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Updated October 7, 2026

Cincinnati Bengals depth chart.

Every position on offense, defense and special teams, ranked from the starter down, as the team published it on October 7, 2026. Names in colour open that player’s full page — career stats, contract and outlook.

QB1Joe Burrow
RB1Chase Brown
WR1Ja'Marr Chase
TE1Mike Gesicki

Quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end

The four positions people look up by name, with the usage behind the ordering. “WR2” and “18% of the targets” are very different claims, and only one of them is worth knowing.

Cincinnati Bengals QB depth chart

  1. QB1Joe Burrow100% snaps
  2. QB2Joe Flacco

Cincinnati Bengals RB depth chart

  1. RB1Chase Brown73% snaps70% carries
  2. RB2Samaje Perine34% snaps16% carries
  3. RB3Tahj Brooks3% snaps0% carries

Cincinnati Bengals WR depth chart

  1. WR1Ja'Marr Chase76% snaps18% targets
  2. WR2Tee Higgins79% snaps25% targets
  3. WR3Colbie Young11% snaps1% targets
  4. WR4Dohnte Meyers45% snaps10% targets
  5. WR5Mitchell Tinsley53% snaps5% targets
  6. WR6Andrei Iosivas57% snaps3% targets

Cincinnati Bengals TE depth chart

  1. TE1Mike Gesicki45% snaps10% targets
  2. TE2Drew Sample51% snaps3% targets
  3. TE3Erick All Jr.28% snaps2% targets
  4. TE4Tanner Hudson24% snaps3% targets
  5. TE5Jack Endries2% snaps

The ordering is the team’s current chart. The shares beside it are 2026 rates from the nflverse play-by-play data — how a team actually used a player, not a projection. Where a player has since changed teams the share is tagged with the club he earned it at, because a new arrival’s carry share says nothing yet about how Cincinnati Bengals will use him.

Offense 3WR 1TE

9 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

WRWide Receiver
  1. 1Ja'Marr Chase
  2. 2Tee Higgins
  3. 3Colbie Young
  4. 4Dohnte Meyers
  5. 5Mitchell Tinsley
  6. 6Andrei Iosivas
LTLeft Tackle
  1. 1Orlando Brown Jr.
  2. 2Javon Foster
LGLeft Guard
  1. 1Dylan Fairchild
  2. 2Jalen Rivers
  3. 3Brian Parker II
CCenter
  1. 1Ted Karras
  2. 2Jacob Bayer
  3. 3Connor Lew
RGRight Guard
  1. 1Dalton Risner
  2. 2Jacob Bayer
RTRight Tackle
  1. 1Amarius Mims
  2. 2Myles Hinton
QBQuarterback
  1. 1Joe Burrow
  2. 2Joe Flacco
TETight End
  1. 1Mike Gesicki
  2. 2Drew Sample
  3. 3Erick All Jr.
  4. 4Tanner Hudson
  5. 5Jack Endries
RBRunning Back
  1. 1Chase Brown
  2. 2Samaje Perine
  3. 3Tahj Brooks

Defense Base 4-3 D

12 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

LDELeft Defensive End
  1. 1Boye Mafe
  2. 2Cashius Howell
LDTLeft Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Dexter Lawrence II
  2. 2T.J. Slaton Jr.
  3. 3Landon Robinson
RDTRight Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Jonathan Allen
  2. 2B.J. Hill
  3. 3Kris Jenkins Jr.
RDERight Defensive End
  1. 1Myles Murphy
  2. 2Shemar Stewart
  3. 3Cedric Johnson
WLBWeakside Linebacker
  1. 1Demetrius Knight Jr.
MLBMiddle Linebacker
  1. 1Barrett Carter
  2. 2Joe Giles-Harris
SLBStrongside Linebacker
  1. 1Oren Burks
  2. 2Swayze Bozeman
LCBLeft Cornerback
  1. 1Tacario Davis
  2. 2DJ Ivey
SSStrong Safety
  1. 1Jordan Battle
  2. 2Kyle Dugger
FSFree Safety
  1. 1Bryan Cook
  2. 2PJ Jules
RCBRight Cornerback
  1. 1DJ Turner II
NBNickel Back
  1. 1Dax Hill
  2. 2Josh Newton
  3. 3Ja'Sir Taylor
  4. 4Jalen Davis

Special teams

6 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

PKPlace kicker
  1. 1Evan McPherson
PPunter
  1. 1Ryan Rehkow
HHolder
  1. 1Ryan Rehkow
PRPunt Returner
  1. 1Dohnte Meyers
KRKick Returner
  1. 1Dohnte Meyers
  2. 2Samaje Perine
  3. 3Tahj Brooks
LSLong Snapper
  1. 1William Wagner
Where this comes from. The league’s own published depth chart, via the nflverse open dataset (CC-BY-4.0), re-pulled on a schedule. The snapshot on this page is dated October 7, 2026. Depth charts are a team’s stated ordering, not a guarantee of playing time — see the Cincinnati Bengals team page for snap share and production, and start/sit for what it means this week.