Fantasy Football PPR Draft Rankings At Wide Receiver

Here are our PPR wide receiver rankings for the 2018 fantasy football draft. When looking at rankings this early in the preparation process you need to keep in mind they can be very fluid. We have a lot of WR that are in position battles and rookies that will probably carve out a roll in the offense. As we enter the preseason you'll see the rankings update frequently.

Here are our other rankings: Quarterback Rankings - Running Back Rankings - Wide Receiver Rankings - Tight End Rankings - D/ST Rankings - Kicker Rankings

	Composite	Kurt Turner	Jacob Trowbridge	Brendan Cole
Antonio Brown, PIT, WR	1	1	1	1
DeAndre Hopkins, HOU, WR	2	2	2	2
Odell Beckham Jr., NYG, WR	3	4	3	4
Julio Jones, ATL, WR	4	3	5	5
Keenan Allen, LAC, WR	5	5	4	6
Michael Thomas, NO, WR	6	6	8	3
Davante Adams, GB, WR	7	8	6	7
A.J. Green, CIN, WR	8	7	7	8
Mike Evans, TB, WR	9	9	10	9
Larry Fitzgerald, ARI, WR	10	12	9	12
Doug Baldwin, SEA, WR	11	10	14	10
Amari Cooper, OAK, WR	12	11	11	16
Adam Thielen, MIN, WR	13	14	15	11
T.Y. Hilton, IND, WR	14	15	13	15
Tyreek Hill, KC, WR	15	13	16	18
Stefon Diggs, MIN, WR	16	16	12	20
Allen Robinson, CHI, WR	17	18	22	13
Demaryius Thomas, DEN, WR	18	23	17	14
Marvin Jones, DET, WR	19	17	20	19
Golden Tate, DET, WR	20	19	18	26
Brandin Cooks, LAR, WR	21	22	23	21
Alshon Jeffery, PHI, WR	22	20	30	17
Jarvis Landry, CLE, WR	23	21	19	29
JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT, WR	24	26	26	23
Michael Crabtree, BAL, WR	25	27	25	24
Josh Gordon, CLE, WR	26	24	29	25
Robert Woods, LAR, WR	27	25	32	28
Pierre Garcon, SF, WR	28	28	28	31
Sammy Watkins, KC, WR	29	29	36	22
Emmanuel Sanders, DEN, WR	30	34	21	37
Nelson Agholor, PHI, WR	31	40	24	34
Julian Edelman, NE, WR	32	35	31	33
Will Fuller, HOU, WR	33	36	35	30
Jamison Crowder, WAS, WR	34	30	37	35
Cooper Kupp, LAR, WR	35	37	27	38
Chris Hogan, NE, WR	36	33	38	32
Corey Davis, TEN, WR	37	32	44	27
Robby Anderson, NYJ, WR	38	39	40	40
Devin Funchess, CAR, WR	39	31	53	36
Randall Cobb, GB, WR	40	43	34	43
Marquise Goodwin, SF, WR	41	41	41	42
Sterling Shepard, NYG, WR	42	42	39	44
Kelvin Benjamin, BUF, WR	43	44	43	39
Kenny Stills, MIA, WR	44	46	45	41
Rishard Matthews, TEN, WR	45	45	46	45
Allen Hurns, DAL, WR	46	51	33	54
Devante Parker, MIA, WR	47	38	51	50
Jordy Nelson, OAK, WR	48	47	49	46
DeSean Jackson, TB, WR	49	49	42	52
Josh Doctson, WAS, WR	50	50	58	53
Cameron Meredith, NO, WR	51	53	52	57
Tyler Lockett, SEA, WR	52	52	55	56
Kenny Golladay, DET, WR	53	56	60	49
D.J. Moore, CAR, WR	54	58	56	55
Mohamed Sanu, ATL, WR	55	60	54	59
Martavis Bryant, OAK, WR	56	55	73	48
Mike Williams, LAC, WR	57	59	61	58
Quincy Enunwa, NYJ, WR	58	68	48	67
Tyrell Williams, LAC, WR	59	66	57	65
Dez Bryant, FA, WR	60	54	86	51
Dede Westbrook, JAC, WR	61	62	69	61
Mike Wallace, PHI, WR	62	65	63	64
Michael Gallup, DAL, WR	63	69	59	68
Calvin Ridley, ATL, WR	64	63	71	62
Ted Ginn, NO, WR	65	61	76	60
Keelan Cole, JAC, WR	66	67	67	66
Paul Richardson, WAS, WR	67	64	74	63
John Brown, BAL, WR	68	73	62	72
Christian Kirk, ARI, WR	69	57	75	75
Ryan Grant, IND, WR	70	70	70	69
Jermaine Kearse, NYJ, WR	71	80	50	80
Danny Amendola, MIA, WR	72	72	72	71
Marqise Lee, JAC, WR	73	48	124	47
Albert Wilson, MIA, WR	74	76	66	77
Geronimo Allison, GB, WR	75	78	64	79
Donte Moncrief, JAC, WR	76	75	80	74
Jordan Matthews, NE, WR	77	79	78	76
Chris Godwin, TB, WR	78	74	88	73
Anthony Miller, CHI, WR	79	77	83	78
Willie Snead, BAL, WR	80	87	68	86
John Ross, CIN, WR	81	90	65	89
Terrance Williams, DAL, WR	82	85	81	83
Corey Coleman, CLE, WR	83	82	87	81
Jakeem Grant, MIA, WR	84	71	110	70
Cole Beasley, DAL, WR	85	81	92	85
Zay Jones, BUF, WR	86	83	100	82
Taywan Taylor, TEN, WR	87	89	89	88
James Washington, PIT, WR	88	86	97	84
Torrey Smith, CAR, WR	89	93	82	92
J.J. Nelson, ARI, WR	90	92	90	91
Brice Butler, ARI, WR	91	95	85	94
Terrelle Pryor, NYJ, WR	92	88	101	87
Trent Taylor, SF, WR	93	91	98	90
Travis Benjamin, LAC, WR	94	102	79	100
Dante Pettis, SF, WR	95	96	91	95
Tre'Quan Smith, NO, WR	96	119	47	118
Jaron Brown, SEA, WR	97	104	77	103
Taylor Gabriel, CHI, WR	98	97	94	96
Brandon LaFell, CIN, WR	99	98	93	97
Tavon Austin, DAL, WR	100	84	107	102
Courtland Sutton, DEN, WR	101	94	106	93
Brandon Marshall, SEA, WR	102	101	96	99
Chester Rogers, IND, WR	103	99	102	98
Kendall Wright, MIN, WR	104	103	99	101
Adam Humphries, TB, WR	105	114	84	113
Amara Darboh, SEA, WR	106	108	104	107
Curtis Samuel, CAR, WR	107	105	111	104
Kevin White, CHI, WR	108	100	116	108
Bruce Ellington, HOU, WR	109	111	105	110
Chris Conley, KC, WR	110	113	103	112
Josh Reynolds, LAR, WR	111	107	115	106
Carlos Henderson, DEN, WR	112	106	118	105
Keke Coutee, HOU, WR	113	122	95	121
Kenny Britt, NE, WR	114	110	120	109
Mack Hollins, PHI, WR	115	116	108	115
D.J. Chark, JAC, WR	116	117	109	116
Equanimeous St. Brown, GB, WR	117	109	112	124
Jeremy Maclin, FA, WR	118	112	123	111
Andre Holmes, BUF, WR	119	115	119	114
Chad Williams, ARI, WR	120	121	114	120
Malcolm Mitchell, NE, WR	121	118	121	117
Laquon Treadwell, MIN, WR	122	124	113	123
Eric Decker, FA, WR	123	120	122	119
Cody Latimer, NYG, WR	124	123	117	122

