To a lot of people, especially those playing fantasy football, it can definitely feel that way. We wondered the same thing. So we went back to 2010 to see how this season stacks up. And the results might surprise you.
Through Week 9, injuries have cost the 2026 fantasy football season 10.6% of its draft value, counting games already missed and games that already-hurt players are expected to miss. The average at this point since 2010 is 10.5%. In 2024 it was 11.5%, and in 2025 it was 11.1%.
That puts 2026 in the middle of 17 seasons and a little under the last two years. It can still feel just as bad, because its biggest individual injuries are as large as anything in 2024 or 2025. A third-string running back missing a month usually has little fantasy impact. A top-five pick missing a month can change an entire season. So we weighted every missed game by how…