Brock Purdy leads NFL MVP tracker after four weeks
The San Francisco quarterback tops the NFL’s early 2026 rankings, with the season still too young to predict its eventual award winner.
The NFL’s MVP tracker placed San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy first in its rankings after the opening four weeks of the 2026 season, the league reported on October 6, 2026.
Purdy was tied for the league lead with 11 touchdown passes and had not thrown an interception in three consecutive games. The NFL’s account described its rankings as a snapshot of early-season performance, not a prediction of the eventual award winner.
Purdy’s start puts him atop the list
The NFL credited Purdy with helping sustain the 49ers’ offense during a period when the team’s receiving group had been hit by injuries. The league noted that he could still rely on Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle, while receiver Mike Evans was playing through a rib issue.
Purdy had not been sacked through four games, according to the NFL report. He had also thrown multiple touchdown passes in each of San Francisco’s first four games, matching a feat the report said no 49ers quarterback had achieved to open a season since Steve Young in 1998.
The report listed Purdy first among qualified quarterbacks in passer rating at 126.2, QBR at 89.6 and net yards per attempt at 8.9. It also cited an expected points added figure of 0.53 per dropback and a 60.7% success rate among quarterbacks with at least 100 dropbacks.
A deliberately early-season ranking
The NFL emphasized that four games provide a limited sample and that performances, injuries and team fortunes can change over the course of a season. Its tracker is intended to highlight players making an impact at the time, rather than claim certainty about who will win the MVP award.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen ranked second in the tracker. The league said Buffalo was 3-1 and that Allen had led two fourth-quarter comeback victories through the first four weeks.
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Purdy entered Week 5 at the top of the NFL’s early MVP discussion, but the league’s tracker cautioned that the race remains open.
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