Not surprisingly MVP frontrunner Russell Wilson is our top player of the year with a $38.5M valuation. On the rest of the offense it is filled with some expected heavy hitters- Derrick Henry, DeAndre Hopkins, Quenton Nelson, and Travis Kelce. They were joined by some surprising players- left tackle Garrett Bolles of the Broncos and right tackle Kelvin Beachum of the Cardinals, two of the better NFL stories of the year.
On defense TJ Watt was our top valued player at $26.9 million. Other big names to make the list include Myles Garrett, Aaron Donald, Bobby Wagner, Stephon Tuitt, and Lavonte David. At cornerback and safety we had some bigger surprised with Bryce Callahan, Brian Poole, Duron Harmon, and Jessie Bates making the list.
Here are the top rated players at each position for the season so far.
| Position | Player | Positional Value | Total Value |
| QB | Russell Wilson | $38,532,000 | $38,532,000 |
| RB | Derrick Henry | $15,792,000 | $15,792,000 |
| WR | DeAndre Hopkins | $20,848,000 | $20,848,000 |
| WR | D.K. Metcalf | $19,678,000 | $19,678,000 |
| TE | Travis Kelce | $12,175,000 | $12,175,000 |
| LT | Garett Bolles | $18,345,000 | $18,807,000 |
| RT | Kelvin Beachum | $14,478,000 | $14,984,000 |
| C | Corey Linsley | $12,731,000 | $12,731,000 |
| G | Ali Marpet | $12,659,000 | $13,168,000 |
| G | Quenton Nelson | $12,331,000 | $12,832,000 |
| Edge | T.J. Watt | $26,785,000 | $26,912,000 |
| Edge | Myles Garrett | $21,948,000 | $22,424,000 |
| IDL | Aaron Donald | $20,844,000 | $21,302,000 |
| IDL | Stephon Tuitt | $18,080,000 | $18,694,000 |
| LB | Bobby Wagner | $15,115,000 | $15,657,000 |
| LB | Lavonte David | $15,556,000 | $15,589,000 |
| CB | Bryce Callahan | $19,089,000 | $19,622,000 |
| CB | Jaire Alexander | $18,510,000 | $18,548,000 |
| CB | Brian Poole | $15,924,000 | $16,643,000 |
| S | Jessie Bates III | $14,320,000 | $14,448,000 |
| S | Duron Harmon | $12,273,000 | $12,827,000 |
| P | Bradley Pinion | $3,408,000 | $3,408,000 |
| K | Justin Tucker | $4,037,000 | $4,037,000 |
| LS | Morgan Cox | $1,178,000 | $1,178,000 |
While these players are the top players of 2020 who is bringing the most value? To calculate this we subtract a players annual contract value from his OTC value to determine how much of a benefit a team realizes. These are generally rookies playing well and veterans outperforming cheap contracts. If the players hit a great season right before they are eligible for free agency or an extension they have a good chance to get a great contract. Here are the best values on the season so far.
| Position | Player | Total Value | Annual Value | Value over APY |
| QB | Josh Allen | $34,879,000 | $5,295,759 | $29,583,241 |
| RB | David Montgomery | $12,836,000 | $1,003,845 | $11,832,155 |
| WR | D.K. Metcalf | $19,678,000 | $1,146,513 | $18,531,487 |
| WR | Terry McLaurin | $15,893,000 | $961,918 | $14,931,082 |
| TE | Dalton Schultz | $9,726,000 | $728,089 | $8,997,911 |
| LT | Garett Bolles | $18,807,000 | $2,758,034 | $16,048,966 |
| RT | Kelvin Beachum | $14,984,000 | $1,187,500 | $13,796,500 |
| C | Chase Roullier | $10,540,000 | $636,795 | $9,903,205 |
| G | Connor Williams | $11,126,000 | $1,372,249 | $9,753,751 |
| G | Alex Cappa | $9,617,000 | $842,176 | $8,774,824 |
| Edge | T.J. Watt | $26,912,000 | $2,314,703 | $24,597,297 |
| Edge | Harold Landry | $12,566,000 | $1,683,423 | $10,882,577 |
| IDL | Shelby Harris | $13,053,000 | $3,250,000 | $9,803,000 |
| IDL | Jeffery Simmons | $12,184,000 | $3,165,939 | $9,018,061 |
| LB | Fred Warner | $14,624,000 | $994,831 | $13,629,169 |
| LB | Alexander Johnson | $11,804,000 | $615,000 | $11,189,000 |
| CB | Jaire Alexander | $18,548,000 | $3,012,684 | $15,535,316 |
| CB | Carlton Davis | $16,599,000 | $1,098,279 | $15,500,721 |
| CB | Bryce Callahan | $19,622,000 | $6,191,177 | $13,430,823 |
| S | Jessie Bates III | $14,448,000 | $1,236,954 | $13,211,046 |
| S | Xavier Woods | $10,267,000 | $639,905 | $9,627,095 |
| P | Jack Fox | $2,820,000 | $510,000 | $2,310,000 |
| K | Jason Sanders | $3,379,000 | $637,800 | $2,741,200 |
| LS | Zach Triner | $1,161,000 | $540,000 | $621,000 |
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