What are normal anytime touchdown odds for each position?
On our NFL week 3 board, at the best price available, each team's lead running back was a median +110 to score, its top receiver +212, its top tight end +340 and its quarterback about +560. Second options were much longer: the second running back and second receiver about +340, the second tight end +950. The ranges were wide: lead backs ran from -275 (Jahmyr Gibbs) to +700.
Is +250 a lot for a wide receiver to score? Is +150 short for a tight end? You cannot tell from a price on its own. You need to know what the rest of the league looks like at that position, the same week.
So we sorted one whole NFL week of anytime touchdown prices by role.
The table: one week, every team
Our NFL week 3 board, 415 players with an anytime touchdown price at three or more books. For each team, we ordered the players at each position by their best price, shortest first. “RB1” below is each team’s shortest-priced running back, “RB2” the next, and so on.
| Role | Median best price (implied) | Range |
|---|---|---|
| RB1 | +110 (48%) | -275 to +700 |
| WR1 | +212 (32%) | -120 to +370 |
| RB2 | +335 (23%) | +160 to +1050 |
| TE1 | +340 (23%) | +140 to +750 |
| WR2 | +340 (23%) | +130 to +800 |
| QB1 | about +560 (15%) | -135 to +3000 |
| WR3 | about +560 (15%) | +280 to +1850 |
| TE2 | +950 (9.5%) | +360 to +2800 |
| RB3 | +1350 (7%) | +325 to +4000 |
| TE3 | +2200 (4%) | +525 to +5500 |
Implied chance is what the price says, nothing more. How that conversion works is plain arithmetic, and the prices are each player’s best across the books.
What stands out
The lead running back is the only role priced near even money. A median +110 is roughly a coin flip on the price’s own terms, and three backs were at -225 or shorter: Jahmyr Gibbs at -275, Christian McCaffrey at -235 and Derrick Henry at -225.
The top receiver and the second running back are not the same bet. A team’s WR1 was a median +212. Its RB2 was +335, priced like a WR2.
Tight ends sit a full step behind receivers. The top tight end on a team was priced like its second receiver, +340. Only two were shorter than +150: Mark Andrews at +140 and Travis Kelce at +145.
Quarterbacks are the widest spread. Josh Allen was -135 to score. The median quarterback was about +560, and the longest were +3000.
How to use this
- Place a price before you judge it. A WR1 at +370 was the longest top receiver on the whole board that week. A tight end at +140 was the shortest. Knowing where a price sits among its peers tells you whether the book sees that player as a standard case or an outlier.
- Then ask why. A price far outside its role’s usual range is worth explaining before you bet it: a goal-line role, a matchup, an injury. What we check before an anytime touchdown bet, in order, is in what to check before an anytime touchdown prop.
- Then shop it. These are best prices. At a single book the same player was often much longer: the best and worst book differed by a median 13% of the payout on players at +250 or shorter. Which books paid most is in which sportsbook has the best anytime touchdown odds.
The Lab board lists every anytime touchdown price for the week’s games by book, with each player’s touchdown record beside it, so the role, the price and the history sit on one screen.
What we counted
Our board for the NFL week 3 games of 27 and 28 September 2026, prices pulled on Friday 25 September. 415 players with an anytime touchdown price at three or more books. Positions come from our roster file; 16 players we could not place on a team and position are left out. Roles are ranked within each team by best price, so they describe how the books ordered the players, not a depth chart. Medians over an even count sit between two prices, which is why two roles read “about +560”.
No sportsbook was contacted. Prices come from our own board for NFL week 3, 2026.
Quick answers
What are typical anytime touchdown odds for a running back?
For a team's lead back, a median +110 on our NFL week 3 board, ranging from -275 for Jahmyr Gibbs to +700. The second back on a team was a median +335.
What are typical anytime touchdown odds for a wide receiver?
A team's top receiver was a median +212 on our week 3 board, from -120 for Amon-Ra St. Brown to +370. The second receiver was about +340 and the third about +560.
What are typical anytime touchdown odds for a tight end?
A team's top tight end was a median +340, from +140 for Mark Andrews to +750. The second tight end was a median +950.
What are anytime touchdown odds for a quarterback?
About +560 at the median on our week 3 board, but the range was the widest of any role: Josh Allen was -135 and some quarterbacks were +3000.
How do you decide who is a team's RB1 here?
By the market itself: within each team, the running back with the shortest anytime touchdown price is the first, the next is the second. It is the books' pecking order, not a depth chart.
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