Josh Allen Is 40 Yards From the 5,000-Rush-Yard Club vs Raiders
Allen enters Week 6 with 4,960 career rushing yards. A 40-yard afternoon makes him the fifth QB ever to hit 5,000 — and your QB1 keeps printing.
Our QB1 with 8 rush TDs already — never sitting this ceiling.
- 4,960 career rush yards — 40 shy of 5,000
- 87 career rush TDs, most ever by a QB
- 239 rush yds, 8 rush TD through 5 games (2026)
- Our No. 1 QB and No. 4 player overall
- Jackson leads QBs all-time at 6,666 rush yds
Josh Allen walks into Sunday's matchup with the Raiders sitting on 4,960 career rushing yards. Run for 40 and he becomes just the fifth quarterback in NFL history to crack 5,000 on the ground — a number he'll clear before the first half is over most weeks.
The company up there is elite and short. Lamar Jackson leads all QBs with 6,666 career rushing yards heading into Week 6, followed by Michael Vick (6,109), Cam Newton (5,628) and Russell Wilson (5,568). Allen is about to make it a party of five, and he's already lapped the field in a category that matters even more for fantasy: he owns the all-time QB record with 87 career rushing touchdowns.
Why This Milestone Is a Fantasy Flex
Rushing yards are nice. Rushing touchdowns are money. Allen's 87 career ground scores are the single biggest reason he's a weekly cheat code, and 2026 is more of the same. Through five games he's already piled up 239 rushing yards and eight rushing TDs — yes, eight — on top of 1,249 passing yards, seven passing scores and zero interceptions.
That production has him at 151 PPR points on the season (2026, actual), good for our No. 1 ranking at the position and No. 4 overall across the entire player pool. The only mild flag: his last five games sit 1.8 fantasy points below his own season average. When your floor is this high, that's not a dip you lose sleep over.
The Jackson Contrast
For context on just how durable Allen's output is, look at the man he's chasing on the yardage list. Lamar Jackson has managed 967 passing yards, six TDs and one pick, plus 144 rushing yards and a single rushing score through four games — 81 PPR points and a tumble to our No. 39 overall, No. 18 at QB. Same archetype, very different fantasy season so far.
The verdict is as simple as it gets: start Josh Allen, every week, until further notice. He's the No. 1 fantasy quarterback on the board, he's chasing history against a Raiders defense he should exploit, and his rushing floor makes him matchup-proof. If you somehow have him in a trade conversation, you're not selling anything short of a king's ransom.