Drafting wide receivers is tough. If you can't draft at least 2 proven wide receivers by the end of the 5th round things start to get hairy. Upside receivers I like past the 5th round:

Larry Fitzgerald - underrated year after year, check his stats.
Marvin Jones - I'm going with Tate over Jones in PPR leagues, but even in PPR formats Jones is no slouch.
Michael Crabtree - He will score plenty of touchdowns and exceed his 6th round ADP.
Pierre Garcon - 8th round high upside pick especially in PPR leagues.
Robert Woods - 8th round ADP is criminal but understandable, jump on it. Kupp however is the Rams WR you want in PPR leagues.
Calvin Ridley - a serviceable bye-week replacement player with #1 upside if/when Julio gets hurt, or not. 10th round ADP.

Amari Cooper - I recently made the case for Cooper finishing as a WR1 as Jon Gruden's No 1 guy. He has enough upside to finish as a Top 6 receiver.
Michael Crabtree - Looks to be the Ravens' top receiver and will be catching passes from a quarterback fighting for a future contract. Remember how aggressive Alex Smith became last year? That bodes well for Crabtree.
Emmanuel Sanders - Too many people are down on Sanders for his rough 2017 season. The three years prior, he averaged out as the WR14. Now has a competent quarterback in Case Keenum.
Josh Gordon - I won't touch him this year. He returns to a suddenly crowded Browns roster with a quarterback who's never thrown for more than 3,100 yards in a season. Also important to remember Gordon only finished 32nd in points per game in his "magical" 2017 season. PUMP. THE. BRAKES.
Torrey Smith - Ended up in the best possible landing spot. Cam Newton loves throwing the deep ball, frequently to his coaches' chagrin. Smith is a solid late round flier to consider.

Undervalued:

Larry Fitzgerald has an ADP around WR18 right now, but I nearly ranked him in my top 10. Yes, he will get old at some point, but he is a PPR machine.

Demaryius Thomas is another veteran wideout that will provide nice value. He has his most competent quarterback option since Peyton Manning and Thomas's numbers will rebound nicely. Don't sleep on the aging Bronco.

Sammy Watkins... *ducks hurled bottles*. It's a new day for one of the biggest disappointments of 2017. Watkins has a coach in Andy Reid that knows how to help playmakers, well, make plays. Word is that the Chiefs will be moving Watkins all over the formation to get him some space to work with. I have him ranked as WR23, but could see him finishing well above that spot.

Overvalued:

Tyreek Hill's value will take a hit with the addition of Sammy Watkins. While he does not need a lot of touches to eat up huge chunks of yardage, Hill will not have a top-10 2018. He is currently being drafted as WR10 and I see him much closer to WR20.

Josh Gordon has been a great story cleaning up his life and returning to the NFL. That does not mean that 2013 Gordon will be walking out onto the field though. The Browns are going to play ball-control football with two big backs (Hyde and Chubb), a dynamic tight end (Njoku) and an epic slot machine (Landry). Gordon will get his and there will be some flashy plays, but don't be surprised if he ends up ranked in the 20s rather than the upper echelon of receivers.

Julian Edelman is a name brand, but he may be a brand to avoid. He is an older receiver with a suspension (pending appeal) hanging over his head. Not to mention trying to return from a severe injury. The Pats have a lot of decent receiving options and Edelman may well find himself further down that list than he is accustomed to in 2018.

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